From Brighton. Despite not having been in a serious music outfit for around four years, and not having played bass before, Annie borrowed a mate's guitar, turned up for the audition in July 1992 and promptly got the job as Elastica's bass player!

The quietest and most enigmatic of the group, Annie even had an Elastica song named in her honour. "Annie" was written by Donna and her friend Jane Oliver and is about going down to Brighton to visit Annie, which is where she spent most of the time when the band weren't working.

Annie left the band after the Feile Festival on August 6th 1995. Although she'd had some well publicised arguments with Donna about the future of Elastica, the reason that she left was because she was fed up with the constant touring and was suffering quite badly from R.S.I. (Repetitive Strain Injury). At the time Elastica had been on the road for almost a year, and with even more dates being added to their schedule Annie decided enough was enough....

For more on the reasons for Annie's departure, have a look at the Elastica news page.

You can find a bigger biography, and other bits of information on Annie at Jani Juvonen's Annie Holland Home Page .