P J Harvey Birthday Feature

Posted by fjgirls in October 9th, 2008

Polly Harvey known as P J Harvey to the world at large has her birthday today and we have a short biography, videos, live performance, photos and more.

Extremely talented lady this one, the owner of this website is a fan, but this music is not for everybody and is an acquired taste. She’s been around for a long time, can perform benchmark live performances with ease, has a mesmerising effect on live crowds with the ability to whip them into a frenzy with her raw highly sexed lyrics, she is a quality act and commands a lot of respect in the music industry. Her music style or genre is alternative or indie rock with some hints of grunge. Pure class and has inspired many modern day artists!! Receiver of many accolades and nominated many times for the major awards but as yet to win one, another prime example of awards not always being an indicator of ability and mass market appeal tends to be the final deciding factor. There’s only one way to play her music and that is as loud as you can bear it!

P J Harvey Biography:

P J Harvey photo by RachelSpease

Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and songwriter. Raised in Corscombe, Dorset, England, Harvey formed an eponymous band as a teenager with drummer Rob Ellis and bassist Ian Olliver, who was replaced with Steve Vaughan. The trio released their first album Dry in 1992. Ellis and Vaughan left the band after the release of Rid of Me (1993), and Harvey continued as a solo artist.

P J Harvey Rid of Me

Among the accolades she has received have been the 2001 Mercury Music Prize, seven BRIT Award nominations, five Grammy Award nominations and two further Mercury Music Prize nominations. Rolling Stone named her 1992’s Best New Artist and Best Singer Songwriter and 1995’s Artist of the Year, and placed two of her albums on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. She was also rated the number one female rock artist by Q magazine in a 2002 poll.

PJ Harvey - Big Exit