Spalding Rockwell is a band composed of Mary Louise Platt "ML" and Nicole Lombardi "Nikki".
The group was eventually renamed "Daughter" after Platt and Lombardi continued on as the duo "Spalding Rockwell".
ML was primarily influenced by hip hop, especially Black Sheep, Cypress Hill and Wu-Tang Clan.
Spalding Rockwell first gained attention as a featured act on Larry Tee’s electroclash circuit.
Their full-length LP Kate distributed by Defend Music in 2004 was entirely written, performed and produced by ML and Nikki.