Editing Poe (singer) (section)

==Early career==
Poe began experimenting with musical samplers and sequencers as a teenager. Noteworthy are her early collaborations with [[J Dilla]] of [[Slum Village]].<ref>Williams, Dan Keith. "Poe World" '' Tao Noise Magazine''. Premier Issue 1995.</ref> Poe's musical influences ranged "from [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] to [[Bob Dylan]] -- from [[Billie Holiday]] to [[Tribe Called Quest]]" according to music writer Stephen Grecco.<ref name="Blush" /><ref name="Details1996" /><ref>Grecco, Stephen. "Spotlighting Sound Talent" ''Interview Magazine''.
January 1996.</ref><ref>"I loved the incredible story telling in Cole Porter and Dylan songs, and I related terribly to the heartbreak and vulnerability I heard in Billie Holiday's voice. Punk Rock and Hip Hop, on the other hand, influenced me deeply with their language of empowerment and raw immediacy. Those genres demanded a brave refusal to be silenced or forgotten, and that inspired me tremendously." – Poe. Robertson, R. "Poe to Poe" ''Venice Magazine''. December 1995.</ref>

Poe was signed to [[Modern Records|Modern]]/[[Atlantic Records]] in 1994 on the strength of the demos she made with J Dilla and [[R. J.'s Latest Arrival|RJ Rice]] in RJ's living room in [[Detroit]].<ref name="Billboard1995" /><ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com Music News, Politics, Reviews, Photos, Videos, Interviews and More]. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref>

On January 28, 1996, ''[[The New York Times]]'' named Poe, along with [[Alanis Morissette]], among the defining voices of the current "movement in music" which featured "angry" female artists who were "...articulate, sexually explicit, both lover and fighter...(women who) reject self-pity and refuse to define themselves purely in terms of their connection to men."<ref>Pareles, John. "Pop View: The Angry Young Woman: Labels Take Notice" ''The New York Times''. January 28, 1998.</ref> In September 1996, ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' published a picture of Poe, with a snarl on her face and wearing a tee-shirt on which she had written the words, "Happy-Well-Adjusted Female." In the accompanying interview, Poe says "I don't think 'Angry' really sums it up at all!"<ref>Hwang, Caroline. "Don't Call 'em Angry Women Rockers" ''Glamour Magazine''. September 1996.</ref> In the November 14, 1996, issue of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Poe's album, "Hello," attained a position on the Reader's Top Ten Chart.<ref>"Rolling Stone Readers Top 10" ''Rolling Stone''. November 14, 1996.</ref> and in August 1997, ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' named Poe, along with [[Gwen Stefani]], [[Lil' Kim]], and [[Sarah McLachlan]] among the top five "Women Who Rock Our World".<ref>"Women Who Rock Our World" ''Esquire Magazine,'' Vol. 128, Number 2. August 1997.</ref>

Poe began her first major tour in January 1996, as the opening act for [[Lenny Kravitz]].<ref>''Los Angeles Times''. January 14, 1996.</ref> She and her touring band (Daris Adkins on Guitar, Dan Marfisi "Jones" on Drums, Toby Skard on bass/ and Cameron Stone on cello)<ref>Saldana, Hector. "Poe Sizzles as Garden Rocks" ''San Antonio Express News'' April 3o, 1997.</ref> then continued touring extensively as headliners and at festivals until 1999, when she stopped to begin pre-production on her second album for Atlantic. Pollstar Magazine reported in 1998 that Poe had performed for approximately 600 shows in a two-year time period.<ref>[http://www.pollstar.com/resultsArtist.aspx?ID=24485&SortBy=Date#fb_like Poe Tour Dates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131015351/http://www.pollstar.com/resultsArtist.aspx?ID=24485&SortBy=Date#fb_like |date=2010-01-31 }}. Pollstar (2001-05-25). Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref>

