1. A British pop duo
2.… Read Full Bio ↴There are five artists with the name Shampoo:
1. A British pop duo
2. A Belgian jazz rock band
3. A Brazilian rock band
4. An Atlanta, GA-based indie band
5. An anonymous underground house producer
1. Shampoo were a female pop duo recording between 1993 and 2000. Comprising of Jacqui Blake and Carrie Askew, Shampoo were most famous for their peroxide blonde hair, habitual wearing of sunglasses and their single Trouble.
History
Jacqui Blake and Carrie Askew met as teenagers at high school in Plumstead where they became best friends and partners in crime. In the early nineties they started writing 'Last Exit' the first fanzine for the Manic Street Preachers and later appeared in the video for Little Baby Nothing. The track featured vocals from porn star Traci Lords, although she did not appear in the video.
In their teens, they formed Shampoo (according to their self-propelled urban legend the name derived from the schoolyard nickname 'the shampoo girls' due to their repeated retort that they were 'washing their hair' whenever the boys in school would ask them out!) Their first single Blisters and Bruises with the b-sides 'Paydirt' and 'I Love Little Pussy' was released by Icerink records (a shortlived label created by Saint Etienne Bob Stanley and Pete Wigg) on 7' pink vinyl in 1993. This and their following single Bouffant Headbutt received favourable reviews in the music press, such as the NME and Melody Maker but was largely ignored by the general public.
Whilst their first two singles were all-out girl-punk racket the following year saw the release of their most famous song, 'Trouble', and the album 'We Are Shampoo which displayed a much more radio friendly sound. 'Trouble' crashed up the charts and landed the girls on Top Of The Pops and the cover of Smash Hits. For the remainder of 1994 the Shampoo flag flew high as their infectious pop-with-attitude found fans in both the mainstream and Alternative music scenes. The band famously became very successful in Japan - possibly due to sharing a love of all things Hello Kitty.
However, by the time they released their next album Girl Power in 1995 they were already virtually forgotten in Britain and when the Spice Girls appropriated the phrase to great effect its origins went sadly un-noted. Interestingly though it is for this reason that despite using the words 'girl power' constantly in interviews and on merchandise the Spice Girls were never able to have an album with this title.
Though their homelands were ignoring them, Shampoo were still doing well in Asia and to the astonishment of those who'd never heard of them made it into 1995's 'richest women in Britain' list. The third Shampoo album Absolute Shampoo was released solely on the internet in 2000 and the duo disbanded shortly afterwards.
Shampoo combined a poppy girlishness and a love of all things plastic, kitsch, and pink (the album artwork for 'We Are Shampoo' featured a collage of barbie dolls and sweetie wrappers) with a Punk sensibility. They often cited their main influences as being the Sex Pistols, Gary Numan and the Beastie Boys whilst also claiming to be huge fans of East 17 and Take That! They approached interviews with a studied insolence and tended to finish each others sentences claiming that they always think the same thing as each other. Playing on an image that was part Johnny Rotten, part stubborn lolita infantilism, part lipstick lesbian and part razor sharp wit, the girls tended to confuse both journalists and record-buyers as to who exactly their target audience was. Whilst this may have prevented an ongoing mainstream success this was arguably also their greatest strength in an industry increasingly dominated by one dimensional artists.
2. Shampoo was a progressive Jazz Rock band from Belgium who released 1 album in 1972 entitled Volume One and a single called All of Us / Today Is the First Day which was released in 1973
Members:
Luk Smets - Keyboards, Vocals
Marcel de Cauwer - Drums
Giorgio Chitschenko - Saxophone
François Maes - Saxophone
Rudi Pincé - Bass
3. Brazilian pop/rock band from the 80s.
Members:
Zé Luís - Vocals
Bira - Bass
André - Drums
Nelson - Guitars
Julio Caesar - Keyboards,Piano
4. Atlanta, GA-based indie band
Members:
Chandler Kelly - bass
Rush Meyers - Vocals, Guitars
Catherine Quesenberry - synth
Outta Control
Shampoo Lyrics
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All The Rage, It's On The Beach.
Bridge
What's It All About, Do You Know?
What's It All About, Would You Like To Know?
Chorus
She's Out. She's Out Of Control.
Poison Girl, Miss Teen Sweet.
You've Got It All, Self Deceit.
Bridge x1
Chorus x1
Disfunctional!
Don't You Think She's Boring A Bit?
Chorus x1
The lyrics to Shampoo's "Outta Control" speak of societal vices that are taking the world by storm. The song writer talks about how society is obsessed with blond individuals and how superficial things such as conceit and greed dominate people's minds. The song describes how society measures success in terms of how rich and powerful people are becoming. The song writer seems to be bothered by these vices and is questioning their relevance in society. The songwriter asks, "What's it all about, do you know? What's it all about, would you like to know?" The songwriter is advocating for a reorientation of societal values. The song's chorus further drives home the message of societal vices, describing how individuals try to deceive themselves by living a life of "self-deceit."
In conclusion, the song "outta Control" shines a light on the societal vices that are predominant in modern-day life. The songwriter seems to be hitting out against these vices, calling for a change in society's values.
Line by Line Meaning
Blond Idiots, Conciet And Greed,
The people who are in fashion and are popular are the ones who are superficial, narcissistic, and only care about money and status.
All The Rage, It's On The Beach.
This kind of behavior is what everyone wants to emulate, and it's especially prevalent in the beach culture.
What's It All About, Do You Know?
What's the point of all this superficiality and materialism? Do you really understand the value of these things?
What's It All About, Would You Like To Know?
Do you want to learn the true meaning of life and figure out what really matters?
She's Out, She's Out Of Control.
The girl in question is completely lost in the allure of this toxic lifestyle, and is starting to spiral out of control.
Poison Girl, Miss Teen Sweet.
The girl embodies both the sweet, innocent image of a teenage girl, while also being poisoned by the influence of this culture.
You've Got It All, Self Deceit.
She may appear to have everything (looks, popularity, money), but it's all built on a foundation of lies she tells herself about what really matters.
Disfunctional!
This lifestyle is ultimately dysfunctional, and it's only a matter of time until it all falls apart.
Don't You Think She's Boring A Bit?
Don't you find it pointless and unsatisfying to live your life based on surface level and superficial things?
Contributed by Jayden A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.