Lucy O'Brien

Lucy O'Brien

Actor 1961-09-13 Catford, London, England, UK

Lucy O'Brien (born 13 September 1961) is a British author and journalist whose work focuses on women in music. O'Brien was born in Catford, London and grew up in Southampton. In 1979, whilst attending a convent school in Southampton, she formed a punk band aptly named "the Catholic Girls". She left the band in 1980 to attend university in Leeds, and The Catholic Girls continued for a while under the name Almost Cruelty before splitting up. At university she played with a number of bands before giving up performin...