Born in Glasgow, Scotland, McDowall's first venture into music was in the Poems, an art-punktrio formed in 1978 with her then-husband Drew McDowall. She formed Strawberry Switchblade in 1981 with Jill Bryson. After signing with Warner Bros. Records they enjoyed chart success with their single "Since Yesterday" in 1984; however later singles and an album did not sell as well as expected. This and internal problems lead to an acrimonious split in 1986.
Rose McDowall - Cut With the Cake Knife (Full Album With Bonus Tracks)
Fantastic pop record from Rose McDowall, member of Strawberry Switchblade and collaborator with artists like Felt, Current 93, and Death in June.
Tracklist:
Tibet - 0:00
Sunboy - 3:15
Wings of Heaven - 6:55
Sixty Cowboys -10:13
On the Sun - 13:35
Cut With the Cake Knife - 17:52
Crystal Nights - 21:47
Soldier - 24:41
So Vicious - 26:54
Don't Fear the Reaper - 30:21
Crystal Days - 33:24
published: 27 Jun 2018
Rose McDowall, Since Yesterday, The Thunderbolt, Bristol, 04/10/18
The 'Strawberry Switchblade' song
published: 06 Oct 2018
Rose McDowall(from Strawberry Switchblade) - Interview & Live (13th Sept 88)
The second of two gigs (the first was a month earlier at the T&C) played with a kindof supergroup lineup (2 members of The Weather Prophets, Lawrence from Felt, 2 members of Primal Scream, and a girl called Mandy, and of course Rose McDowall).
Filmed at The Reverb Club in London on 13th Sept 1988 (Broadcast on a show called "Rockin' In The UK" on 5th Oct 88).
Video features an interview with Rose McDowall and approx 90 seconds of a live performance of the song "Crystal Nights" (unfortunately the song keeps getting interrupted so you get it in lots of little bits).
published: 05 Feb 2016
Rose McDowall "Cut With The Cake Knife" Slideshow (Official Audio)
From "Cut With The Cake Knife" out now on Sacred Bones Records and Night School Records.
US iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/cut-with-the-cake-knife/id1014086268?&at=11laDe
EU/UK iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/cut-with-the-cake-knife/id1014718448
Night School Records: https://http://nightschoolrecords.com/
Sacred Bones: https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com
published: 01 Jul 2015
Spell [Rose McDowall & Boyd Rice] - Big Red Balloon
Artist: Spell (Collaboration Between Rose McDowall & Boyd Rice).
Track: Big Red Balloon.
Album: Seasons In The Sun.
Single: Big Red Balloon.
Label: Mute Records Ltd.
Released: 01 Nov 1993.
Audio Upgraded.
Available To Buy On The Album 'Seasons In The Sun' & Also As A Cd Single & A 12" Vinyl Record.
published: 04 Aug 2011
Rose Mcdowall - Crystal Days
Rose Mcdowall - Crystal Days / FLEXIPOP
published: 29 Jul 2011
Rose McDowall - Tibet
Artist: Rose McDowall.
Track: Tibet.
Album: Cut With The Cake Knife (The Sunflower Demos).
Limited to 500 copies.
Label: Bad Fairy Productions.
Released: 2004.
Available To Buy On The CD 'Cut With The Cake Knife'.
published: 30 Jul 2011
Rose McDowall - This Calling
Split: Rose McDowall / Naevus / SonVer -- Music Box 2008
published: 12 Nov 2011
Rose McDowell (Strawberry Switchblade) - `Since Yesterday' live at Electrowerx, London
Recorded live 1/2/2020
published: 02 Feb 2020
Rose McDowall - So Vicious
Artist: Rose McDowall.
Track: So Vicious.
Album: Cut With The Cake Knife (The Sunflower Demos).
Limited to 500 copies.
Label: Bad Fairy Productions.
Released: 2004.
Available To Buy On The CD 'Cut With The Cake Knife'.
Fantastic pop record from Rose McDowall, member of Strawberry Switchblade and collaborator with artists like Felt, Current 93, and Death in June.
Tracklist:
Tib...
