Alannah Currie

Alannah Joy Currie (born 20 September 1957, in Auckland, New Zealand) is a London-based artist and musician, best known as a former member of the 80s UK pop group Thompson Twins.\n', 'Born in New Zealand and trained as a journalist, Currie emigrated to the UK in 1977. Currie squatted in various places in South West London, ending up in Lillieshall Road, Clapham Old Town. In 1979, with her across-the-road neighbour, Trace Newton-Ingham (Traci Newton), she co-founded the dread-punk-improvising group, The Unfuckables. The Unfuckables performed one "gig" at an anti-psychiatry conference in early 1980, held in the Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London.[citation needed] For this particular gig the group comprised the two co-founders, plus an array of musicians from London\'s "underground" music scene — Viv Albertine (The Slits), Gareth Sager (The Pop Group), Charles Bullen and Charles Hayward…