Mary Hansen
Mary Hansen (
November 1,
1966 -
December 9,
2002) was guitarist and singer with
Stereolab. Born in Maryborough near
Brisbane in
Australia, she moved to
London in the late
1980s and became a backing singer with the Essex-based indie band, The Wolfhounds. She met Stereolab founder Tim Gane when the Wolfhounds played with his band McCarthy, and joined
Stereolab as backing vocalist in 1992. She also played guitar, and sometimes percussion and keyboards, and occasionally sang lead vocals. She was a member of the "groop" until her death in a cycling accident in December 2002. She also sang on records by Brokeback, The High Llamas, Moonshake and Mouse On Mars.
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