Hope Nicholls

HOPE NICHOLLS
 
 
Hope Nicholls  (born January 1960) is an American singer-songwriter from Charlotte, North Carolina.  She was the lead vocalist of the alternative rock bands Fetchin Bones, Sugarsmack and Snagglepuss.  She also briefly toured with Martin Atkins’ band Pigface in support of its album Fook.  Hope is currently a contributing vocalist to a local education fund-raising project, The Plaza Family Band.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

Fetchin Bones formed in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1983 and released a total of six albums.  Initial bandmembers included two women, lead vocalist Hope Nicholls and bassist Danna Pentes, plus guitarist Gary White and drummer Marc Mueller.  Writing for Allmusic, Michael Sutton said that the band was “highlighted by [Hope] Nicholls’ powerhouse voice, which recalled Janis Joplin in its dirty intensity”. 

 

(February 2014)