He wanted to find an act to manage as well as produce. Working on records by Clouds, Kate Ceberano, and Crowded House (Woodface), Kosky had become frustrated with watching the music leave his studio and disappear in the hands of record companies. Producer Paul Kosky was inspired by hearing "Kettle" on the radio to check out the group at an outdoor festival. With their song "Kettle" gaining national (non-commercial) Triple J airplay, Ella and Jessie juggled with attending school and beginning to play serious gigs. With school friends acting as rhythm section, they recorded those originals and submitted the results in a Triple J-sponsored competition seeking to unearth new talent. Their performance, including two songs Ella had written, made an impression on a local studio owner who offered the Hoopers free studio time. American Thighs was the first CD she bought.īrother and sister started jamming at home, and in 1996, the pair played an acoustic gig on the city lawns at the Violet Town arts festival. Ella gravitated towards Hole and Veruca Salt. Jessie discovered Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins. As adolescence set in the national government-run youth network, Triple J had arrived in the area, exposing Ella and Jessie Hooper to a world of new sounds.
The local radio offered few meaningful alternatives. They spent their formative years listening to their drama and music teacher parents' record collections (Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell). Singer Ella Hooper and her guitar-playing older brother Jessie grew up in the small Violet Town (population approximately 2,000), a good day's drive from both Melbourne and Sydney. Like every "overnight sensation," Killing Heidi arrived with an important gestation period. On the strength of two strong rock anthem singles and the group's vivacious dreadlocked teenage female singer, Killing Heidi emerged as the act dominating the Australian sales charts at the turn of the new Millennium.
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