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Venini were a
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artrock band, featuring members of
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and
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, who were active between the years 1998 and 2001.


History

Guitarist and violinist
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in 1997 and began writing and demoing songs with vocalist/lyricist Debbie Lime (real name Debbie Russell-Williams) in the Spring of 1998 Through what Senior described as "bizarre coincidences" they were able to recruit
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on keyboards, Nick Eastwood on bass, and Rob Barton on drums over the following months. Charlie Collins of
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was also a part-time member on woodwind. The group took their name from a Venetian glass manufacturer. Their first public performance was supporting
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at a Warwick University Freshers’ Ball and they went on to play a number of other gigs around the UK, including
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and
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festivals. Gaining a fair amount of attention in the media, the band's awkward, experimental brand of artpop was lauded by some but received a lukewarm or outright hostile reception in the music press. The group's image also drew a great deal of attention, with Lime dressing entirely in leather on stage. They released just three singles during their lifetime - ''Mon Camion'', (1999) ''Carnival Star'' (1999) (both on the band's own Bikini Records) – both of which entered the indie top 30 – and the ''Unshaker EP'' (2000), which was available only via mail order from the band's website. An album was recorded in 1999, but never released. Hunt's involvement in the group ceased when his other band
Ladytron Ladytron are an electronic band formed in Liverpool in 1999. The group consists of Helen Marnie (lead vocals, synthesizers), Mira Aroyo (vocals, synthesizers), and Daniel Hunt (synthesizers, guitar, vocals). Reuben Wu (synthesizers) was a ...
began to release records, and he was replaced by Michael Ash. Senior himself left towards the end of the band's life, planning to take a more managerial role, and was replaced with guitarist Nic Burke, but this new line up never came to anything and the band announced their split in 2001.


After split

Lime and Ash formed a short-lived new band called Tokyo Lucky Hole after Venini's demise. Ash now works as a sound engineer in
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, and continues to work in experimental music. Lime is now a sound healer and therapist living on the Welsh border. Nick Eastwood formed
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with former
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singer Bozz, and they have since released a number of well-received singles. Barton and Burke both play in
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's live band. Hunt continues to record with Ladytron, in addition to work as a DJ and a club owner. Russell Senior announced before Venini's split that he was quitting music to open an antique shop, but in recent years he has played guest violin with
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and joined Pulp for several of their reunion shows in 2011.


Discography

* Mon Camion / St. Tropez (21 June 1999), Bikini Records * Carnival Star / Carnival Star (Version II) (1 November 1999), Bikini Records * Postcard (free mp3 download, official website) (July 2000) * Unshaker / Exotic Night / Hoboken (29 September 2000), Bikini Records


References


External links


Web site (archived version)

Venini at Pulpwiki
{{Authority control Musical groups from Sheffield Musical groups established in 1998 English art rock groups