===''Hello''===
Poe's first album, ''[[Hello (Poe album)|Hello]]'', was released in 1995. Musically, the album was described as a sample-rich amalgam of hip-hop, rock, and jazz.<ref name="Huhn" /><ref>"Spin Fashion: "The Clash" ''Spin Magazine''. September 1995.</ref><ref>Cannon, Bob. "The Week Singles: "Poe's Slap Happy Groove Turns a Creepy Scenario into a Celebration of Survival" '' Entertainment Weekly''. February 9, 1996.</ref> Lyrically, the album was filled with literary allusions, film nods, comic book references, and psychological irony.<ref>Tucker, Karen Iris. "Poe" ''Time Out Magazine New York''. February 7–14, 1996.</ref> The CD was critically acclaimed.<ref name="Musician1995" /><ref name="Searle" /><ref>Picardo, Michelle. "The Importance of Being Poe" ''The New York Times''. June 1998.</ref><ref>Hendrickson, Mark. "Poe: Never Underestimate The Unpredictable Path Of Creativity" ''The Music Paper''. May 1998.</ref> ''Hits Magazine'' called "Hello" an "over-the-top PoMo masterpiece."<ref name="Searle" /> In an interview on [[Spotify]]'s Landmark series discussing the making of [[Alanis Morissette]]'s [[Jagged Little Pill]], [[Glen Ballard]] quoted "Hello was probably the biggest influence I had at that time, honestly, because it was a brilliant record that had jazz influence, hip hop, electronic, rock. It was a hybrid of the first degree."<ref>{{cite web |title=Influences | website=[[Spotify]] |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/03zNVNj8EFLq7l1OIxBpL6?si=vqlIpWqmRvW1rKmy_TfMMg&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3lOweY8bEV8ZRe2uspx1j0&nd=1 |language=en |date=5 November 2015}}</ref>

Not long after the album's release, Poe's single, "[[Trigger Happy Jack (Drive By a Go-Go)]]" broke into the [[Record chart|top 20]] of the [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] [[Modern Rock Tracks|Alternative and Modern Rock]] chart.<ref>Pisacane, Lea. "Poe: Trigger Happy Jack" ''Album Network''. January 26, 1996.</ref><ref>"Top 20 chart" ''Billboard Magazine''. October 17, 1995.</ref> "Trigger Happy Jack" was produced by [[Dave Jerden]] ([[Jane's Addiction]], [[Alice in Chains]]) and Jeffrey Connor and featured [[Matt Sorum]] (of [[Guns N' Roses]]) on drums and Dean Pleasants (of [[Suicidal Tendencies]]) on guitar.

Poe met Jeffrey Connor towards the completion of the record as a session bassist she hired for additional overdubs on "Hello". Connor had given Poe a track he started writing after working with her. Poe heard the demo and passed it to Jerden who immediately gave the track the green light and had Connor come in to produce. Connor brought in Sorum and Pleasants for what was to become "Trigger Happy Jack".<ref>Demalon, Tom. (1995-10-10) [http://www.allmusic.com/album/hello-mw0000176701 Hello - Poe : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards]. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref> It featured the lyric "You can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being".<ref>[http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/64319/ Trigger Happy Jack Lyric Meaning - Poe Meanings]. Songmeanings.net. Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref> The song's video went into high rotation on [[MTV]] and introduced Poe to the mainstream.<ref name="Huhn" /><ref name="CVC" /><ref name="Robinson" /><ref name="Knight" /> Also in 1997, Atlantic released a [[Maxi single|maxi CD]] and 12-inch vinyl single of "Trigger Happy Jack" which included "The Drive By [[Remix]]" and "The Psycho Demolition Mix" by Steve Lyon, an instrumental version of the song, and a "Poe Only" Mix.<ref name="discogs1">[http://www.discogs.com/Poe-Trigger-Happy-Jack-Drive-By-A-Go-Go/release/1067616 Poe - Trigger Happy Jack (Drive By A Go-Go) (Vinyl) at Discogs]. Discogs.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref> Another single, "[[Angry Johnny]]", broke into the [[Top 40|top 10]] of ''Billboard'''s Modern Rock chart, and also enjoyed heavy rotation on radio. The song's video received high rotation on MTV.<ref>''CVC Report''. April 1996.</ref><ref>''Hits Magazine''. March 1996</ref><ref>Chart ''Album Network''. March 23, 1996</ref> The song featured the line,'' "I wanna blow you...(pause) away."''<ref>[http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/43240/ Angry Johnny Lyric Meaning - Poe Meanings]. Songmeanings.net. Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref> A promotional maxi-single of the song was released to radio but was never available commercially. This single included a "Band Mix" produced by Poe and Matt Sorum that received heavy rotation on radio.<ref>Chart. ''Album Network''. March 23, 1996.</ref> There was another great remix done by the notorious spanish producer Jesus N. Gomez.

