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Wendy Rae Fowler is an American singer-songwriter and half of the experimental English rock band, 'We Fell To Earth'.

HISTORY

In the fall of 1998, Fowler joined Joshua Tree California's Earthlings? as second bassist. Immediately following, Earthlings? supported Queens of the Stone Age on a small tour of the west coast of America as well as a European tour supporting Queens of the Stone Age's self titled debut album.

Shortly before her departure from the band, Fowler co-wrote and recorded 2 songs with Earthlings? which were never released. She has been quoted in interviews stating 'My time in Earthlings? was beyond magic" and claims only to have left the band in order to focus on her own band later to be named.

Fowler, credited 'Wendy Rae Moan', contributed backing vocals on two songs on Queens of the Stone Age's 2nd release "Rated R". She has also appeared in 4 of the band's videos between 2000 - 2007. It is rumoured that Fowler was given the pseudonym 'Wendy Rae Moan' by Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri of QOTSA as a result of her bass playing style similar to that of Dee Dee Ramone.

Work with Earthling? and QOTSA led to a rather fateful meeting with singer/songwriter Mark Lanegan in 1998 which resulted in collaborations on Lanegan's "Field Songs", more notably his most recent release, "Bubblegum", as well as their marriage and eventual divorce.

We Fell To Earth

In 2005, Fowler met Richard File, (UNKLE, We Fell To Earth) at a social gathering in LA whilst UNKLE were in town recording their 4th album "War Stories". The pair decided to schedule a writing session after an initial conversation revealed they had very similar influences. That first session would mark the birth of 'We Fell To Earth'.

Alongside their debut 2009 self titled album, tracks by the group featured in US dramas:

• "The Double" in Gossip Girl and CSI New York and The Prisoner
  • "Lights Out" in Numb3rs
    • "Careful What You Wish For" in CSI New York

In the winter of 2010, the group composed the theme song to AMC's The Killing from writer, executive producer and series showrunner, Veena Sud. The show is based on the Danish television series Forbrydelsen and tells the story of the murder of a young girl in Seattle and the subsequent police investigation. The show debuted with a 2 hour premiere on Sunday, April 3rd 2011.

DISCOGRAPHY

Albums

• "We Fell To Earth" (2009)

Singles + EPs

• "We Feel To Earth EP" (2009)
  • "Lights Out"
    • "The Double"
      • "Deaf"

CAMEOS (all vocals except +piano and ++ drums)

• Mark Lanegan - "Field Songs" (2001), "No Easy Action"
  • Queens of the Stone Age - "Rated R" (2000), "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" & "Quick and to the Pointless"
    • Mark Lanegan Band - "Bubblegum" (2004), +"When Your Number Isn't Up", "Wedding Dress", "Methamphetamine Blues", "Bombed", "Strange Religion"
      • Eagles of Death Metal - "Death by Sexy" (2006), "I Like to Move in the Night", "The Ballad of Queen Bee and Baby Duck" and " Poor Doggie"
        • The Duke Spirit - "Neptune" (2008), ++"The Step and the Walk/Rich File Remix"
          • UNKLE - "Where Did The Night Fall/Another Night Out" (2001) and "Money and Run" (feat. Nick Cave)

External links

• www.wefelltoearth.com
  • www.myspace.com/wefelltoearth