Skye Sweetnam

Skye Sweetnam
Skye Sweetnam signs autographs at the Juno Awards in 2006
Background information
Birth name	Skye Alexandra Sweetnam
Also known as	Sever
Born	(1988-05-05) May 5, 1988
Origin	Bolton, Ontario, Canada
Genres	alternative rock, power pop, pop punk
Occupations	Actress, Singer, Songwriter
Instruments	Vocal, guitar, piano
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Capitol (2002–2009) EMI (2002–present)
Associated acts	Tim Armstrong, James Robertson, The Matrix, Ak'Sent, Kate Todd, Britney Spears, Kaela Kimura, Sumo Cyco
Website	skyesweetnam.com

Skye Alexandra Sweetnam (born May 5, 1988) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and music video director. Skye first entered the mainstream in 2003 with the release of her debut single "Billy S." Over a year later, her debut album, Noise from the Basement, was released including the singles "Tangled Up in Me" and "Number One". In 2006, she was nominated for a Juno Award for New Artist of the Year. Her second album, Sound Soldier, was released in 2007. Now known by the stage name Sever, she is currently the lead singer of the band Sumo Cyco.

Early life

Skye was born on May 5, 1988, to Deirdre and Greg Sweetnam. She was named after the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Along with her sister, Aurora, and her brother, Cam, she was born and raised in the small town of Bolton, Ontario, where she studied dancing and singing from a young age. She began singing at the age of 5, performing for family members and friends. By her early teens she had moved on to songwriting, recording a demo with the help of a local Bolton music school, Rumball Music Studios.^{[citation needed]} Sweetnam was also a full-time Regional Arts Program student at Mayfield Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario, majoring in drama.^{[citation needed]} Within months of arriving at the school in Grade 9, she dropped out to pursue her career. She also went to Allan Drive Middle School in Bolton, Ontario.^{[citation needed]}

Music career

2003–2005: Noise from the Basement

She worked with local producer and instrumentalist, James Robertson. Together, Robertson and Sweetnam worked on what would later become Noise from the Basement, her Capitol Records/EMI debut. The single "Billy S." appeared in July 2003 on the soundtrack to the movie How to Deal, and quickly took off in Canada. Two more singles were released from her debut and fared moderately on the charts. In 2004, Sweetnam went on tour over Europe and North America, as the opening act for Britney Spears on her Onyx Hotel Tour.

Sweetnam provided the theme songs for various television shows, including The Buzz On Maggie, Wayside, and Radio Free Roscoe. In 2006, Sweetnam provided the singing voice for Barbie in The Barbie Diaries. Tim Armstrong and Sweetnam released the single "Into Action" in March 2007. Sweetnam was the opening act for Canadian Idol winner Kalan Porter on tour.

2007–2008: Sound Soldier

Sound Soldier was released 30 October 2007, the lead single, "Human" was nominated for a 2008 MuchMusic Video Award for Best Cinematography, but lost to Hedley' "She's So Sorry". For the second single EMI picked "(Let's Get Movin') Into Action", a rework of her previous single with Armstrong. Skye directed two music videos herself for "Music Is My Boyfriend" and "Babydoll Gone Wrong". Throughout 2009 and 2010 she released a number of songs from Sound Soldier. In her Youtube make-up tutorials she has used the songs "Rock n' Roll Baby", "Love Sugar Sweet", "Heartbreak", "Boomerang", "MuSick" and "Wolves and Witches". Sweetnam also released a song entitled "Stay", "Boomerang", "MuSick" and "Wolves and Witches" on her MySpace page.

Sweetnam recorded "Lava Rock" for Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll and provided vocals for a song on Jun Senoue's album, The Works. She also directed a music video for Leah Daniels' song, "Northern Señorita", and for Ashes' song "Explode (Makes My Head)". She also co-wrote two songs for Ashes.

2009–present: Sumo Cyco

Skye Sweetnam at the 2006 Juno Awards

Sweetnam began working on new music in 2009, also forming a new band, Sumo Cyco. They are a four piece metalcore band who opened for Hollywood Undead in Toronto in April 2011. Sweetnam now goes by the name Sever, which is her current alter-ego. Sumo Cyco has released so far five singles: "Mercy", "Limp", "Interceptor", "Danger", and a cover of Oingo Boingo's "Who Do You Want To Be?". With each new song, Sumo Cyco directs and puts together their own music videos to their YouTube channel which as of April 2012 received over a million views.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Radio Free Roscoe	Sydney DeLuca	Episode: "The Bad Boy"
	Switched!	Herself	Episode: "Megan/Skye"
2006	The Barbie Diaries	Barbie	"Singing Voice"

Discography

Main article: Skye Sweetnam discography

• Noise from the Basement (2004)
• Sound Soldier (2007)

See also

• List of Skye Sweetnam songs

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Nominated work
2006	Nominated	Juno Awards	New Artist Of The Year	None
2008	Nominated	MuchMusic Video Award	Best Cinematography	Human

External links

• Official website
• Skye Sweetnam's Youtube Channel
• Skye Sweetnam on Myspace
• Skye Sweetnam at the Internet Movie Database