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| alias = Helen Money
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| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], United States
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| instrument = [[Cello]]
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| occupation = Musician, composer
| occupation = Musician, composer
| years_active = 1995–current
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]], [[Profound Lore]], [[Table of the Elements]], [[Temporary Residence Limited|Temporary Residence]], [[Thrill Jockey]], [[Victory Records|Victory]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[Minty Fresh]], [[Invisible Records|Invisible]], [[Suicide Squeeze Records|Suicide Squeeze]], [[Naïve Records|Naïve]], [[Arts & Crafts (record label)|Arts & Crafts]], Cellobird Records, Plate-Tec-Tonic, Premonition Records, Whitehouse Records
| years_active = 1995 – current
| associated_acts = [[Verbow]], [[Poi Dog Pondering]], [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]], [[Table of the Elements]], [[Temporary Residence Limited|Temporary Residence]], [[Victory Records|Victory]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[Minty Fresh]], [[Invisible Records|Invisible]], [[Temporary Residence Limited|Temporary Residence]], [[Suicide Squeeze Records|Suicide Squeeze]], [[Naïve Records|Naïve]], [[Arts & Crafts (record label)|Arts & Crafts]], Plate-Tec-Tonic, Premonition Records, Whitehouse Records
| website = [http://www.helenmoney.com www.helenmoney.com]
| associated_acts = [[Verbow]], [[Poi Dog Pondering]], [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]
| website = [http://www.helenmoney.com Helen Money Website]
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'''Alison Chesley''' (born January 4, 1960), known also by her stage name as '''Helen Money''', is a Los Angeles-based cellist and composer.
'''Alison Chesley''' (born January 4, 1960), known also by her stage name '''Helen Money''', is a Chicago-based cellist and composer.


Chesley was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She moved to Chicago to attend [[Northwestern University]], where she received a master's degree in cello performance in 1994. While at Northwestern, Chesley met Jason Narducy. Chesley and Narducy performed as an [[acoustic rock]] duo called Jason & Alison (renamed [[Verbow]]), which went on to release two albums for [[Epic Records]] ''Chronicles'', produced by [[Bob Mould]] and ''White Out'' produced by [[Brad Wood]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Williams| first = Kevin M. | title = Always room for cello; Verbow stings with its strings| pages = 5|work=Chicago Sun-Times| date = July 11, 1997| url = | accessdate =July 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Newman| first = Melinda | title = Continental Drift|work=Billboard| date = May 6, 1995| url = | accessdate =July 23, 2011}}</ref> Opening for such bands as [[Frank Black]], [[Bob Mould]], [[Counting Crows]], [[Live (band)|Live]], [[Morrissey]], [[Liz Phair]] and [[Brad (band)|Brad]] with [[Stone Gossard]], Verbow toured nationally for seven years. Meeting and working with Bob Mould was a big influence on Alison Chesley forming the Helen Money project for aggressive, amplified cello.<ref name="Alison Chesley on Outsight Radio Hours">{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/AlisonChesleyOnOutsightRadioHours |title=Alison Chesley interview 23-September 2007 |publisher=Outsight Radio Hours |accessdate=November 13, 2011 }}</ref>
Chesley was born and raised in [[Los Angeles]], California. She moved to [[Chicago]] to attend [[Northwestern University]], where she received a master's degree in [[cello]] performance in 1994, studying with Hans Jorgen Jensen. While at Northwestern, Chesley met [[Jason Narducy]]. They performed as an [[acoustic rock]] duo called Jason & Alison (renamed [[Verbow]]), and went on to release two albums for [[Epic Records]]: ''Chronicles'', produced by [[Bob Mould]], and ''White Out'', produced by [[Brad Wood]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Williams| first = Kevin M. | title = Always room for cello; Verbow stings with its strings| page = 5|work=Chicago Sun-Times| date = July 11, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | last = Newman| first = Melinda | title = Continental Drift|magazine=Billboard| date = May 6, 1995}}</ref> Opening for such bands as [[Frank Black]], [[Bob Mould]], [[Counting Crows]], [[Live (band)|Live]], [[Morrissey]], [[Liz Phair]] and [[Brad (band)|Brad]] with [[Stone Gossard]], Verbow toured nationally for seven years. Meeting and working with Bob Mould was a big influence on Chesley forming the Helen Money project for aggressive, amplified cello.<ref name="Alison Chesley on Outsight Radio Hours">{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/AlisonChesleyOnOutsightRadioHours |title=Alison Chesley interview 23-September 2007 |publisher=Outsight Radio Hours |access-date=November 13, 2011 }}</ref>