In August 1997, Atlantic released a maxi-single of the song "Hello" that included six remixes of the song ("Hello: E-Smoove Funk Mix" by E-Smoove/ "Hello: Modern Mix" by Edge Factor/ "Hello: Nevins Electronica Mix" by [[Jason Nevins]]/ "Hello: The Generator Mix by E-Smoove/ "Hello: The Edge Factor Mix" by, Edge Factor, and "Hello: Trial Dub Mix" by Edge Factor.)<ref name="discogs2">[http://www.discogs.com/Poe-Hello/release/242866 Poe - Hello (CD) at Discogs]. Discogs.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref>

On September 13, 1997, "Hello" hit number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Dance chart.<ref>[http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Poe-Biography/766F0F7A975A4A3D48256A93000E84BD/ Poe Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816042107/http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Poe-Biography/766F0F7A975A4A3D48256A93000E84BD |date=2013-08-16 }}. Sing365.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref> The video for this song also enjoyed heavy rotation on MTV.<ref>Gebroe, Erin. "Suit Yourself" '' Live Magazine''. October 1998.</ref><ref>Chart. ''Billboard Magazine''. September 1997.</ref><ref>Chart. ''Hits Magazine''. September 1997.</ref>

On November 20, 1997, the [[RIAA]] awarded "Hello" [[RIAA certification|gold certification]].<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database# Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - December 14, 2012]. RIAA. Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref>

===''Haunted''===
Poe's second album, ''[[Haunted (Poe album)|Haunted]],'' was released in October 2000.<ref>Fricke, David. "Poe" ''Rolling Stone''. November 2000.</ref><ref name="Baltin">Baltin, Steve. "The Haunting Return of Poe" ''Rolling Stone''. November 2, 2000.</ref><ref>Lord, M.G. "Rise and Shine" ''W Magazine''. December 2000.</ref><ref name="S.B.">S.B. "Poe Haunted" (review) ''Maxim Magazine''. September 2000.</ref> The album, produced by Poe and [[Olle Romo]]<ref name="discogs3">[http://www.discogs.com/Poe-Haunted/release/1379173 Poe - Haunted (CD, Album) at Discogs]. Discogs.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref> was inspired by Poe's discovery of a box of audio tapes that contained recordings of her late father's voice.<ref name="Baltin"/><ref name="Appleford">Appleford, Steve. "Record Rack" '' Los Angeles Times''. October 29, 2000.</ref> Listening to those tapes for the first time proved so difficult for Poe that she was hesitant to use them in her music. She was quoted in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "I took these tapes home, and I couldn't listen to them. It was too hard, so I kept finding ways to avoid it. They were sitting on my coffee table next to a [[boombox]] for quite some time."<ref name="Appleford"/> Poe was quoted in the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' about when she finally listened to the tapes, "It was clear how the next few years of my life would be spent."<ref name="Farber">Farber, Jim. "A Remarkable Family Album" ''The New York Daily News''. October 29, 2000,</ref><ref name="Newman_141000">Newman, Melinda. "The Beat: Poe Haunted by Father's Voice on Atlantic" ''Billboard''. October 14, 2000.</ref>

''Haunted'' was embraced by the press. The ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that "The wait for Poe's follow up to her debut album has paid off with rich, sophisticated, songs of depth and emotional intensity." They instructed audiences to "Think of ''Haunted'' as the equivalent of [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[The Wall]]''." They added that "Poe's version is more succinct, darker in parts, but just as accessible."<ref name="Appleford"/> The ''New York Daily News'' wrote, "Samples of Poe's late father's voice and heartfelt musings weave in and out of the songs on ''Haunted'', providing a narrative structure inside which Poe attempts to put her father's ghost to rest."<ref name="Farber"/> [[AllMusic]] wrote that "(Poe's) original compositions have the makings for a new music revolution alongside the likes of Radiohead's ''[[Kid A]]''".<ref>Rovi. "Reviews" ''[[AllMusic]]''. November 2000.</ref> ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' magazine credited Poe with "...defining the future of pop".<ref>Herman, James Patrick. "Poe: An Introspective Tour De Force" ''Elle Magazine'', Issue 182. September 2000,</ref> ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' magazine called ''Haunted'', "The best mindf**k you'll get all year."<ref name="S.B."/> The publication ''Indiana Statesman'' described ''Haunted'' as "one of the most influential and innovative albums of this decade," further claiming that "...this digitally produced album far outshines any studio album produced thus far."<ref>Vukelic, Kate. "Poe's Personal Discovery Yields Altruistic Artistry" ''Indiana Statesman''. Monday, February 19, 2001.</ref>

