OFF: Mary Hansen/Stereolab

[stephe lindas]

She looked older than that in person.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Pearson" <jasret at MINDSPRING.COM>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: OFF: Mary Hansen/Stereolab


> 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.