Verbow broke up in 2001 and Chesley turned her attention to a busy career in Chicago as a composer/performer and [[session musician]] in the studio. She most often recorded at two of Chicago's busiest recording studios; Steve Albini's [[Electrical Audio]] and Soma Studios. Some of the artists with whom she worked include albums by [[Mono (Japanese band)|Mono]], [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], [[Broken Social Scene]], [[Russian Circles]], [[Chris Connelly (musician)|Chris Connelly]], [[Poi Dog Pondering]] and [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]], among many others. She also appears on albums by Bob Mould and Rachel Grimes. In 2011, Chesley moved back to Los Angeles and switched her attention away from studio work and towards touring as Helen Money. Since then, she has toured widely across the U.S. and Europe opening for acts such as [[Shellac (band)|Shellac]], [[Earth]], [[Nina Nastasia]], Joe Lally, Mono, Sleep, Magma, Jarboe, Neurosis and Agalloch. During the Spring of 2015, Chesley performed with Bob Mould on his Workbook 25 tour which included an appearance on the David Letterman Show.
Verbow broke up in 2001 and Chesley turned her attention to a busy career in Chicago as a composer/performer and [[session musician]] in the studio. She most often recorded at two of Chicago's busiest recording studios, [[Steve Albini]]'s [[Electrical Audio]] and Soma Studios. She worked with artists including [[Mono (Japanese band)|Mono]], [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], [[Broken Social Scene]], [[Russian Circles]], [[Chris Connelly (musician)|Chris Connelly]], [[Poi Dog Pondering]] and [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]. She also appears on albums by Bob Mould and [[Rachel's|Rachel Grimes]]. In 2011, Chesley moved back to Los Angeles and switched her attention away from studio work and towards touring as Helen Money. Since then, she has toured widely across the U.S. and Europe, opening for acts such as [[Shellac (band)|Shellac]], [[Earth (American band)|Earth]], [[Nina Nastasia]], [[Joe Lally]], [[Mono (Japanese band)|Mono]], [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]], [[Magma (band)|Magma]], [[Jarboe]], [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]] and [[Agalloch (band)|Agalloch]]. During the spring of 2015, Chesley performed with Bob Mould on his Workbook 25 tour, which included an appearance on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''.


In addition to Helen Money, Chesley has also composed music for film, theater and dance, including two major works {{clarify|date=January 2011}} for Chicago-based Mordine and Company Dance Theater, ''Quest'' and ''Time Stilled''. Chesley was honored in 2007 by being granted a full scholarship to study composition with guitarist/composer [[Fred Frith]] at Oakland's esteemed [[Mills College]]. She opted out from the offer, and instead decided against the move to concentrate on expanding her role as Helen Money. {{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
In addition to Helen Money, Chesley has also composed music for film, theater and dance, including two major works {{clarify|date=January 2011}} for Chicago-based Mordine and Company Dance Theater, ''Quest'' and ''Time Stilled''. In 2007 she was granted a full scholarship to study composition with guitarist/composer [[Fred Frith]] at [[Oakland]]'s esteemed [[Mills College]]. She opted out of the offer, and decided against the move to concentrate on expanding her role as Helen Money. {{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}