The first single from ''Haunted'', "[[Hey Pretty]]", hit the top 20 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart at a time when female musicians and singers in the format rarely got airtime.<ref name="Pesselnick">Pesselnick, Jill. "The Modern Age" ''Billboard''. June 9, 2001.</ref> At the end of 2000, the only two women in the Billboard top 100 year-end Modern Rock Chart were Gwen Stefani and Poe.<ref name="Pesselnick"/><ref name="Billboard - Google Books">[https://books.google.com/books?id=HBQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA84 Billboard - Google Books]. Books.google.com (2001-06-09). Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref> MTV put the "Hey Pretty" video into heavy rotation, and in July 2001, Poe was invited to be the opening act for [[Depeche Mode]]'s [[Exciter Tour]].<ref>Elfman, Doug. "Pulling Off the Shrink Wrap" ''Los Angeles Times''. August 16, 2001.</ref>

Haunted was also referred to in the 2002 film ''[[Panic Room]]''. In a conversation between [[Jodie Foster]]'s character, Meg Altman, and the agent selling the home containing the Panic Room, Sarah Altman (Meg's daughter, played by [[Kristen Stewart]]) asks "Ever read any [[Edgar Allan Poe|Poe]]?", to which the response given is "No, but I loved her last album!"

Also in 2000, Atlantic released a promotional CD single of the song, "Haunted", which included a remix by [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-winning producer/musician [[Chris Vrenna]] ([[Nine Inch Nails]], [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]).{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

===With Mark Danielewski===
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Poe's brother, Mark Z. Danielewski, is a best-selling novelist, and as young children Mark and Poe formed a creative relationship wherein Poe would read and edit the pages her brother wrote.<ref>Baltin, Steve. "Poe Confronts her Demons on Haunted" ''Venice Magazine''. November 2000.</ref><ref>Aquilante, Dan. "A Novel Piece of Music" ''The New York Post''. November 14, 2000.</ref> In 1997, Poe sent a manuscript of her brother's first novel ''[[House of Leaves]]'' to Warren Frazier, who was a college friend of hers and who had become an agent at John Hawkins Literary Agency in New York.<ref>Hetnoff, Jason. "Friends of Friends" ''The New York Post''. Nov 14, 2000.</ref><ref>Leibovitz, Cheralyn. "Poe Plays it Cool" ''Vogue Magazine''. October 1998.</ref> Warren agreed to represent Mark and eventually secured a publishing deal for Mark at [[Pantheon Books]].<ref>Hardy, Ernest. "Poe Evermore" ''LA Weekly''. March 21–18, 1999.</ref> In 2000, Pantheon published ''House of Leaves'', releasing it to coincide with the release of Poe's second album ''Haunted''. Poe invited Mark to do a spoken word passage in her "Drive By 2001" remix of the song "Hey Pretty"<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Poe-Hey-Pretty/master/458672 Poe - Hey Pretty at Discogs]. Discogs.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref> and also invited him to perform this passage in both her video and live show opening for Depeche Mode.<ref>Mirkin, Steven. "Depeche Mode; Poe" ''Daily Variety''. Concert Reviews. August 16, 2001.</ref> Of his sister's support, Mark recounts how he once in a moment of rage tore the handwritten manuscript of a story called "Redwood" into tiny pieces and threw it into a dumpster. Poe rescued the pieces from the dumpster and taped the entire manuscript back together. It took her two weeks.<ref>[http://chuckpalahniuk.net/interviews/authors/mark-danielewski#ftn.9 Mark Danielewski | The Cult] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317031751/http://chuckpalahniuk.net/interviews/authors/mark-danielewski#ftn.9 |date=2013-03-17 }}. Chuckpalahniuk.net. Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref><ref>"Bold Prose and Edgy Pop: Poe and Mark Danielewski" ''Request Magazine''. October/November 2000.</ref>

