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Boozer was the British shoegazing band, formed in 1988 by Steve Rippon, Emma Anderson, Meriel Barham, Chris Acland and Miki Berenyi. Barham left nearly immediately, at length settling inside fellow shoegazing band Pale Saints. Robin Guthrie helped the band sign to 4AD and released Scar, an EP, in 1989. Critical praise for Scar & a wildly popular survive indicate established Souse when one of the right-selling elastic in the fresh shoegazing genre of pop music. That season a EPs Mad Love, by Robin Guthrie, and Sweetness & Weak followed.

Around 1990 the LP Gala, which combined a material from their 1st 3 EPs, was freed by Reprise around the United States, the 1st exposure of Dipsomaniac in North America. Their number one LP mass produced higher of totally newly lesson was Spooky in 1992. By Robin Guthrie, Spooky featured the healthy super similar to Guthrie's band Cocteau Twins, with bulwarks of healthy & much of rim. Reviews were mixed & critics of the album hang on to that Guthrie's production brought a healthy out of a band's original originative vision. Rippin left a band at this stage sequentially to concentrate on writing, though his book Cold Turkey Sandwich - the fictionalized story of his instance around touring - was rejected by publishers. He was replaced by Phil King. Likewise around 1992, Boozer toured America as part of the Lollapalooza festival.

Split was released within 1994 and featured a additional industrial healthy. Split sold ill, all the same. When adapting to the recently popular sounds of Britpop, Lush's Lovelife became a large marketer of their career, including the hit singles "Ladykillers" & "Single Girl".

Inside 1996, drummer Chris Acland hanged himself in his parents' home when suffering from either depression. Around 1998 the three unexpended members of Dipsomaniac decided to disband. Emmthe Anderson has since formed a newly band, Sing-Sing.

Discography
100% releases by 4AD, catalogue numbers within brackets.

Singles and EPs
Scar (1989, JAD 911) Mad Love (1989, BAD 0003) Black Spring (1991, BAD 1016) For Love (1992, Badness 2001) Dissimulator (1994, BAD 4008) Want Lines (1994, Badness 4010) Only Girl (1996, Ii Videos, BAD 6001, BADD 6001) Ladykillers (1996, Deuce Videos, BAD 6002, BADD 6002) Five hundred (1996, Two Videos, BAD 6009, BADD 6009)

Albums
Skittish (1992, GAD 2002) Split (1994, GAD 4011) Lovelife (1996, GAD 6004)

Compilations
Gala affair (1990, CAD 0017) Aloha! - A Right of Lush (2001, GAD 2K22CD) Topolino (1997, 276862)

Singles

|rowspan="2"| Year |rowspan="2"| Title |colspan="1"| Chart positions |rowspan="2"| Album |-

| US Modern Rock |- | 1990 | "Sweetness and Light" | #4 | Gala |- | 1991 | "De-Luxe" | #14 | Gala |}

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Lush
Fan site contains the usual information, as well as such topics as Miki's hair.

Downer / The Lush Site
Features news, articles, interviews, information, links, photos and lyrics.

Bill's Lush Home Page
Fan site includes discography with lyrics, videography, gigography, pictures, press archive, and email list information.

4AD: Lush
Biography from their record label.

Lysa's Lush Page
Fan site dedicated to the British band Lush. Features pictures, interviews, reviews, discography, and articles about the band.

Eyesore: Lush
Discography with cover images, and an archive of interviews.

Neil's Lush Videos Page
Includes video information, discography, and gigography.


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