Chesley's first solo album, with the [[eponymous]] title, ''[[Helen Money (album)|Helen Money]]'', was released on Cellobird Records in September 2007. Her second album as Helen Money, ''In Tune'', was released on the [[Table of the Elements]] label. ''In Tune'' was recorded at [[Electrical Audio]] by Greg Norman and mixed by Sanford Parker at Semaphore Studios in Chicago. Her third Helen Money release, Arriving Angels, came in 2013 on the Profound Lore label. Arriving Angels was recorded and mixed at Electrical Audio by Steve Albini. A new Helen Money record, entitled Become Zero, is slated for release on Thrill Jockey Records in September, 2016. It was recorded in Los Angeles at Neutral Studios and East/West Studios by Will Thomas and Ken Sluiter and mixed by Will Thomas.
Chesley's first solo album, the [[eponymous]] ''[[Helen Money (album)|Helen Money]]'', was released on Cellobird Records in September 2007. Her second album as Helen Money, ''In Tune'', was released on the [[Table of the Elements]] label. ''In Tune'' was recorded at Electrical Audio by Greg Norman and mixed by Sanford Parker at Semaphore Studios in Chicago. Her third Helen Money release, ''Arriving Angels'', came in 2013 on the [[Profound Lore]] label. It was recorded and mixed at Electrical Audio by Steve Albini. A new Helen Money record, ''Become Zero'', was slated for release on [[Thrill Jockey]] in September 2016. It was recorded in Los Angeles at Neutral Studios and East/West Studios by Will Thomas and Ken Sluiter, and mixed by Will Thomas.


Alison was chosen by [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] to perform a Helen Money performance at the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|ATP I'll Be Your Mirror]] festival that they curates in July 2011 at London's [[Alexandra Palace]],<ref>[http://www.atpfestival.com/events/ibymportishead.php ATP: I'll Be Your Mirror London]</ref> and also performed at the ATP event, Nightmare Before Christmas, curated by Shellac in December 2012.<ref>[http://www.atpfestival.com/newsview/1207161400.php]</ref>
Chesley was chosen by [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] to perform a Helen Money performance at the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|ATP I'll Be Your Mirror]] festival that they curated in July 2011 at London's [[Alexandra Palace]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpfestival.com/events/ibymportishead.php |title=I'll Be Your Mirror London curated by Portishead & ATP - All Tomorrow's Parties |website=Atpfestival.com |date= |access-date=2016-10-16}}</ref> and also performed at the ATP event Nightmare Before Christmas, curated by Shellac in December 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpfestival.com/newsview/1207161400.php |title=Wire, Mission Of Burma, The Ex, Scrawl + more for Shellac's Nightmare Before Xmas Festival - All Tomorrow's Parties |website=Atpfestival.com |date= |access-date=2016-10-16}}</ref>


