Andy Cousin

Andrew 'Andy' Cousin (born 28 March 1963, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire) is a British bass guitarist and, less commonly, guitarist from Huddersfield in England. He is principally famous for being the principal bassist of All About Eve although he has also played for The Mission and is a founder member of the The Lucy Nation.

Before All About Eve (pre-1985)

In the early 1980s Cousin was playing bass in Huddersfield for a goth band called "Aemotti Crii" along with friend (and also future member of All About Eve) Tim Bricheno. Andy remained with Aemotti Crii until they split up (circa 1984) and then moved down London for a very brief spell with a synth pop band called "Pink and Black" (managing to appear on one of their record covers despite having not played on any of the tracks).

Meanwhile "Swarm" (the band that was to become All About Eve) had started out with Julianne Regan herself on bass and then taken on "James Richard Jackson" at about the same time that Tim Bricheno was recruited on guitar.

All About Eve First Era (1985 - 1992)

"See main article All About Eve."

Cousin was recruited to the (now called) All About Eve in 1985 via Bricheno after Jackson left. He became the mainstay bassist, playing on all four of their albums of the era and remaining with the band after friend Bricheno departed (in 1990).

eeing Stars (1993)

After negative reaction to All About Eve's fourth album Ultraviolet, Julianne Regan departed in early 1993, effectively ending the band. Cousin, (along with drummer Mark Price and Willson-Piper) remained in the studio to finish off what would have their fifth album, and it eventually saw the light of day in 1997 as Seeing Stars (that being both the name of the album and the band).

The Mission (1993-1997)

"See main article The Mission."

In late 1993, Cousin joined the The Mission (after original bassist Craig Adams departed to join The Cult). Cousin played on Mission albums "Neverland" and "Blue" before The Mission's first disabandment.

During this time, Cousin also played on a session basis on two of Mice's songs, a band created by Regan that existed between 1995 and 1997.

The Lucy Nation (1997 - present)

Cousin formed The Lucy Nation with Swedish singer and pianist Anna Nyström (who had also guested on "Seeing Stars") and Mark Gemini Thwaite on guitars. This band recorded one album, "On" in early 1999 (although it seems only promotional copies were ever distributed) and had one song, "Alright", featured on the soundtrack of the film '. Whilst this band never officially announced a split, they have been dormant up until now, but this seems likely to change as their MySpace blog suggests. [http://www.myspace.com/thelucynation ] "'

All About Eve Second Era (1999 - present)

At the time "The Mission" were being reformed in 1999, Wayne Hussey asked Cousin to broach the subject of reforming "All About Eve" with Regan. He then stayed with the band throughout their second era, including the Fairy Light Nights period and seeing the departure of yet another guitarist (this time Willson-Piper in 2002). He co-produced their fifth album Iceland. In 2004 All About Eve split again following a directional argument between Cousin and Regan, although this rift appeared to have been healed as All About Eve's major compilation Keepsakes was released with collaboration from both in early 2006. As of May 2007 no news has yet been made public about the likely result of the material All About Eve were working on before this split.

External References

*All About Eve history: [http://www.goony.nl/aae/history/index.htm]
*All About Eve main site: [http://www.allabouteve.net]
*Andy Cousin (non-All About Eve) discography: [http://www.goony.nl/aae/discogrp/andy/index.htm#lucynation]