In November 2000, Poe performed a tour of [[Borders (retailer)|Borders]] with her brother.<ref>{{cite news|author=Gatham, Roger|title=In Person: Mark Z. Danielewski and Poe|newspaper=[[Austin Chronicle]]|date=November 24, 2000|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/books/2000-11-24/79475/|access-date=2012-12-14}}</ref> Their set included Mark reading passages from ''House of Leaves'' and Poe singing songs that share themes with the book.<ref>[http://bestuff.com/stuff/mark-z-danielewski Mark Z. Danielewski (The Best Author)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090220/http://bestuff.com/stuff/mark-z-danielewski |date=2015-04-02 }}. Bestuff.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref> ''House of Leaves'' made the [[New York Times Best Seller list]] in April 2000.<ref name="Newman_141000"/><ref>[http://www.locusmag.com/2000/Monitor/Bestsellers0417.html Locus Online: SFFH Bestsellers, 17 April 2000]. Locusmag.com (2000-04-17). Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref>

===Effect of AOL–Time Warner merger===
With ''Haunted'' climbing the charts,<ref>''Billboard Magazine'', Chart. September
2001.</ref><ref name="Billboard - Google Books"/> Atlantic Records announced that it had renewed Poe's contract for three more albums.<ref name="Singer">Singer, Maya. "Poe" '' New York Post''. August 21, 2001.</ref><ref name="Taylor">Taylor, Chuck (editor). "Pick Ups" ''Billboard Magazine''. August 26, 2001.</ref> It renewed its agreement with the boutique label, Modern/FEI Records (Fishkin Entertainment, Inc.) through which Poe was signed to Atlantic.<ref name="discogs3"/><ref name="Singer"/><ref name="Taylor"/> Atlantic also committed to releasing and distributing ''Haunted'' internationally and serviced the album globally.<ref name="Singer"/><ref name="Taylor"/> Shortly thereafter, it printed promo copies of "Wild", the second single from ''Haunted'', which included a remix by [[Static Revenger]]. Copies of that single were never sent to radio.

A merger of [[Time Warner]], the parent company of Atlantic, and [[AOL]] was approved by the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] in January 2001. AOL Time Warner was under close scrutiny to show positive results almost immediately after the merger. With a softening of the economy after the FCC approval, it began close review of all relationships with third-party production houses, such as Modern Records<ref>{{cite web|author=Bronson, Marena|title=AOL Time Warner: A Closer Look at the Largest Media Merger in History|publisher=3.villanova.edu|url=http://www3.villanova.edu/realtimefinance|access-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107080517/http://www3.villanova.edu/realtimefinance/|archive-date=November 7, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In November 2001, six weeks after renewing Poe's contract, ''Billboard Magazine'' announced that Atlantic was severing ties with Modern/FEI records.<ref name="discogs3"/><ref name=autogenerated7>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77734/tori-collective-soul-poe-exit-atlantic Tori, Collective Soul, Poe Exit Atlantic]. Billboard. Retrieved on 2012-12-14.</ref>

The result was that Poe was dropped from Atlantic's roster of artists. Poe's manager and Modern/FEI label head Paul Fishkin stated that "Poe was stunned to be let go as Atlantic had just picked up its option on her next three albums and had already printed promo CDs of her next single 'Wild' and sent them to radio."<ref name=autogenerated7 /><ref>Lee, Felicia R. "Tori Drops Her Label" ''The New York Times''. June 4, 2008.</ref><ref>Robinson, Lisa. "Paths Diverge inside the AOl Time Warner Merger" ''Vanity Fair''. December 2001.</ref> Val Azzoli, then President of Atlantic, said to ''Billboard Magazine'' of dropping Poe, "Poe must be feeling pretty bruised right about now," adding that Atlantic had simply made a business decision.<ref>Newman, Melinda. "The Beat: Waves at Atlantic" ''Billboard Magazine''. November 24, 2001.</ref> The article points out that it was a strange decision in light of the fact that, "according to [[Nielsen SoundScan|SoundScan]], ''Haunted'' had sold 250,000 copies and the album's first single, 'Hey Pretty', had only come out two months prior."<ref name="Newman_141000"/> [[Spinner (website)|Spinner]] reflected ten years later on the business decision and its impact stating, "With a gold record under her belt, a {{Sic|?|hide=y|critically|-}}acclaimed second album, a new hit single, strong sales, and an arena tour opening for Depeche Mode, Poe was well-established as an important influence. And then, poof—she disappeared."<ref name=autogenerated16>{{cite web |url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/01/28/poe-returns-after-10-years-of-legal-battles/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230173848/http://www.spinner.com/2010/01/28/poe-returns-after-10-years-of-legal-battles/ |title=Poe Returns After 10 Years of Legal Battles |website=spinner.com |date=January 28, 2010 |access-date=December 14, 2012 |archive-date=December 30, 2011}}</ref>