Miki Berenyi

Miki Berenyi
Miki Berenyi live
Background information
Birth name	Miki Eleonora Berenyi
Born	(1967-03-18) 18 March 1967 (age 50) Chelsea, London, England
Genres	Alternative rock, shoegazing
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1987–1998, 2015-2016
Associated acts	The Bugs, Lush, Lillies, the Rentals, Robin Guthrie, Eric Matthews's Seinking Ships

Miki Eleonora Berenyi (born 18 March 1967) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. She was a member of the alternative rock band Lush.

Born in Chelsea, London to a Japanese mother and a Hungarian father. She is the daughter of Japanese actress Yasuko Nagazumi, who played minor roles in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice and the TV series Space: 1999.

At the age of 14, Berenyi met her friend and future bandmate, Emma Anderson. They became interested in music and together published a music fanzine, Alphabet Soup (which only lasted for five issues). Berenyi first played bass with the band the Bugs. In 1987, Berenyi studied English literature at the North London Polytechnic, where she met drummer Chris Acland and singer Meriel Barham. Along with Anderson, they decided to form their own band, originally called the Baby Machines. Bassist Steve Rippon joined, and they changed their name to Lush. When Barham left, "the remaining members of Lush placed ads in local papers looking for Barham's replacement, but they couldn't find the singer they wanted, and Berenyi took over the vocals".

From 1987 until 1996, she played with Lush, releasing several albums, singles and music videos, and toured extensively through the UK, North America, Japan, Australia and other countries. She and Acland also collaborated with members of Cocteau Twins and Moose, releasing one song in 1991 under the name Lillies.