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![]() images used by permission | Skyview Entertainment is the online home of Ophelia Rising, a Los Angeles-based band. (From left: lead singer Lexa, guitarist Tigger, drummer Melissa). Lexa is the creative force behind the website, which goes beyond the usual promotional rigmarole to address fundamental questions about art and censorship. |
| Cover of Natalie Merchant's album Ophelia. The title track inspired Cheryl Boswell's Ophelia. | ![]() © 1997 Elektra Records |
![]() © 1994 Epic Records | Cover of Indigo Girls album Swamp Ophelia. |
| Back cover photo of Kate Bush from the album Hounds of Love. Conceived as the "cover" of the b-side mini-album The Ninth Wave, a series of songs following the often delirious stream-of-consciousness of a drowning woman. Kate has said this photo was inspired by John Everett Millais' painting Ophelia. | ![]() © 1985 EMI Records |
![]() | Concert photo of Ophelia's Pond, a Los Angeles-based band whose "sound is a hard, driving force that uses an array of different influences to explore new musical possibilities." |
| Ophelia's Sweet Demise, a Milwaukee-based band with a gothic aesthetic. | ![]() |
![]() | Ophélia, "Dominica and the Caribbean's foremost Lady of Song". |
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Lyrics of "Ophelia" by the Canadian band Moist