Miki Berenyi

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Miki Berenyi
Miki Bernyi Live Background information Birth name Miki Berenyi Born March 18, 1967(1967-03-18) (age 41)
London, England Genre(s)Rock Instrument(s)Singing, GuitarAssociated acts Lush

Miki Berenyi

Miki Berenyi (born 18 March 1967, in London, UK) is a singer who was formerly the lead singer of Lush.

Music

Main article: Lush (band)

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.

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.

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