Miki Berenyi of Lush: it was the best of times, it was the worst of times …

Around half of Miki Berenyi’s memoir is about her extraordinary childhood – her philandering Hungarian dad, her racist gran who gave her Coca-Cola and chocolate for supper, her Japanese mum who acted in Bond movies and introduced her to Omar Sharif, Bernard Cribbins and Christopher Lee. She talks here about the formation of Lush, the “rabbit-in-the-headlights” shock of suddenly seeing themselves in the music press, the way they looked, their uneasy relationship with journalists, the Lollapalooza tour, the reactions of the people she’s written about, whether that kind of fame would have been better or worse in the days of social media, and life in “a world that was moving in the direction of Woodstock ‘99”. ‘Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success’ is out soon and you’re strongly advised to pre-order here …   www.amazon.co.uk/Fingers-Crossed-Music-Saved-Succe…   @berenyi_miki Subscribe to Word in Your Ear on Patreon for a whole host of exclusive content, benefits and rewards!: www.patreon.com/wordinyourear