Emma Anderson

Emma Anderson is a British musician from London. She is best known for being a guitarist and singer in the shoegazing/ Britpop band Lush.

Anderson was born in 1968. As keen music fan she used to write fanzines with school friend Miki Berenyi when she was a teenager. She attended university in London and joined a band called the 'Rover Girls' as bass player. In 1988 she formed Lush with Berenyi and they went on to reasonable success, having a number of top 40 hits over a ten year career. Both Anderson and Berenyi became major music press celebrities as part of The Scene That Celebrates Itself. Music papers the NME and Melody Maker gleefully reported their drink-related social activities on a regular basis which could be said to overshadow their increasingly strong songwriting. After their biggest hits the top twenty 'Single Girl' and 'LadyKillers' the bands drummer Chris Acland took his own life in 1996. The band were devastated and they split after a period of mourning.

In 1999 Anderson formed a new band Sing Sing. She remains a respected figure within the London music scene.