==Selected discography==
==Selected discography==
* 2016 Helen Money, Become Zero (Thrill Jockey Records)
* 2021 - [[Thalia Zedek|Thalia Zedek Band]], ''[[Perfect Vision]]'' ([[Thrill Jockey]])
* 2015 Jarboe/Helen Money (Aurora Borealis)
* 2020 - Helen Money, ''Atomic'' ([[Thrill Jockey]])
* 2019 - [[Bob Mould]], ''[[Sunshine Rock]]'' (Merge Records)
* 2013 Helen Money, Arriving Angels (Profound Lore)
* 2016 - Helen Money, ''Become Zero'' (Thrill Jockey)
* 2011 [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] ''[[Worship Music (Anthrax album)|Worship Music]]'' ([[Megaforce Records|Megaforce]])
* 2015 - [[Jarboe]]/Helen Money (Aurora Borealis)
* 2010 [[Mono (Japanese band)|Mono]] ''[[Hymn to the Immortal Wind]]'' ([[Temporary Residence Limited|Temporary Residence]])
* 2009 Helen Money ''In Tune'' ([[Table of the Elements]])
* 2013 - Helen Money, ''Arriving Angels'' ([[Profound Lore]])
* 2009 [[Russian Circles]] ''[[Geneva (Russian Circles album)|Geneva]]''([[Suicide Squeeze Records|Suicide Squeeze]])
* 2011 - [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], ''[[Worship Music (album)|Worship Music]]'' ([[Megaforce Records|Megaforce]])
* 2010 - [[Mono (Japanese band)|Mono]] ''[[Hymn to the Immortal Wind]]'' ([[Temporary Residence Limited|Temporary Residence]])
* 2009 [[Broken Social Scene]] Forgiveness Rock Record ([[Arts & Crafts (record label)|Arts & Crafts]])
* 2007 Alison Chesley ''[[Helen Money (album)|Helen Money]]'' (Cellobird Records)
* 2009 - Helen Money ''In Tune'' ([[Table of the Elements]])
* 2007 Krista Franklin and Alison Chesley ''Aural Anarchy'' ([[Naïve Records|Naïve]])
* 2009 - [[Russian Circles]] ''[[Geneva (Russian Circles album)|Geneva]]'' ([[Suicide Squeeze Records|Suicide Squeeze]])
* 2009 - [[Broken Social Scene]], ''[[Forgiveness Rock Record]]'' ([[Arts & Crafts (record label)|Arts & Crafts]])
* 2007 Plague Bringer, ''Life Songs in the Land of Death'' (Hewhocorrupts)
* 2007 - Alison Chesley, ''[[Helen Money (album)|Helen Money]]'' (Cellobird Records)
* 2006 [[Mono (Japanese band)|Mono]] ''You Are There'' ([[Temporary Residence Limited|Temporary Residence]])
* 2007 - Krista Franklin and Alison Chesley ''Aural Anarchy'' ([[Naïve Records|Naïve]])
* 2004 [[Mono (Japanese band)|Mono]] ''Walking Cloud'' ([[Temporary Residence Limited|Temporary Residence]])
* 2007 - Plague Bringer, ''Life Songs in the Land of Death'' ([[Hewhocorrupts]])
* 2004 [[Poi Dog Pondering]] ''In Seed Comes Fruit'' (Premonition Records)
* 2002 [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] ''[[Believe (Disturbed album)|Believe]]'' ([[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]])
* 2006 - [[Mono (Japanese band)|Mono]], ''[[You Are There (Mono album)|You Are There]]'' ([[Temporary Residence Limited|Temporary Residence]])
* 2004 - Mono, ''[[Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined|Walking Cloud]]'' (Temporary Residence)
* 2001 [[Chris Connelly (musician)|Chris Connelly]] & The Bells ''Blonde Exodus'' ([[Invisible Records|Invisible]])
* 2000 [[Verbow]] ''White Out'' ([[Epic Records|Epic]], 2000)
* 2004 - [[Poi Dog Pondering]], ''In Seed Comes Fruit'' (Premonition Records)
* 2002 - [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]], ''[[Believe (Disturbed album)|Believe]]'' ([[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]])
* 2000 [[Poi Dog Pondering]] ''Soul Sonic Orchestra'' (Plate-Tec-Tonic,)
* 2001 - [[Chris Connelly (musician)|Chris Connelly]] & The Bells, ''Blonde Exodus'' ([[Invisible Records|Invisible]])
* 1999 [[The Aluminum Group]] ''Pedals'' ([[Minty Fresh]])
* 1999 [[Archer Prewitt]] ''White Sky'' ([[Carrot Top Records|Carrot Top]])
* 2000 - [[Verbow]], ''[[White Out (album)|White Out]]'' ([[Epic Records|Epic]])
* 2000 - Poi Dog Pondering, ''Soul Sonic Orchestra'' (Plate-Tec-Tonic)
* 1998 [[Bob Mould]] ''The Last Dog and Pony Show'' ([[Rykodisc Records]])
* 1997 [[Verbow]] ''Chronicles'' ([[Epic Records|Epic]])
* 1999 - [[The Aluminum Group]], ''Pedals'' ([[Minty Fresh]])
* 1994 Jason and Alison ''Woodshed'' (Whitehouse Records)
* 1999 - [[Archer Prewitt]], ''White Sky'' (Carrot Top)
* 1998 - Bob Mould, ''[[The Last Dog and Pony Show]]'' ([[Rykodisc Records]])

* 1997 - Verbow, ''Chronicles'' (Epic)
==See also==
* 1994 - Jason and Alison, ''Woodshed'' (Whitehouse Records)
*[[List of Victory Records artists]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.helenmoney.com Helen Money website]
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Latest revision as of 13:45, 27 November 2024

Alison Chesley
Also known asHelen Money
Born (1960-01-04) January 4, 1960 (age 64)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentCello
Years active1995–current
LabelsEpic, Profound Lore, Table of the Elements, Temporary Residence, Thrill Jockey, Victory, Warner Bros., Minty Fresh, Invisible, Suicide Squeeze, Naïve, Arts & Crafts, Cellobird Records, Plate-Tec-Tonic, Premonition Records, Whitehouse Records
Websitewww.helenmoney.com

Alison Chesley (born January 4, 1960), known also by her stage name Helen Money, is a Chicago-based cellist and composer.

