Eve Libertine
Eve Libertine performing in 1981
Eve Libertine performing in 1981
Background information
Birth nameBronwyn Lloyd Jones
Also known asEve Libertine, Peeve Libido
Born1949 (age 74–75)[1]
OriginLiverpool, England
GenresAnarcho punk, experimental
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1977–present
LabelsCrass, Small Wonder, Babel Label

Eve Libertine (born Bronwyn Lloyd Jones;[2] 1949) is an English singer.

She was one of the vocalists who worked with English anarcho-punk band Crass. Her works with the band include the single "Reality Asylum", as well as performing most of the vocals on the group's third album, Penis Envy (1981), the lyrics of which have a heavy anarcha-feminist content.[3] After the dissolution of Crass in 1984, Libertine worked with her son Nemo Jones, a guitarist. She trained as a classical singer and has performed as part of Crass Agenda (renamed Last Amendment as of 2005) and with Penny Rimbaud, Matt Black, Christine Tobin, Julian Siegel, Ingrid Laubrock, Nabil Shaban, and Kate Shortt.

Libertine held her first exhibition of artwork, entitled Head On, at the 96 Gillespie gallery, Finsbury Park, London, in September 2005.[4] She has designed album sleeves for Christine Tobin and Partisans. Bracketpress released a limited edition set of cards with her artwork to raise funds for Butterfield Green Community Orchard in north London.[5]

In June 2010 Listen, Little Man! premiered in Brussel. Drawing on the writings and research of Wilhelm Reich, it is a semi-improvised performance for voice and signal generators with a back projected, scrolling graphic score. On 19 November 2011 she made a guest appearance at fellow Crass bandmate Steve Ignorant's "The Last Supper" where they were joined on stage by Penny Rimbaud.

Discography

Eve Libertine performing at the Red Rose club, Finsbury Park, London, 1991

(Nb, see also full Crass discography Crass#Discography)

With Crass

Post-Crass

Eve Libertine performing as part of Last Amendment at the Hackney Vortex Club, January 2006

As guest vocalist

References

  1. ^ George Berger, The Story of Crass, Omnibus Press, 2009, ch. "Night of the Long Knives."
  2. ^ Berger, George (2006). The Story of Crass. Omnibus Press. p. 101.
  3. ^ Berger, George (1 September 2009). The Story of Crass. PM Press. pp. 199–. ISBN 978-1-60486-233-1. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  4. ^ [1] Archived 15 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "] B R A C K E T P R E S S [". Alice-wonderland.net. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  6. ^ [2] Archived 22 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ [3] Archived 24 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Crass
Authority control databases: Artists
Categories