I had the lucky privilege of interviewing Miki, Emma and Phil for the 20th anniversary of Split. Hope you enjoy!

http://ghostlifeghostlife.com/2014/09/23/my-...  

 

I am French and unfortunately, lush is not very famous here. I have known their music since they started. Some songs are just magnificent. I just can't stop listening to them regularly and always feel the same pleasure. Thanks lush

 

This might be of some interest to those looking for the most up to date news on Miki.

She took part in a live reading of the book 'Memoirs Of A Shoegazing Gentleman' by David Quantick, writer and broadcaster.

Here is the link - http://youtu.be/H81yolUW_yY

Miki looks and sounds great and has the same irreverent and intelligent humour she is well known for

 

Last edited by The Red Monghead at Thu, Aug 14 2014, 4:43 am, GMT +1

 

i love this site! Lush is my favorite band!

 

I would like to suggest someting new in the menu : the lush musical equipment that can be very useful for people who would like to play the songs.

I thing there are plans on the net about the instruments Lush used.

I also found this unexpected interview of Emma in Soniccathedral.co.uk about DigiTech Whammy WH-1 and explains how she used it in Astronaut, Laura and Superblast !
http://www.soniccathedral.co.uk/celebrity-pe...

Hear and find how she used it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pw3rwLT1M4 Greaaaaaaaat !

Thank you very much for keeping this site alive !
Split will be 20 soon !!!

 

I am very appreciate this website! This place shows so much love!
For a lush fan who was born in 90s, I always wish that I could be born earlier and meet them.

This place can let me know more about them, not only their music, but also their live through photo.

Love from Hong Kong!

 

Lush is so cool. So very cool.

 

What a fantastic site for a fantastic band! Really appreciate all the work you've put into this, Bill, it's an invaluable resource. Of course I fell in love with "Sweetness and Light" on MTV, but I don't think I heard from Lush again until "Ladykiller" got some radio play so many years later. Turns out there was lots of fantastic music in-between and I'm only now discovering it! Better late than never, eh? Will likely spend the near future clicking around this site and wishing I was there. Thanks to Lush for the tunes, and best wishes to all!

 

Fantastic website! I discovered Lush about 6 months ago and I've gobbled up all their music. I'm 22 and had been into shoegaze and 90's stuff for a while and good ol' Spotify showed me Lush. I heard Sweetness and Light and was captivated. That song has a real resonance for me and just makes me want to get up and move. It must be my favorite song ever. I listened to their entire discog and was not disappointed.

Words do not fully convey what I feel about Lush. Truly a great band. Wish I was old enough in the 90's to go to a show.

I saw that there was a VW Passat Commercial from '96 or so that featured Sweetness and Light, but the video had been taken down from Youtube. Anyone know where I can see it? I drive a Passat myself and listen to Sweetness and Light on the regular.

 

Hi,

I have 2 additional german numbers for the Discog:

LOVELIFE (LP): Rough Trade RTD 120.2035.2

SPLIT (LP) Rough Trade RTD 120.1905.2
The bonus CD contains:
1. White wood (4´14")
2. Girls´s world (4´56")
3. Lovelife (8´15") SUGA BULLIT MIX

question: My sweetness and Light EP has a AD cover BAD0013CD, but a rough Trade sticker 220.1110.2(16) on.
Instead of Lush songs they pressed the Hitchhiker´s Guide part4.
Is there anybody else who have a false pressing ?

Thanks to everybody who keep the momeries alive.
What a wonderful band Lush was.

/br/T

 

Miki on stage with Hard Skin this October: http://youtu.be/4NdWs1Xxotk. You can see her hair at around 3:00 and she enters the stage at 4:15. Whooo!

 

hi,does anyone know anything about the earl brutus/lush cover of mouldy ole dough cheers john

 

Hi !

I was browsing through this amazingly great web site and came across this sentence in the gig section : "The tape I received had the venue listed as the L’Aeronef in Lille, however Miki Berenyi's personal gig list shows that the correct venue is actually Les Inrockuptibles in Lille".

Actually, the venue in Lille is indeed "L'Aéronef", but Lush played there as part of a festival organized by French music magazine "Les Inrockuptibles". So that's why you got confused I guess.

HTH.

 

I remember seeing Lush live in Australia over 20 yrs ago now and most recently after listening to "sweetness and light" a rush of nostalgia swept over me...so much so I wrote to Emma and she was very kind enough to reply! Back then I was a little terrified of Miki to tell you the truth. On stage she appeared as though some sort of Samourai/Hungarian warrior with that red hair. In time though, I have loved reading her words and reminiscences...Happy for both girls that they are mothers that moved the world with their truly beautiful music...

 

Saw them in Le Divan du Monde in Paris in June 1996. small place huge sound, still thrilled to this day !! Didn't know at the time they were so close to the end.

