Lene Lovich

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Born March 30, 1949) is an English-American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

She first gained notoriety in 1979 with the introduction of her hit single "Lucky Number," which debuted at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and made her a front figure in the emerging wave music industry. Lovich, a Detroit, Michigan boy, moved to England at the age of 13, where she met guitarist and songwriter Les Chappell, who later became her long-time music collaborator and life partner.

She began an interest in art and theater after enrolling at the Central School of Art and Design, where she took saxophone lessons.

She performed with the Diversion Band in 1975 and then wrote the lyrics to Cerrone's "Supernature" shortly after.

Lovich started looking for another band that would let her join and called radio presenter Charlie Gillett, who arranged a demo of Tommy James and the Shondells' "I Think We're Alone Now" and told her to Stiff Records' Dave Robinson, who then agreed to sign Lovich.

The song was released as a single and appeared on her debut studio album Stateless (1978), which produced the single "Lucky Number." Flex (1979) and No Man's Land (1982), two more albums, were released on Stiff Records.

She's been on the radio in 1989 before her 15-year absence in March.

She mainly concentrated on her family, but with the introduction of her album Shadows and Dust in 2005, she returned to her own publishing company, Flex Music, and released a re-mastered collection of all her previous albums in a limited edition box set.

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Life and career

Lovich was born Lili-Marlene Premilovich in Detroit, Michigan, to an English mother and American father of Serbian descent. After her father's health problems, her mother moved to Hull, East Yorkshire, England, for her three children. When she was a youth, she met guitarist/songwriter Les Chappell and became her longtime collaborator and life partner. They travelled to London in the fall of 1968 to attend art school. Lovich first tied her hair into the plaits, which later became a design feature, but she braided her hair to avoid making it out of the clay when studying sculpture.

Lovich began attending several art colleges, travelled around London Underground, and appeared in cabaret clubs as a "Oriental" dancer over the next decade. She also went to Spain, where she visited Salvador Dal at his home. She appeared in a show called Quintessence at the Royal Albert Hall, performed as a soldier in Arthur Brown's performance, performed as a go-go dancer with the Italian National Ballet Orchestra, and appeared on saxophone for Bob Flag's Balloon and Banana Band, as well as an all-girl cabaret trio titled the Sensations. She wrote lyrics for French disco actress Cerrone (including the sci-fi dance smash "Reality," later recorded by Lovich), and performed with various fringe theatre companies. She was also one of thousands of viewers invited to perform at the Locarno Ballroom in Coventry, 1972, when Chuck Berry performed "My Ding-a-Ling" for Chess Records.

Lovich joined the Diversionists, a funk band that released three singles and an album on Polydor Records without success in 1975.

Lovich conducted a 7" three-track "maxi-single" in the United Kingdom under her own name in 1976: "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus/The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)/Happy Christmas" (Polydor 2058 812). Lovich and recording engineer Alain Wisniak composed lyrics for "Understand," a film by French percussionist and disco music performer Cerrone in 1977. Lovich's obsession with animal rights issues is shown by the song's spooky lyrics depicting a world in which nature has evolved to fight against desecration and destruction by humanity. To Stiff Records boss Dave Robinson in 1978, disc jockey and author Charlie Gillett unveiled her album "I Think We're Alone Now," a cover version of a song performed by Tommy James and the Shondells. Robinson immediately suggested that it be released on Stiff as a single, but Lovich and Chappell were compelled to write and record a B-side at short notice. They came up with "Lucky Number," which was later released as an A-side and became a Top 3 hit in the UK Singles Chart, and became a Top 3 hit.

Lovich, a singer who was invited by Robinson to participate in the forthcoming Be Stiff Route 78 Tour in 1978, released "Lucky Number" and another Top 20 hit, "Say When" soon after. Lovich's musical style incorporated her own eccentric inventions with contemporary punk rock and emerging wave styles. She then recorded the albums Flex and No-Man's-Land for Stiff for the next two years, as well as an EP entitled New Toy, which was penned by touring band member Thomas Dolby. The Residents also performed vocals for "Picnic Boy" by the residents.

Lovich co-wrote with Chappell and Chris Judge Smith and performed Mata Hari, a play/musical at the Lyric Hammersmith, London in October and November of 1982. She was having disputes with Stiff at the time. Epic's success and criticism compelled Stiff to come out and promote No Man's Land, according to her U.S. label.

Following Lovich's departure from Stiff, the three songwriters released "Don't Kill the Animals," a single with Nina Hagen, with whom she had appeared in Cha Cha, a film that starred Herman Brood; together, the three produced the film's soundtrack.

Lovich wrote the album March in 1989, after a time of many years to raise a family. It was only moderately successful, and it wasn't released until almost a year after the album's single "Wonderland" was announced and had become a national dance hit. She also toured the United States three times before, during, and shortly after the March debut of March, giving American viewers their first glance at her for many years to come. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals performed on both tours culminating in benefit concerts. She appeared on her tours in March as part of a band that featured the electronic duo Tanz Waffen as well as Les Chappell.

Lovich performed the part of Madeline Usher in the opera The Fall of the House of Usher (1991) by Peter Hammill and Judge Smith, who performed the part of Madeline Usher (1991).

Lovich appeared on Hawkwind's Take Me to Your Leader CD in 2005 and appeared on stage with them occasionally. On September 13, 2005, Lovich's first album since March, Shadows and Dust, got a limited release on the Stereo Society label. At the Drop Dead Festival in 2006, she appeared with a full band for the first time in many years.

Lovich appeared with the Dresden Dolls at The Roundhouse in 2006, and he was featured as an extra on the band's DVD Live at the Roundhouse.

In 2007, MVD Visual released Lene Lovich: Live from New York, based on a 1981 appearance at Studio 54. Lovich and Chappell produced a new recording of their hit "Lucky Number," which was produced by rock company Eastroad and used by BBC Television for its coverage of the 2008 World Snooker Championship.

Lovich performed Eurydice in Judge Smith's song story Orfeas in 2011. She appeared on the albums Zoot Suit by Judge Smith and Gridlock by Mr. Averell in 2013.

Lovich's debut in 2012 with a new band that included Subterraneans frontman Jude Rawlins on guitar, bassist Lydia Fischer, keyboard player Kirsten Morrison, and Morgan King on drums. On October 29, 2012, the Lene Lovich Band made its live debut at London's 12 Bar Club. The band appeared on television and Berlin during their first high-profile tour in 2013, and it was the fifth act to be confirmed for Rebellion Festival 2013. Valkyrie debuted Fischer on bass in 2014, when the band began its first big European tour. The band appeared at Rebellion again in 2017, co-headlining with the Primitives, before embarking on Lovich's biggest tour in 27 years, the Psychedelic Furs.

Lovich and Rawlins formed Flex Music in September 2013, giving Lovich's back catalogue for the first time. Flex Music was released with a limited-edition handmade CD box set entitled Others: Volume 1, which contained Lovich's first three albums as well as a bonus CD of rarities. Flex reissued Lovich's 1982 album No Man's Land in digital form in 2015.

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