Fabienne Shine
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| Fabienne Shine | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Fabienne Fabre |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genre(s) | Rock, Heavy metal |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Model |
| Years active | 1975-present |
| Associated acts | Shakin' Street |
| Website | http://fabienneshine.maxximum.org/ |
Fabienne Shine is a French model, musician and actor, born in North Africa and raised in Paris.
Nico first inspired Fabienne to begin singing, playing guitar and composing. She then met Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls in Paris. She jammed with Thunders and followed him to New York City. Thunders wrote the song "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" for her. In 1975 Jimmy Page and Robert Plant jammed with Fabienne, and encouraged her to form a band.
Fabienne formed a band with Eric Lévi, Corrine Marienneau, Jean-Lou Kalinowski and Louis Bertignac (Téléphone). The band was named "Shakin' Street" (after the MC5 song) when they appeared at the first Mont-de-Marsan punk festival in 1976, sharing the bill with The Damned, The Police and Eddie and the Hot Rods. Shakin' Street also shared bills with The Clash and The Stranglers. Fabienne's photo featured on the cover of Sounds.
Fabienne met Phillip Shine in Bombay, India. He became the group's manager, and she adopted his name as her own. Shakin' Street signed to CBS and released the album Vampire Rock in 1979. They toured with Nico, as the opening act.
Their follow-up album, the self-titled Shakin Street was produced by Sandy Pearlman. Now with Ross The Boss on guitar, they toured the world for a full year sharing bills with Blue Öyster Cult, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Cheap Trick, Molly Hatchet, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Heart and Sammy Hagar.
In 1980 Fabienne married Damon Edge of the experimental/industrial band Chrome. Fabienne collaborated with him on several Chrome albums, and her vocals appear on the 1982 Chrome album Third From The Sun. When Damon moved to Paris, Fabienne introduced him to her band and a new version of Chrome was formed. After she and Damon separated, she studied astrology in Paris for four years.
Fabienne continued to compose songs, and Jean-Lou Kalinowski co-wrote four songs with her for the 1997 release No Mad Nomad, an album she wrote in memory of her former husband, Damon Edge, who had died in 1995.
Shakin' Street reunited for a concert in 2004 at the Paris Olympia. The same year, she was reunited with Chrome's co-founder Helios Creed, with whom she co-wrote two songs, and performed a version of "All Tomorrow's Parties", on his Deep Blue Love Vacuum album. In 2006 she toured with Helios and performed at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas.
Her latest album Fabienne Shine and The Planets, features drummer Jean-Lou Kalinowski who also produced and composed two songs for the new album. Ross The Boss plays guitar. Albert Bouchard and Joe Bouchard play drums and bass. Norbert Krief from the French group Trust also plays guitar. Thierry Cossu plays guitar also and Micha Sanchez plays bass. Fabienne composed five songs with the enigmatic "Balasz Antal" (nobody seems to know who he is except Fabienne) who plays guitar, keyboards and sitar. "Moogy Klingman" (Todd Rundgren) plays Hammond organ and Phil Bonanno plays synths and organ, Dave Shultz (English Beat and Berlin) also plays keyboards. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, New York and Paris and was released in 2007.
[edit] Discography
- No Mad Nomad (1997)
- Fabienne Shine and the Planets (2007)