Frederic

 

Just bought 'Gala' having heard some songs on it over the years...absolutely love it...Sweetness and Light still one of the best songs ever! Steve's bass on 'Hey Hey Helen' is excellent. Thanks for the joy Chris, Emma, Miki, Steve.

 

Saw Lush at the old Ritz in Tampa April 92. Great band Emma was hot!!!!

 

Just been gerting back into Lush having not paid them much attention at the height of Britpop, just realising what I missed! Love the album Lovelife, really wish I'd seen them back in the mid 90's in the UK.

 

Never never and desire lines....songs for evermore !! Thank you Emma and Miki for that! songs to die for...songs to live for... Oliver from Neuss, germany.

Some Lush songs are so beautiful they make me cry like I've just been handed a newborn child.

 

thank you so much for keeping this site up! I miss lush terribly, and reading all the stories is bittersweet.

are there lush shirts available anywhere? I'd buy another one today if I could.

 

This is the best site dedicated to Lush that I've seen yet. They were musicians that truly changed how I look at music, I bought Gala, and The Real Ramona by Throwing Muses on the same road trip and it really was the best time of my life. Best wishes to all the other fans, and to Miki, Emma, Phil, Steve, and prayers and thoughts for Chris and his family. ☮

 

Thanks for putting up such a great website for an incredible band. Lush was one of my favorite bands from that late 1980's-early 1990s alternative / "shoegaze" period, which was an incredible era for music. The moment I first heard De-Luxe I was hooked.

I was fortunate enough to see Lush three times during their short career: in 1991 with Ride, 1992 at Lollapalooza, and on their final 1996 tour. All of these were great shows, and I wish I had seen them more often.

The most touching memory I have of them was at their September 7, 1996 show at the Filmore, San Francisco (one of their last shows). It was Chris's 30th birthday and they had a couple of Elvis impersonators onstage to celebrate. He seemed so happy (and embarrassed), it was hard to believe the end was only a month away.

Over the years, Lush faded away in my memories. I sort of re-discovered them on YouTube about a year ago, along with other bands from that great era, and now love them more than ever.

 

Unfortunately, I was born only in 1991, and I never had the chance to listen to Lush, until a couple of years ago, let alone going to a gig, but since then, I am a great fan and I'm also happy to discover a site that has so much information about this wonderful band.

But the thing about Lush, is that they made me to feel nolstagic about them and, more generally, their era, even though I never actually experienced that period of time. It's like what the Portuguese call "Saudade".

Of course I want Lush to reunite one day, and I sincerely hope that Miki, Emma and Phil will find the motives and the inspiration to do that. Who knows?...

 

I dig your website. Filled with a massive wealth of information on one of the greatest (and most underrated) bands of all time. I'm the only person I know who even knows who Lush are (i'm a 14 year old kid and live in the United States, so naturally, not very many of my friends are going to know them). I discovered Lush from playing a video game several years ago (of all things), the song was Ladykillers, I thought "oh this is a pretty good track I'll look up more of their stuff", and from the minute I heard De-Luxe for the first time, I fell in love. I downloaded Gala, Spooky, Split and Lovelife and became hooked, also Lush led me to branch out my music taste and discover other great bands. I'm thankful for that. Cheers to one of the most talented bands to walk this earth, and the two gorgeous ladies Miki and Emma (also Phil and Steve, can't forget about them, and RIP Chris, such a sad story about what happened to him). I only hope that Lush either reunite or we see some bands take some influence from them and bring back that classic sound. I only wish I could of grew up during their hey-day, I would of been going to so many of their gigs

 

This is a fantastic website. Just wanted to pay homage to a great band. I remember seeing these guys in Chicago and the live performance was outstanding. There's really never been a sound quite like theirs.

Thanks for the great music...which will always last forever! If you guys ever do a reunion tour I'll be there.

 

One night back in 1992 I was channel surfing and came across the video for "Sweetness and Light" on MTV's 120 minutes - I was hooked instantly !!!!! I've been a Lush fan ever since that night !!!! Theres alot of magic in their music. I would like to add that I'm a bigtime MetalHead and all MetalHeads have their guilty pleasures !!!! Lush is definitely one of mine !!!!!

 

I first heard Lush in 1995/96. I went into a music store and grabbed some cds with interesting covers by bands I had never heard of. When I put "Spooky" into the player and heard "Stray" for the first time it floored me. Since then Lush has been a mainstay of my collection. Today I swung into the record store by my place (Wax Trax) and found a mint copy of "Scar" on vinyl which I proceed to play really loud. Dear Lush, thanks for every thing.

 

Recently got into the band 2:54 who remind me of Lush - but that may be because they also have a song called Scarlet!
Anyway that prompted me to dig out my Lush records, which I haven't played for ages due to most of them being on vinyl. I bought Scar when it was first released after reading the reviews and was immediately hooked - don't think I ever got to see them live though
Nice to find this site to remind me of what I have I have been missing.

