| Justine Frischmann | |
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| Birth name | Justine Elinor Frischmann |
| Born | 16 September 1969 Twickenham, England, UK |
| Genres | Alternative rock Britpop |
| Occupations | Musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1989–2001 |
| Associated acts | Elastica Suede |
| Website | http://www.justinefrischmann.net |
Justine Elinor Frischmann (born 16 September 1969) is an English singer and guitarist, best known for being the lead singer of the now defunct band Elastica. In the last few years, she has pursued a career as an abstract painter.
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Justine Frischmann was born in Twickenham, to Wilem Frischmann, a Jewish-Hungarian Holocaust survivor who is chairman of the Pell Frischmann company of consulting engineers, and to a Jewish-Russian mother.[1][2]
Frischmann attended St Paul's School,[1] before studying Architecture at University College London. Initially, Frischmann had wanted to pursue art, but after her father expressed doubts, she attended Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London, where she spent six years studying architecture.
Frischmann began dating Brett Anderson in 1989, and together they founded the band Suede. She left the band in 1991.
Frischmann later founded and fronted her own band, Elastica, which was formed in 1992 and emerged in 1993 with the single "Stutter" with help from BBC Radio 1 DJ Steve Lamacq. They were first signed to his label, Deceptive Records, and later signed with Geffen Records. The band members were: Frischmann on vocals/guitar, Donna Matthews on guitar, Annie Holland on bass and Justin Welch on drums. In 1995, Elastica was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for their album Elastica. The album became the fastest selling British debut in history, and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide. Elastica released a second album in 2000 which did not sell as well. In 2001 the band announced an amicable break up.
From 2002-2003, Frischmann collaborated with her friend and flatmate M.I.A., co-writing songs on her first album Arular, most notably its 2003 single "Galang".
In 2003, Frischmann co-presented a series called Dreamspaces for the BBC Television about modern architecture and provided narration for The Madness Of Prince Charming, a Channel 4 biographical documentary on Adam Ant and his longtime battle with bipolar disorder. She also wrote the incidental theme tune for CH4's Working It. In 2004, she presented the UK's premier and longest-running arts programme The South Bank Show and appeared as a judge for the Stirling Prize for Architecture.
Frischmann met Brett Anderson while studying at the University of London,[3] where she studied architecture. While still initially living with Anderson, she fell for Damon Albarn (of Blur) who was her long-term boyfriend until they split in August 1998. Their split later inspired the songs from the album 13, most notably Tender" and "No Distance Left to Run".
In 2005, Frischmann moved to Boulder, Colorado where she studied visual arts at Naropa University, a small, Buddhist-inspired liberal arts college. In July 2008, Frischmann married a U.S. college professor. Her first solo art show was in 2008, and since then she has exhibited nationally, including work at NY's Sloan Gallery. "Mother Tongue", opened in San Francisco in June 2010.
She now lives and works in San Rafael, California with her husband, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of California-Davis.[4]
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