Miki Berenyi
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Birth name | Miki Berenyi |
Born | March 18, 1967 London, England |
Genre(s) | Rock |
Instrument(s) | Singing, Guitar |
Associated acts | Lush |
Miki Berenyi (born 18 March 1967, in London, UK) is a singer who was formerly the lead singer of Lush.
[edit] Music
Berenyi met her friend Emma Anderson at the age of 14 and together they wrote the music fanzine Alphabet Soup and became interested in live music. Berenyi first played bass with The Bugs, before she and Anderson formed Lush. When Meriel Barham left, Berenyi became the lead singer by default.
After Lush split, following the suicide of drummer Chris Acland, she appeared as guest on The Rentals 1999 album Seven More Minutes (Track 4: "The Cruise"). She will be appearing on a few tracks as a guest vocalist for Seinking Ships on their debut album, due to be released sometime in 2007. She currently works for IPC magazines as a sub-editor.
[edit] Trivia
- Berenyi is of mixed Japanese and Hungarian parentage. [1]
- Her mother, Yasuko Nagazumi was a Japanese actress who played minor roles in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice and in TV-series Space: 1999. [2]
- Berenyi Light Arms, a fictional firearms company, was named after her in the SLA Industries Role-playing game. Her likeness appears in one of the illustrations in the SLA Industries rulebook.
[edit] External links
- Under the Radar interview, Nov. 2007 [3]
- vonpipmusicalexpress − Interview with Miki, published Jan. 25, 2008
- vonpipmusicalexpress − Miki commenting Lush promo photos, published Jan. 27, 2008