Mary Hansen/Stereolab

[John Majka]

It's saddening to hear news of such a tragedy, as Stereolab is certainly one
of my favorite bands.  Mary will definitely be missed, but at least we still
have Laetitia and Tim who will hopefully still be soldiering onward with the
songwriting.
John Majka
jmajka2 at comcast.net


> 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.  IIRC she also worked together in Schema with the
> three members of the Seattle band Hovercraft, that include the SO of Eddie
> Vedder (FWIW) I understand.  I saw them in Cincinnati OH and they were
quite
> good too.
>
> Keith