Frank Zappa in his 1980 interview with Songwriter magazine said of Little Annie:ËœBut when I go to a place like Max's Kansas City in New York and see a group like Annie and the Asexuals, I can really enjoy it. I don't know if that band will ever get a record contract and I don't think they care. I watched them for an hour , painful as it was - their show was real personal and dis organized. This girl was wearing winter underwear with a black leather coat on top of that, and she had a paper bag with a bottle of vodka in it, and she was backed up by five guys who had just bought their instruments, apparently. She was screaming about thorazine and being in a mental hospital and it was real ! You don't get that commitment to just spewing your guts out among L.A. groups."
Little Annie-aka Annie Anxiety-aka Annie Bandez who survived her teenage angst and matured into a smokey contralto, has beenËœreal" ever since She is an adventuress, chanteuse/lyricist, ordained minister, high school drop out, juvenile delinguint, self taught painter, and multi-media artist and post modern cabaret queen with a long, illustrious and eclectic recording career who had defied catagorization, limitation, restrictions and sometimes the law. Her solo LPs and numerous collaborations ( with Wolfgang Press, Crass, the ON-U Sounds stable, Paul Oakenfold, Kid Congo Powers, Current 93, Nurse with Wound, the late Bim Sherman, Coil, Fini Tribe, and Collapsed Lung, Mike Grimes, Larry Tee, Christophe Heeman, Julia Frodahl and Edison Woods, Baby Dee, Eric Hoffmann, Bianca Bob, Christine Donnelly, the late Bill Rice, playwrites Jim Nue and Charles Allcroft, actor/writter/director Keith McDermott, and many fine others) span the spectrum from reggae & hip hop to torch and the avant garde.
She has written 3 volumes of prose, appeared in numerous plays, theater pieces, and films, and continues to tour extensively with pianist and co-composer Paul Wallfisch Of BOTANICA. She is currently residing in her beloved muse and hometown of New York, after a thirteen year residency in England, where she is adding to her extensive body of work. Her new CD ËœSongs from The Coalmine Canary' produced by Antony (of Antony and The Johnsons) and Joe Buedenholzer (Backworld) for Durtro/Jnana Records is now out and her song 'Strange Love' from that album is being feature by LEVIS in their new 'Dangerous Liasons' ad.
Paul Wallfisch and Annie's new cd of interpretations/re-works versions of classic and not so classic songs titled 'When Good Things Happen To Bad Pianos' is coming out the end of the month and they begin the 3rd leg of their European tour February 1st (dates listed below.)
At the end of April, beginning of May(dates also below), Annie is thrilled and honored to be sharing the stage for 5 nights in London with two of her favorite artists the very wonderful BABY DEE and the extremely awesome MARC ALMOND at Wiltons Hall. Annie has started a new series of paintings based on her two muses, New York and Mexico cities, and continues to explore on canvass the place where God & Science meet. More live dates are being put
together and will be listed as they are confirmed.PS
Though this sight is maintained by the gorgeous Maude Swift, I open and read all correspondence personally and try to reply to as many messages work load and volume allow, if you have yet to recieve a reply please do no take my silence as lack of respect or
appreciation. You gotta know I got love for ya....Annie
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