Lene Lovich (pronounced Lay-na Luv-itch) was born in the motor city Detroit USA home of Motown Records on 30th March 1950. Her father was Yugoslavian and her Mother was from England. The family separated when she was 13 and she emigrated to Yorkshire with her Mother where she met her life long partner, guitar player and co-writer, Les Chappell. They attended the Central School of Art in London where Lene studied sculpture, and began to plait and wrap her hair to keep it clean when bending over the claypit.

In 1978, after several years of playing sax, dancing and performing in fringe theatre and other people's bands, and having penned the lyrics to Cerrone's disco classic Supernature, Lene came to the attention of the legendary dj Charlie Gillet, who believed in her voice and played her demo to Stiff Records boss Dave Robinson who immediately signed her. That demo, a cover of the Tommy James classic I Think We're Alone Now, was issued by Stiff as a mail-order only single. Shortly afterwards she emerged as the star of the Be Stiff 1978 tour, a five band line-up touring the UK travelling as one company aboard a specially chartered train. The following year her weirdly original debut album Stateless spawned a huge international hit Lucky Number.

Singles Say When and Bird Song also charted and a second album made the UK top 20. Very extensive European and USA tours followed where she gained a large following fascinated by the trademark high pitched frequencies that punctuated her emotion drenched, quirky and offbeat material, bizarrely original dress sense and uncontrollably energetic live performance. She co-starred in the film Cha Cha with Nina Hagen, who recorded her own version of Lucky Number (Wir Leben Immer Noch). They were later to co-write and record Don't Kill The Animals, a vegetarian and anti-vivisection rap. She turned down the lead role in the film Breaking Glass, later offered to Hazel O Connor who enjoyed temporary popularity in the UK with a brace of albums with a similar sound to Lene.

Lene's third album No Man's Land was severely delayed by an unethused Stiff Records. Lacking a release to promote, Lene co-wrote and played the title role in a musical about the life of Mata Hari, which received glowing notices and enjoyed a sell out run at the London Lyric Hammersmith. The long delayed album was remixed and given a grudging release by Stiff in November 1982, owing to the positive press for Mata Hari, and pressure from Lene's US label Epic.

Negotiations to escape from Stiff Records entailed an eight year wait for the next album, March, 1990, recorded in her home studio, and issued on independent US label Pathfinder, which offered a further refinement of the Lovich / Chappell vision and USA tours followed in its support. During the nineties Lene and Les disappeared from the music scene to raise a family in the Norfolk countryside, but Lene made occasional returns, starring in the short film / musical The Queen Of Fruit, dueting with Andy Bell of Erasure on Peter Hamill's recording of The Fall Of The House Of Usher, playing sax and singing on Tom Verlaine's album Words From The Front, guesting with Hawkwind.

After a sixteen year interval, Lene and Les have returned to live performance with a string of shows at small venues in Britain and The USA. A self-produced fifth album Shadows and Dust was released in September 2005 by online label The Stereo Society, celebrated by a sell out show at the The Joe's Pub in New York City. The album includes a lyrical collaboration with Heathcote Williams, author of the best selling book Whale Nation. Following a co-performance in 2005 at a European Music Festival, a collaboration with noted composer Joachim Roedilius is planned. Frank Zappa, Iggy Pop and David Bowie have all cited her talents and originality. Gwen Stefani owes her everything.