Chesley was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She moved to Chicago to attend Northwestern University, where she received a master's degree in cello performance in 1994, studying with Hans Jorgen Jensen. While at Northwestern, Chesley met Jason Narducy. They performed as an acoustic rock duo called Jason & Alison (renamed Verbow), and went on to release two albums for Epic Records: Chronicles, produced by Bob Mould, and White Out, produced by Brad Wood.[1][2] Opening for such bands as Frank Black, Bob Mould, Counting Crows, Live, Morrissey, Liz Phair and Brad with Stone Gossard, Verbow toured nationally for seven years. Meeting and working with Bob Mould was a big influence on Chesley forming the Helen Money project for aggressive, amplified cello.[3]

Verbow broke up in 2001 and Chesley turned her attention to a busy career in Chicago as a composer/performer and session musician in the studio. She most often recorded at two of Chicago's busiest recording studios, Steve Albini's Electrical Audio and Soma Studios. She worked with artists including Mono, Anthrax, Broken Social Scene, Russian Circles, Chris Connelly, Poi Dog Pondering and Disturbed. She also appears on albums by Bob Mould and Rachel Grimes. In 2011, Chesley moved back to Los Angeles and switched her attention away from studio work and towards touring as Helen Money. Since then, she has toured widely across the U.S. and Europe, opening for acts such as Shellac, Earth, Nina Nastasia, Joe Lally, Mono, Sleep, Magma, Jarboe, Neurosis and Agalloch. During the spring of 2015, Chesley performed with Bob Mould on his Workbook 25 tour, which included an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.

In addition to Helen Money, Chesley has also composed music for film, theater and dance, including two major works [clarification needed] for Chicago-based Mordine and Company Dance Theater, Quest and Time Stilled. In 2007 she was granted a full scholarship to study composition with guitarist/composer Fred Frith at Oakland's esteemed Mills College. She opted out of the offer, and decided against the move to concentrate on expanding her role as Helen Money. [citation needed]

Chesley's first solo album, the eponymous Helen Money, was released on Cellobird Records in September 2007. Her second album as Helen Money, In Tune, was released on the Table of the Elements label. In Tune was recorded at Electrical Audio by Greg Norman and mixed by Sanford Parker at Semaphore Studios in Chicago. Her third Helen Money release, Arriving Angels, came in 2013 on the Profound Lore label. It was recorded and mixed at Electrical Audio by Steve Albini. A new Helen Money record, Become Zero, was slated for release on Thrill Jockey in September 2016. It was recorded in Los Angeles at Neutral Studios and East/West Studios by Will Thomas and Ken Sluiter, and mixed by Will Thomas.

Chesley was chosen by Portishead to perform a Helen Money performance at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival that they curated in July 2011 at London's Alexandra Palace,[4] and also performed at the ATP event Nightmare Before Christmas, curated by Shellac in December 2012.[5]

Selected discography

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References

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  1. ^ Williams, Kevin M. (July 11, 1997). "Always room for cello; Verbow stings with its strings". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 5.
  2. ^ Newman, Melinda (May 6, 1995). "Continental Drift". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Alison Chesley interview 23-September 2007". Outsight Radio Hours. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  4. ^ "I'll Be Your Mirror London curated by Portishead & ATP - All Tomorrow's Parties". Atpfestival.com. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
  5. ^ "Wire, Mission Of Burma, The Ex, Scrawl + more for Shellac's Nightmare Before Xmas Festival - All Tomorrow's Parties". Atpfestival.com. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
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