Fabienne Shine (born Fabienne Essaïagh 1944 in

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) is a French musician. She was raised in

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. In the late 1960s, she began working as a film actress in both Italy and France, under the name Fabienne Fabre. She is best-known today for her uncredited appearance as "The Woman of the Trees" (a.k.a. "Twiggy") in

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's '' Barbarella''. Fabre started writing songs and composing her own music at an early age. She travelled the world with her guitar and met the band

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, who liked her songs.

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and

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often jammed with her and finally suggested that she should create a band. After touring the U.S. with Led Zeppelin, Fabre went back to Europe and met a young guitarist,

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, at a concert in Paris. They decided to start a band in 1975,

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(first named either Speedball or Spitball, depending on which version of the story is being told). She changed her last name to "Shine" (pronounced "sheen") about this time. They were exposed to the press and signed a contract with CBS/Columbia Records. The band gathered musicians like

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(lead guitar) and Corinne Marienneau (bass guitar), who would later join the French rock band,

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. In 1978 Shakin' Street released their first album, ''Vampire Rock''. The album was never released in the United States, but the band moved to California soon afterwards. In 1979 they recorded their eponymous second album, in

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and

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with Columbia record producer

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, known for creating the band

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. New York guitarist Ross Friedman, aka

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, formerly of

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, joined Shakin' Street as lead guitarist. In 1980, she met

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of post-punk/industrial band Chrome; they married that same year. She went on to collaborate with Edge on several Chrome albums; her vocals appear on the album ''

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''. In 1983, Edge moved to Paris to be with her, but the couple separated several years later. Edge died in 1995. Shine released her autobiography in 2014, ''Sexe, Drogues & Rock'n'roll'', co-written with French

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Jean-Eric Perrin.

Discography

with Shakin' Street

* ''Vampire Rock'' (1978) * ''Shakin' Street'' (1980) * ''21st Century Love Channel'' (2009) * ''Psychic'' (2014)

Solo

* ''No Mad Nomad'' (1997) * ''Fabienne Shine and the Planets'' (2007) * ''Fabienne Shine (2018) Don't Tell Me How to Shake It

Selected filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shine, Fabienne Living people French rock singers French women rock singers French rock guitarists French women guitarists Tunisian emigrants to France 1944 births Date of birth missing (living people)