September 27, 2000 - Elastica shot to the top of the Brit-pop pack with its 1995 self-titled debut seemingly without knowing that its rocket boosters were on. Snarling and salivating, the band was a girl-powered kick in the bum to the macho acts (Oasis, Blur) also breaking at the time.
August 30, 2000 - LONDON--Britpop group Elastica will tour the U.S. and Canada for the first time in five years, beginning in late September. The group will undertake its 11-date club venture in support of its latest album "The Menace," the follow-up to its self-titled 1995 debut.