1. Juliana Hatfield was born on July 27,1967 and is an American musician and singer-songwriter from the Boston area.
38 Facts About Juliana Hatfield
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Juliana Hatfield was formerly a member of the indie rock bands Blake Babies, Some Girls, and The Lemonheads.
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Juliana Hatfield has performed and recorded as a solo artist and as one-half of Minor Alps with Matthew Caws of Nada Surf.
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Juliana Hatfield served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War.
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Juliana Hatfield first enrolled at Boston University before transferring to Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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Juliana Hatfield developed a love for rock music during the 1970s after a babysitter introduced her to the Los Angeles punk rock band X, an experience she described as life-changing.
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Juliana Hatfield was drawn to the music of more mainstream artists, including Olivia Newton-John and The Police.
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Juliana Hatfield played on their breakthrough 1992 album, It's a Shame About Ray.
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In 1992, Juliana Hatfield released her debut solo album, Hey Babe.
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Juliana Hatfield enjoyed Rafferty's eclectic record collection and was introduced to live music, as Rafferty took her to see the Del Fuegos and the Violent Femmes, which inspired Juliana Hatfield to form a band.
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Juliana Hatfield was profiled in several girls' magazines, most notably Sassy, where she addressed serious issues faced by young women in her songs and interviews.
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Kevin Dean from the newspaper responded by bringing up the subject of Juliana Hatfield losing her virginity to Dando.
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Juliana Hatfield disagreed with the decision to avoid talking about her depression.
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In 1996, Hatfield traveled to Woodstock, New York, where she recorded tracks for God's Foot, which was intended to be her fourth solo album.
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In 1997, Juliana Hatfield toured with Lilith Fair, an all-female rock festival co-founded by singer Sarah McLachlan.
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Almost as a reaction to the seemingly endless studio sessions surrounding God's Foot, Juliana Hatfield recorded the album Bed in 1998 in just six days.
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On Beautiful Creature, Juliana Hatfield worked with musician David Garza, who co-produced much of the album.
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In 2004, Juliana Hatfield released In Exile Deo, an attempt at a more commercial sound with input from producers and engineers who had worked with Pink and Avril Lavigne.
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The album had a much rawer feel, with Juliana Hatfield playing instruments alongside the band Unbusted and other contributors.
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The release of Made in China marked the beginning of a trend where Juliana Hatfield licensed her music, selling it via her website and through a distribution deal with Red Eye.
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In December 2005, Juliana Hatfield toured the United States with the band X, whom she had idolized during her teenage years.
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In 2006, Juliana Hatfield released her first live album, The White Broken Line: Live Recordings.
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The album was initially going to be titled Speeches Delivered to Animals and Plants, referencing a passage in the John Irving novel The World According to Garp, but Juliana Hatfield later changed it to There's Always Another Girl.
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In 2014, The Juliana Hatfield Three reunited two decades after it disbanded.
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Juliana Hatfield used PledgeMusic to raise funds for the new album, Whatever, My Love, the trio's first since 1993's Become What You Are.
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In 2019, Juliana Hatfield hinted that her next covers album would focus on the work of an American artist, having already covered an Australian and an English band.
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From her work with the Blake Babies to the present, Juliana Hatfield's music has alternated between heavy, rocking tunes and gentler, more melodic or folk-oriented songs.
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Juliana Hatfield has stated that in the 1990s, she briefly tried smoking cigarettes in hopes of giving her voice a rougher quality but eventually reconciled herself with her distinctive vocal style.
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Juliana Hatfield's work has intersected with contemporaneous indie rock bands such as Dinosaur Jr.
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Juliana Hatfield has recorded with The Lemonheads, living for a time with Evan Dando in Boston's college neighborhood of Allston.
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Juliana Hatfield has contributed backing vocals to recordings by Belly, Giant Sand, Susanna Hoffs, Aimee Mann, and Mary Lou Lord.
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In 2001, Juliana Hatfield joined Freda Love and Heidi Gluck to form the trio Some Girls, performing alongside her solo work.
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In 2007, Juliana Hatfield signed the Boston -based band Frank Smith to her record label, Ye Olde Records.
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On March 25,2008, Juliana Hatfield began her own blog through her website titled An Arm and A Leg.
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Juliana Hatfield briefly appeared on an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast titled "Surprise," which aired on June 19,1996.
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Juliana Hatfield released the book When I Grow Up: A Memoir on September 22,2008.
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Juliana Hatfield has been open about her struggles with depression, anorexia, and disordered eating.
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Juliana Hatfield briefly dated musician and collaborator Ryan Adams in 2008.