Miki Berenyi

Miki Eleonora Berenyi (born 18 March 1967) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist best known as a member of the alternative rock band Lush and currently a member of Piroshka.

Berenyi was born in Chelsea, London to a Japanese mother, actress Yasuko Nagazumi and Hungarian father, Ivan Berenyi.

At the age of 14, Berenyi met friend and future bandmate Emma Anderson while both were students at Queen's College. They became interested in music and together published a music fanzine, Alphabet Soup (which lasted for five issues). Berenyi first played bass with the band the Bugs. In 1987, Berenyi studied English literature at North London Polytechnic, where she met drummer Chris Acland and singer Meriel Barham. Along with Anderson, they decided to form their own band, originally called the Baby Machines. Bassist Steve Rippon joined and they changed their name to Lush. When Barham left, "the remaining members of Lush placed ads in local papers looking for Barham's replacement, but they couldn't find the singer they wanted and Berenyi took over the vocals".