P J Harvey - Big Exit (2001)

Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and singer - songwriter, raised in Corscombe, Dorset. As a teenager, she was listening John Lee Hooker, Hownin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix and Captain Beefheart. At that time, she formed the band (calling it PJ Harvey) 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.

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" Magazine 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 reader poll. Harvey has said that she enjoys performing more than writing and recording because performing is when the music "makes more sense".