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Alannah Joy Currie (born 20 September 1957) is a New Zealand artist based in London. She is a musician and activist, best known as a former member of the pop band Thompson Twins .
- Thompson Twins
- Anti GM Movement
- Armchair Destructivists and Sisters of Perpetual Resistance
In 1981 Alannah joined with squat neighbours Tom Bailey and Joe Leeway and together they became the internationally successful pop band the Thompson Twins. She co-wrote the songs, performed, recorded, styled and visually directed the band for 15 years – working with many pop giants including Debbie Harry, Nile Rodgers, Grace Jones, Alex Sadkin and ...
In 2001 Currie founded and ran the notorious anti-Genetic Modification movement in NZ called MAdGE working alongside Greenpeace to organise protests, marches and mobilising women in supermarket boycotts. In order to provoke an ethical debate on the use of human genes in milk-producing cows she designed a highly controversial billboard campaign titl...
In 2004 Currie moved back to London and spent 2 years at London Metropolitan University learning traditional furniture production. She took the name Miss Pokeno and began the slow process of myth-making, building taxidermy into chairs to tell the stories of her imagined ancestors, leading to her first solo show England Bloody England at the Ragged ...
21 set 2023 · THOMPSON Twins star Alannah Currie has turned her back on fame after reaching the top of the charts in the 80s and even having a performance slot in Live Aid.
Alongside his wife Alannah Currie and Joe Leeway, the trio ruled the world’s airwaves in the ’80s, and they played Live Aid with Madonna, before splitting.
Thompson Twins – with Alannah Currie – in 1991 at the time of the Queer album, previewed by Tom’s ‘Feedback Max’ dance mix identity. Despite Bailey suffering from nervous exhaustion, the band remade the album with Nile Rodgers. “Nile is a fantastic musician, but he wasn’t at that time into experimenting with sound ...
Alannah Currie, one third of the synth-heavy pop group Thompson Twins, was a fixture on Top of the Pops, which showcased hits such as "Hold Me Now" and "Love On Your Side"....
Thompson Twins. Thompson Twins in 1985, left to right: Joe Leeway, Alannah Currie and Tom Bailey. Thompson Twins were a British pop band, formed in 1977 in Sheffield. [3] Initially a new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity during the early and mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the ...