 

I've loved Lush since '92.. and only had the opportunity to see them once, in Pittsburgh, August 1991 Lollapalooza. I've never forgot anything about that show, and have spent the past 20 years obsessed with this band. I remember in '96 getting my Rupert the Bear in the mail... out of nowhere. Then, getting a Christmas card from them.

Thank you, Lush. You mean the world to me. I would give anything to meet Emma, Miki and Phil.. to give you all the biggest, warmest of hugs of appreciation. You were indeed the best.

Best Wishes for 2012,

Mike S - Pittsburgh, PA/Virginia Beach, VA

 

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Love your sight. Thank you very much. I get all misty eyed when I remember this band. I was 15 in the states when I had a copy of Spooky. As the cliched saying goes "it was the soundtrack of my life" then.

 

A fan since Spooky I was lucky enough to see them live 8-22-96 In Indianapolis,In.They were in fine form that show and I was hopeful to get my copy of Split signed by at least one band member.The Eels opened up for them on this night and before the Eels went on to my suprise Both Emma and Miki were hanging round the bar/main floor area.Part of me felt like a fool going up to them with my Split cd jacket but they were both very nice and took time to meet fans before the show.Of course none of us knew how close to the end it was but I am grateful to have seen the most underrated band of the 90's live and to find out they were truly nice people.

 

Great band..underrated.. the music always sounds fresh

 

Until this week I had never even heard of Lush (such are the joys of living in the United States sometimes). Absolutely amazing sound. Fortunately I have been able to find the albums on Amazon so I can enjoy at my leisure.

 

Man,

Lush. The most underrated band on earth. They will never get the recognition they deserve. I am sure Emma and Miki are happy being moms, but their music will live forever. One of the most influential and original bands that ever was. By the way, live, didn't Miki's hands hurt playing a 12-string?

Cheers to you for the website,

Dave

 

Lovely photos & site.
Brings back some memories.

 

Thanks for making and keeping this site up. I have been a huge Lush fan ever since I was 7 when my sister used to play them all the time (1991). I have became a huge collector nerd over the years and have acquired some pretty nice items (test pressings, etc etc). One day, I hope to get some pics for you to add to the memorabilia section.

 

Dear Bill,

It's always a REAL PLEASURE to get connected with your website ! All of us are all hoping for new photos and ITW coming from the band. Nice work ! Thank you so much to make Lush live again. Lush is not dead !

Lovelife. Pierre

 

re: jim from texas

that's pretty awesome you were able to get in touch with Miki, and for her to respond. ahhh Lush, reminiscing is so bittersweet. i really miss those years. for them to reunite would be really cool.

man, miki is such a 'hottie'.

alex alaska p

The site is BRILLIANT !!! I've been a Lush fan since 1990 and they are still my favourite band over 20 years later, I'm listening to spooky as I type this. Wish they would get back together just once more. Wonder if Miki still has red hair ?!

 

Thank you for putting together this AMAZING site! There are so many photos, interview transcripts, detailed discographies and more, it's really enough to blow me away! It's good to know that there are others out there that love Lush as much as I do.

One of the things I love most about Lush is that you can see a growth and maturity in the music, lyrics and the people. Yet, at the same time, you can tell that the personalities and spirits of each of the above never change completely...whether it's a resistance to change, or an homage to the past, or what, I don't know, but I find it fascinating. Having such a deep website like lightfromadeadstar.org really helps me to appreciate the whole history of the band even more.

Thank you so much for creating this website! VOTE LUSH FOR PRESIDENT

 

Lush has been coming up on my random playlists lately and it's been taking me back. Miss them, love them, such a sad ending to such an under-rated band.
Thanks for the great website!

 

This is such a fantastic site, mucho thanks for keeping it going!! LUSH takes me back to a different time, yet the sound is timeless...
Much love to all...

 

OMG!!!!!! How did you even know how to contact Miki!!

 

Got to find out about Lush just in the last couple of years by way of checking out trance music, which led me to shoe gazing, which led me to LUSH. What a find! Started with Lovelife, and worked backwards to Spooky and Gala, then Desire Lines and Caio. Then started looking for other lesser know songs.....found Half and Half. I LOVE their music, but Half and Half is my absolute favorite and found out it was never on any record. So I wrote Miki an email and asked her for the history and why it was never on an album.....She very graciously answered within hours, that 4AD had to sell their EPs for more than the major labels, thus requiring more music on them to make it worth it to the listeners. She said they were always having to add demos, and other songs they would liked to have worked on longer. In looking at the set lists I never saw Half and Half on any of them so I have to wonder if they ever even got a chance to perform it live. Too bad for the world, since it is an awesome break-up song.....Cool thing she said was that the breakup up she was writing about was a little his and a little her fault (half and half), then she laughed and said "geddit?" Such a pleasure to hear from her, she is so nice, and to have some connection to such a terrific band, however belatedly. I just love the "melancholy, introspective" nature of so much of their music! They deserved more fame and success, no doubt about it! Anyway, just had to say hi, tell you what a great website, and oh by the way, Miki said in her email to check out your website, so consider this being checked...How cool is that! Regards, Jim from Houston, Texas, USA

