OFF: Mary Hansen/Stereolab

[Doug Pearson]

Sad news, indeed.  They've been one of my favorite pop bands ever since
their first couple EP's.  In addition to being a fine live rhythm
guitarist, she was also a great backup vocalist with wordless "bah bah duh
dum dah"s that sounded so sweet and smooth.  I thought that their Neu! -
meets - Modern Lovers (that's Jonathan Richman's original band, for those
who don't know) sound was one of the most positive and distinctive
individual band styles of the early 90's.

Drivers, watch out for those cyclists!  (she died in a cycling accident in
London, not Australia)
http://www.nme.co.uk/news/103736.htm

    -Doug
     jasret at mindspring.com

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 17:47:33 +0100, Henderson Keith
<keith.henderson at PSI.CH> wrote:
>Hi Folks...
>
>I've just heard that Mary Hansen, keyboardist/vocalist of the post-rock
>group Stereolab has died in an auto accident in her native Australia.  Very
>sad....their early albums are full of really wonderful Neu!-like
>elektro-groove music.