Fantastic pop record from Rose McDowall, member of Strawberry Switchblade and collaborator with artists like Felt, Current 93, and Death in June.
Tracklist:
Tibet - 0:00
Sunboy - 3:15
Wings of Heaven - 6:55
Sixty Cowboys -10:13
On the Sun - 13:35
Cut With the Cake Knife - 17:52
Crystal Nights - 21:47
Soldier - 24:41
So Vicious - 26:54
Don't Fear the Reaper - 30:21
Crystal Days - 33:24
Fantastic pop record from Rose McDowall, member of Strawberry Switchblade and collaborator with artists like Felt, Current 93, and Death in June.
Tracklist:
Tibet - 0:00
Sunboy - 3:15
Wings of Heaven - 6:55
Sixty Cowboys -10:13
On the Sun - 13:35
Cut With the Cake Knife - 17:52
Crystal Nights - 21:47
Soldier - 24:41
So Vicious - 26:54
Don't Fear the Reaper - 30:21
Crystal Days - 33:24
The second of two gigs (the first was a month earlier at the T&C) played with a kindof supergroup lineup (2 members of The Weather Prophets, Lawrence from Felt,...
The second of two gigs (the first was a month earlier at the T&C) played with a kindof supergroup lineup (2 members of The Weather Prophets, Lawrence from Felt, 2 members of Primal Scream, and a girl called Mandy, and of course Rose McDowall).
Filmed at The Reverb Club in London on 13th Sept 1988 (Broadcast on a show called "Rockin' In The UK" on 5th Oct 88).
Video features an interview with Rose McDowall and approx 90 seconds of a live performance of the song "Crystal Nights" (unfortunately the song keeps getting interrupted so you get it in lots of little bits).
The second of two gigs (the first was a month earlier at the T&C) played with a kindof supergroup lineup (2 members of The Weather Prophets, Lawrence from Felt, 2 members of Primal Scream, and a girl called Mandy, and of course Rose McDowall).
Filmed at The Reverb Club in London on 13th Sept 1988 (Broadcast on a show called "Rockin' In The UK" on 5th Oct 88).
Video features an interview with Rose McDowall and approx 90 seconds of a live performance of the song "Crystal Nights" (unfortunately the song keeps getting interrupted so you get it in lots of little bits).
From "Cut With The Cake Knife" out now on Sacred Bones Records and Night School Records.
US iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/cut-with-the-cake-kni...
From "Cut With The Cake Knife" out now on Sacred Bones Records and Night School Records.
US iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/cut-with-the-cake-knife/id1014086268?&at=11laDe
EU/UK iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/cut-with-the-cake-knife/id1014718448
Night School Records: https://http://nightschoolrecords.com/
Sacred Bones: https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com
From "Cut With The Cake Knife" out now on Sacred Bones Records and Night School Records.
US iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/cut-with-the-cake-knife/id1014086268?&at=11laDe
EU/UK iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/cut-with-the-cake-knife/id1014718448
Night School Records: https://http://nightschoolrecords.com/
Sacred Bones: https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com
Artist: Spell (Collaboration Between Rose McDowall & Boyd Rice).
Track: Big Red Balloon.
Album: Seasons In The Sun.
Single: Big Red Balloon.
Label: Mute Rec...
Artist: Spell (Collaboration Between Rose McDowall & Boyd Rice).
Track: Big Red Balloon.
Album: Seasons In The Sun.
Single: Big Red Balloon.
Label: Mute Records Ltd.
Released: 01 Nov 1993.
Audio Upgraded.
Available To Buy On The Album 'Seasons In The Sun' & Also As A Cd Single & A 12" Vinyl Record.
Artist: Spell (Collaboration Between Rose McDowall & Boyd Rice).
Track: Big Red Balloon.
Album: Seasons In The Sun.
Single: Big Red Balloon.
Label: Mute Records Ltd.
Released: 01 Nov 1993.
Audio Upgraded.
Available To Buy On The Album 'Seasons In The Sun' & Also As A Cd Single & A 12" Vinyl Record.
Artist: Rose McDowall.
Track: Tibet.
Album: Cut With The Cake Knife (The Sunflower Demos).
