# Furslide

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**Furslide** was an [alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock) band from [New York, NY](/source/New_York,_NY). They released one full-length album, called *[Adventure](/source/Adventure_(Furslide_album))*, on Meanwhile..., a sublabel of [Virgin Records](/source/Virgin_Records) created by [Nellee Hooper](/source/Nellee_Hooper), on October 6, 1998.

## History

The band's vocalist, [Jennifer Turner](/source/Jennifer_Turner_(musician)), was playing as a guitarist on the [Tigerlily](/source/Tigerlily) tour with [Natalie Merchant](/source/Natalie_Merchant), when she formed Furslide together with [Jason Lader](/source/Jason_Lader) and [Adam MacDougall](/source/Adam_MacDougall_(musician)) in early 1997. Furslide was the first band on Nellee Hooper's new label "Meanwhile..." when they were signed in 1998.[citation needed] They released their only album, *Adventure*, in 1998.[1] It was produced by [Nellee Hooper](/source/Nellee_Hooper).[2] Regarding the album's lyrics, vocalist [Jennifer Turner](/source/Jennifer_Turner_(musician)) said in 1998, "the whole idea about music for me is all about expressing yourself and expressing the honesty of the moment, whatever that is. It wasn’t that I had a specific goal in mind for the album; I'm into the [Beat Generation](/source/Beat_Generation) thing of writing down streams of consciousness and cutting out words and throwing five in the middle and those five words have significance for some reason."[3]

*[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)* gave the album a mixed review, writing that singer/guitarist Jennifer Turner "has a strong, expressive rock soprano, and Hooper wraps her songs in a dizzying psychedelic-synth-pop swirl. The problem is the songs, which have neither memorable melodies nor coherent lyrics."[4] *[The Austin Chronicle](/source/The_Austin_Chronicle)* called it "an excellent introduction to pop's latest dynamic frontwoman: Jennifer Turner, a thoughtful songwriter who's perhaps the best female guitar hero since [Jen Trynin](/source/Jennifer_Trynin)."[5] *[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))* wrote that it deserves to be a "pop hit."[6]

Subsequently, Furslide played a couple of shows in the US, the UK and across Europe and opened for [Lenny Kravitz](/source/Lenny_Kravitz) on October 8, 1998, in Detroit. They were the support act for [Kula Shaker](/source/Kula_Shaker), [Alanis Morissette](/source/Alanis_Morissette) and [Ben Folds](/source/Ben_Folds)). In 1999, they band dissolved, supposedly because of disappointing record sales.

### Legacy

The music of Furslide was diverse and multifaceted. Turner named [Joni Mitchell](/source/Joni_Mitchell), [Chrissie Hynde](/source/Chrissie_Hynde) and [Natalie Merchant](/source/Natalie_Merchant) as influences. Their track "Over My Head" was used on the [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer* soundtrack album](/source/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer:_The_Album).

## Members

The band consisted of the following members:

- [Jennifer Turner](/source/Jennifer_Turner_(musician)), guitars and vocals
- [Jason Lader](/source/Jason_Lader), bass guitar
- [Adam MacDougall](/source/Adam_MacDougall_(musician)), drums

## Discography

- *Adventure* (1998)

## References

1. Ratliff, Ben (November 10, 1998). ["In Performance -- Pop; A Sound That Defies Easy Characterization"](https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/10/arts/in-performance-pop-a-sound-that-defies-easy-characterization.html). *The New York Times*

1. Hogg, Karen (April 30, 2001). [*Guitar Styles -- Women in Rock: The Guitarist's Guide to Music of the Masters*](https://books.google.com/books?id=GzxugzcadQsC&q=Adventure+%28Furslide+album%29+1998&pg=RA2-PA4). Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 9780739020166. – via Google Books.

1. <[https://www.pauseandplay.com/furslides-excellent-adventure/](https://www.pauseandplay.com/furslides-excellent-adventure/)

1. Himes, Geoffrey (October 23, 1998). ["Lenny Kravitz"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/10/23/lenny-kravitz-5-virgin/856088be-e329-456c-9f81-d672b713b575/). *The Washington Post*

1. Langer, Andy (March 19, 1999). ["1999 SXSW Music Festival"](https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1999-03-19/521587/). *The Austin Chronicle*

1. Clover, Joshua (December 30, 1998). ["The Shredder"](https://books.google.com/books?id=4wK_Oz2Yz7IC&q=Adventure+%28Furslide+album%29+1998&pg=PT15). *SPIN*. SPIN Media LLC. – via Google Books.

### Further reading

- Reece, Doug (October 17, 1998). ["Popular Uprisings"](https://books.google.com/books?id=JwoEAAAAMBAJ&q=Adventure+%28Furslide+album%29+1998&pg=PA24). *Billboard*. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 24. – via [Google Books](/source/Google_Books)
- ["More Rural Rock From Mellencamp, Son Volt"](https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-10-04-9810020007-story.html). *Hartford Courant*. October 4, 1998.
- Prato, Greg. ["Furslide – *Adventure*"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/adventure-mw0000601045). [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)

## External links

- [Official Virgin website for Furslide](https://web.archive.org/web/20060618021025/http://www.virginrecords.com/furslide/)
- ["FURSLIDE'S EXCELLENT 'ADVENTURE'"](https://web.archive.org/web/20050215062623/http://www.pauseandplay.com/furslide.htm), article on *Pause and Play*

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