Rachel Fuller

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Rachel Fuller (b. 1973) is a British musician. She is a successful independent artist, webcast host and occasional collaborator with rock musician and partner Pete Townshend.

Born in Ipswich, England - Fuller later moved with her family to Southend-on-Sea. She started playing piano at the age of six and composing music at the age of ten. Her original ambition was to be a concert performer. She became a successful child prodigy. She went to St. Michaels, a private school in Leigh, where her mother was the school deputy. At fifteen Fuller won an organ scholarship to Oxford, but turned it down explaining that she would not feel comfortable there.

Rachel Fuller's teenage years were filled with numerous music competitions, songwriting with her best friend Mikey Cuthbert and a lengthy stint as an organist in a funeral home, where she performed up to eleven times a day.

Rachel has been romantically involved with The Who's Pete Townshend since 1997, and they currently live together in Richmond, England. Rachel's orchestral works have been recorded by the London Chamber Orchestra and she has also orchestrated music for Pete Townshend's Lifehouse Chronicles album - and subsequent concerts at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre.

With Townshend she co-wrote a song titled "It's Not Enough" featured on The Who's recent studio album, Endless Wire. She also collaborated with Delerium, performing her own track "Touched" on their 2003 Nettwerk release Chimera. Cigarettes and Housework, her first album, was released in 2005.

She appeared as a sidekick to her friend Jerry Hall on VH1's reality program Kept.

Rachel hosts In The Attic, a live webcast of music and guests from Townshend's Oceanic studios in London. Though consciously anarchic in presentation, the broadcasts utilise state-of-the-art satellite broadcast technology and they are a step in an attempt to change the way live performances of musical artists can be accessed.

Fuller is currently on tour with the Who and hosting segments for the 24-hour Who radio channel on SIRIUS Satellite Radio. Independent of The Who, she is doing live performances as well as her live webcasts of "In The Attic". All information (including looped presentations from various shows), can be found on her official website Attic IntraVision.