Limited to 500 copies.
Label: Bad Fairy Productions.
Released: 2004.
...
Artist: Rose McDowall.
Track: Tibet.
Album: Cut With The Cake Knife (The Sunflower Demos).
Limited to 500 copies.
Label: Bad Fairy Productions.
Released: 2004.
Available To Buy On The CD 'Cut With The Cake Knife'.
Artist: Rose McDowall.
Track: Tibet.
Album: Cut With The Cake Knife (The Sunflower Demos).
Limited to 500 copies.
Label: Bad Fairy Productions.
Released: 2004.
Available To Buy On The CD 'Cut With The Cake Knife'.
Artist: Rose McDowall.
Track: So Vicious.
Album: Cut With The Cake Knife (The Sunflower Demos).
Limited to 500 copies.
Label: Bad Fairy Productions.
Released: 2...
Artist: Rose McDowall.
Track: So Vicious.
Album: Cut With The Cake Knife (The Sunflower Demos).
Limited to 500 copies.
Label: Bad Fairy Productions.
Released: 2004.
Available To Buy On The CD 'Cut With The Cake Knife'.
Artist: Rose McDowall.
Track: So Vicious.
Album: Cut With The Cake Knife (The Sunflower Demos).
Limited to 500 copies.
Label: Bad Fairy Productions.
Released: 2004.
Available To Buy On The CD 'Cut With The Cake Knife'.
Fantastic pop record from Rose McDowall, member of Strawberry Switchblade and collaborator with artists like Felt, Current 93, and Death in June.
Tracklist:
Tibet - 0:00
Sunboy - 3:15
Wings of Heaven - 6:55
Sixty Cowboys -10:13
On the Sun - 13:35
Cut With the Cake Knife - 17:52
Crystal Nights - 21:47
Soldier - 24:41
So Vicious - 26:54
Don't Fear the Reaper - 30:21
Crystal Days - 33:24
The second of two gigs (the first was a month earlier at the T&C) played with a kindof supergroup lineup (2 members of The Weather Prophets, Lawrence from Felt, 2 members of Primal Scream, and a girl called Mandy, and of course Rose McDowall).
Filmed at The Reverb Club in London on 13th Sept 1988 (Broadcast on a show called "Rockin' In The UK" on 5th Oct 88).
Video features an interview with Rose McDowall and approx 90 seconds of a live performance of the song "Crystal Nights" (unfortunately the song keeps getting interrupted so you get it in lots of little bits).
From "Cut With The Cake Knife" out now on Sacred Bones Records and Night School Records.
US iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/cut-with-the-cake-knife/id1014086268?&at=11laDe
EU/UK iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/cut-with-the-cake-knife/id1014718448
Night School Records: https://http://nightschoolrecords.com/
Sacred Bones: https://www.sacredbonesrecords.com
Artist: Spell (Collaboration Between Rose McDowall & Boyd Rice).
Track: Big Red Balloon.
Album: Seasons In The Sun.
Single: Big Red Balloon.
Label: Mute Records Ltd.
Released: 01 Nov 1993.
Audio Upgraded.
Available To Buy On The Album 'Seasons In The Sun' & Also As A Cd Single & A 12" Vinyl Record.
Artist: Rose McDowall.
Track: Tibet.
Album: Cut With The Cake Knife (The Sunflower Demos).
Limited to 500 copies.
Label: Bad Fairy Productions.
Released: 2004.
Available To Buy On The CD 'Cut With The Cake Knife'.
Artist: Rose McDowall.
Track: So Vicious.
Album: Cut With The Cake Knife (The Sunflower Demos).
Limited to 500 copies.
Label: Bad Fairy Productions.
Released: 2004.
Available To Buy On The CD 'Cut With The Cake Knife'.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, McDowall's first venture into music was in the Poems, an art-punktrio formed in 1978 with her then-husband Drew McDowall. She formed Strawberry Switchblade in 1981 with Jill Bryson. After signing with Warner Bros. Records they enjoyed chart success with their single "Since Yesterday" in 1984; however later singles and an album did not sell as well as expected. This and internal problems lead to an acrimonious split in 1986.