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Emma Anderson (born 10 June 1967, Raynes Park, Wimbledon, London)[1] is an English musician. She is best known for being a songwriter, guitarist[2] and backing singer in the shoegazing/Britpop band, Lush. As a keen music fan, she used to write a fanzine called Alphabet Soup[1] with school friend Miki Berenyi when she was a teenager. She attended Ealing College of Higher Education from 1986 - 1990 in London and joined a band called the The Rover Girls as a bass player.[1]
[edit] Musical careerIn 1988 she formed Lush with friend and fellow song writer, Miki Berenyi. "On March 6, 1988, Lush played their very first performance at Camden Falcon in London."[1] They went on to reasonable success, having a number of Top 40 hits over an eight year career. Anderson told Everett True in Melody Maker, "I remember when I couldn't play, I wasn't in a band, didn't know anyone else who could play, and now we've got a record out on 4AD. I sometimes find it impossible to come to terms with what's happening,"[1] Both Anderson and Berenyi became major music press celebrities as part of The Scene That Celebrates Itself. Music magazines the NME and Melody Maker gleefully reported their social activities on a regular basis,[3][4] which could be said to overshadow their increasingly strong songwriting. As drummer Chris Acland states, "people seem to want to talk abot Lush's relationship to the press more than they want to talk about Lush."[5] Of the sound of Lush, Emma says, ""We were kind of punk rock in one way. We did think 'Well, if they can do it, why the fuck can't we?' Basically, our idea was to have extremely loud guitars with much weaker vocals. And, really the vocals were weaker due to nervousness - we'd always be going 'Turn them down! Turn them down!'.""[1] After their biggest hits, the Top 30 "Single Girl", "Ladykillers" and "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" and Top 10 album, Lovelife, the band's drummer Chris Acland took his own life in 1996. The members were devastated and they split in 1996. Lush officially announced their breakup on February 23, 1998.[1] In 1997 Anderson formed a new band with vocalist Lisa O'Neill, Sing-Sing. Emma talks about how it started, "I just started writing songs not really knowing what was going to happen though I kind of knew I didn’t want to form another 4-piece indie band. I demoed those songs for 4AD with myself singing but was dropped but I wasn’t fazed. I then met Lisa O’Neill via a guy I was going out with at the time. She had worked with Mark Van Hoen whom funnily enough, someone I knew said, was looking for collaborators so it kind of all fell into place and Sing-Sing was born."[6] They released two albums - The Joy of Sing-Sing in 2001 and Sing-Sing and I in 2005, before officially disbanding on New Year's Day 2008.[6] Anderson currently resides in Brighton and still works in the music industry.[6] [edit] Discography[edit] Lush
[edit] Sing-Sing
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