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Maid of Ace

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Maid of Ace
OriginHastings, Sussex
LabelsMaid of Ace Records
MembersAlison Cara Elliott
Anna Coral Elliott
Amy Catherine Elliott
Abby Charlotte Elliott

Maid of Ace are a punk rock band based in Hastings, England. The line-up consists of local-born sisters Alison Cara Elliott (Lead vocals/guitar), Anna Coral Elliott (vocals/guitar), Amy Catherine Elliott (bass/vocals) and Abby Charlotte Elliott (drums). The band have achieved press coverage in the music magazine Vive Le Rock,[1] website Louder Than War.[2] as well as the website for BBC Radio 6 Music, which posted video footage of the band's performance on the BBC Introducing stage at the 2015 Glastonbury Festival.[3][4]

History

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The four band members are sisters and played their first gig in 2005 at their secondary school. They have to date self-released three albums. Second album Maid in England was reviewed by Ged Babey for Louder Than War[2] They have also made several high-profile festival performances including the Glastonbury Festival in 2015, from which their performance of song "Bone Deth" was filmed by the BBC and uploaded as a video to the BBC 6music website[3][4] and the Rebellion Festival, at which their performance at the 2017 festival was reviewed in Vive Le Rock magazine.[1]

The band supported Green Day on the UK & Ireland leg of The Saviors Tour in June 2024, including a show at Wembley Stadium.[5][6]

Discography

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Studio albums

  • Maid of Ace (2014)
  • Maid in England (2016)
  • Live Fast Or Die (2020)

Singles

  • Forever (Devil In The Belfry Remix) / Vacant Night split single with Dee Skusting & The Rodents (2021 Safety Pin Magazine)

References

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  1. ^ a b Maid Of Ace Rebellion Festival 2017 live review with photograph, Vive Le Rock Issue 47 pp 80–81
  2. ^ a b Maid Of Ace Maid In England album review by Ged Babey, Louder Than War, 31 July 2016
  3. ^ a b BBC 6music website - Maid of Ace "Bone Deth" Glastonbury Festival 2015 live video, retrieved October 5, 2023
  4. ^ a b BBC 6music website - Introducing Stage index Glastonbury Festival 2015, retrieved October 5, 2023
  5. ^ "@maid_of_ace". Instagram. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  6. ^ Green Day at Wembley Stadium live review,Vive Le Rock issue 114, 2024
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