 

I first heard sweetness and light on a local college station in the late 1980's. Spooky came out a short time later and then I didn't hear anymore about the band. Some years later I heard sweetness and light in a TV commercial. I did a computer search and learned the history of Lush. I have since purchased the cd's Split, Lovelife and Ciao, best of Lush. I also enjoy listening, watching Lush video's on YouTube. A truly gifted and totally underrated band! Miki's singing voice is heaven sent! I down loaded the app ringdriod on my cell phone and set sweetness and light as my ringtone.

 

Oh Miki, I fancied you so much in 1996; you're really hot with that cherry red bob! I liked the Ladykiller record best as it seemed quite dynamic. Good video too, set in a nightclub if I remember correctly. For Love was good too.

Oh, Miki, what a pity you don't understand. You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand!

 

Great website! I hope they reform and do a tribute tour for Chris.

 

I just listened to scarlet and I thought it was an awsome song. Hehe. And read the last post are u really serious?

 

EMMA ANDERSON and MIKI BERENYI of LUSH have kindly agreed to be special guests for the 'Formative 5' segment to air on 'The Golden Age of Piracy' (RRR 102.7FM, Melbourne) in MARCH! We'll keep you posted on the air-date for this once it's in the can... but keep checking at www.facebook.com/rishpublicity for further future details!

 

Guestbook v.2?
I've been listening a lot lately to Lovelife, an album I (& many others) overlooked and dismissed when it first came out. I've identified the track order as significant weakness of the album, and have created an alternative track order which people who have dismissed this album might care to try.

My thinking:
Olympia is obviously a great last track; I've Been Here Before would be an obvious bookend, having the same extra instruments (plus fitting title), but it's just not strong enough to open. Heavenly Nobodies was a problem track that turned out to be an ideal opener, its ironic comment on fame a prelude to the "lovelife" subjects of the album.

Ciao remains the best opener for "Side 2". Last Night & Tralala have been separated to break up the two slowest, longest tracks (their being in the same key didn't help), Putting Childcatcher in between helps disguise its low mastering. Tralala is ideal lead-in to Olympia, whose intro even sounds like a continuation.

Other tracks were ordered based on whether they felt like Side 1 or Side 2 songs (as it turns out, Side 1 is more objective, while Side 2 is more about relationships), and weaker tracks were surrounded by stronger songs.


Heavenly Nobodies
I've Been Here Before
Ladykillers
Papasan
Runaway
500 (Shake, Baby, Shake)

Ciao!
Single Girl
Last Night
The Childcatcher
Tralala
Olympia

If you're one of those who dismissed Lovelife, please give this alternative mix a listen!

 

It's hard to believe that I began listening to Lush 20 years ago. Living in New Zealand now, I'll listen to them when I want to be reminded of when I actually enjoyed living in the US. Those days in college and then Graduate School. Good stuff. THANK YOU LUSH!

 

For whatever reason I started listening to my Lush albums again this week. I first heard them on the '92 Lollapalooza tour on some ridiculous ski slope in northeastern Pennsylvania. I went to the concert to see RHCP and Ministry and Pearl Jam and Soundgarden (what a freaking lineup!), but Lush took my breath away. Specifically "Superblast!" Because of who was at the show (my now ex-wife when she was my girlfriend, my best friend, etc) and how much Lush's performance hit me, I became a fan forever.

I may be listening to all kinds of stuff today, but I still have a soft spot for this band, and I'll always be ready to share their music with anyone. Some quick wikipedia searching eventually got me here. Also... thanks to whoever set this up. It's a really nice tribute to the band!

 

Well I first heard lush in Rock Band 2 and I thought they were awsome!!! For a year I've been going to YouTube to search and hear thier songs. When I realized they been broken up I was so sad. I really love Miki's and Emma's voice and their so beatiful. I hope Miki changes her mind and sing more songs in the future!!!!

 

they were crucial in my life, we miss Lush a lot. nothing compares to them

best wishes to everyone!

 

Lush´s songs are part of my life because they remind me of my College times and how cool it was to listen to britpop in Brazil. Sadly just a few people know them here.
Miki is fantastic and her attittude towards music is very authentic!!!
One of the best bands of 90´s

 

Welcome to my brand new guestbook. Be the first to sign it!

Please scroll down to see the archived messages from the old guestbook, which I had to abandon due to technical issues.

Bill S.
www.LightFromADeadStar.org