Mary Hansen Musical artist

Mary Therese Hansen (11 January 1966 – 9 December 2002) was an Australian-born guitarist and singer. She was a member of United Kingdom-based alternative music group Stereolab from 1992. As a member of that band Hansen recorded six studio albums from Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (August 1993) to Sound-Dust (August 2001). As a side-project, in late 1999 she formed the space rock group, Schema, with members of Seattle-based band, Hovercraft, and they issued their debut album, Schema on 19 September 2000. On 9 December 2002 Hansen was killed in a cycling accident when she was hit by a truck in London. She was 36 years old.

Personal facts

Mary Hansen
Birth dateJanuary 11, 1966
Birth place
Maryborough Queensland , Queensland , Australia
Date of deathDecember 09, 2002
Place of death
City of London

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Musical artist

Career started1986
Career ended2002
associated musical artist
Stereolab
The Wolfhounds
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Indie pop
Post-rock
Indie rock
instrument
Bass guitar
Guitar
Percussion instrument
Keyboard instrument
Singing

Mary Hansen on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/Print.do?articleId=801815