Cutting Through the Noise: Miki Berenyi Talks About Lush and Her Life

Miki Berenyi might be best known as the lead singer of Lush, a British rock band that rose to fame in the nineties and split up after the death of their drummer, Chris Acland. 

 

She grew up in London, a daughter of a Japanese actor and a Hungarian journalist. After her parents split up, she lived with her father and grandmother. She writes about her life and time with Lush in an excellent autobiography.

We discussed:

• Self-harm, child abuse, and other difficult subjects that come up in Miki’s autobiography
• Why “bad” things aren’t necessarily bad and the complexity of evil 
• Being mixed in the 80s compared to now
• The treatment of women in music 
• Why groups of people often ostracize non-conformists
• What is racism
• How did music journalists cover Miki and her story 
• Touring with Anthony Kiedis and Ice Cube in the 90s
• How Miki feels when she goes to Japan 
• Returning to music and performing

Miki’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/berenyi_miki/

Miki’s autobiography: https://amzn.to/4hBeSkt

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