Brix Smith-Start

Brix Smith-Start

Birth : 1962-11-12, Los Angeles, California, USA

History

Born Laura Elisse Salenger in 1962, musician, actress, TV presenter and fashion entrepreneur took her name Brix from her favourite Clash song Guns of Brixton. She is best known as the first wife of Mark E. Smith and the lead guitarist and a major songwriter for his band The Fall. She is also the founder of the bands The Adult Net and Brix & The Extricated, which features fellow former Fall musicians Steve and Paul Hanley. Following her split from Smith in the late '80s, Brix was romantically involved with violinist Nigel Kennedy, collaborating together on a cover of Donovan's psychedelic classic Hurdy Gurdy Man in 1993. Since 2002 Brix has been married to Philip Start and together the pair own several fashion boutiques. In recent years Brix has turned her talents to TV presenting with a role on the show Gok's Fashion Fix and Ultimate Shopper. She starred as herself in the Absolutely Fabulous movie in 2016 and in the same year published her memoir, The Rise, The Fall, And The Rise with Faber & Faber,

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Brix Smith-Start

Movies

The Cathar
The Cathar
Gloria
A fraying, washed-up musician meets a charismatic psychic and becomes convinced that he's receiving messages from a past life, guiding him to a long-lost treasure.
Creation Stories
Creation Stories
Young Woman Patient
The true story of the rise and fall of Creation Records and its infamous founder Alan McGee; the man responsible for supplying the “Brit Pop” soundtrack to the ‘90s, a decade of cultural renaissance known as Cool Britannia. From humble beginnings to Downing Street soirées, from dodging bailiffs to releasing multi-platinum albums, Creation had it all. Breakdowns, bankruptcy, fights and friendships… and not forgetting the music. Featuring some of the greatest records you have ever heard, we follow Alan through a drug-fuelled haze of music and mayhem, as his rock’n’roll dream brings the world Oasis, Primal Scream, and other generation-defining bands.
Football's 47 Best Worst Songs
Football's 47 Best Worst Songs
Herself
Uncover what happens when the worlds of football and music collide. Bob Mortimer runs down the best and very worst the beautiful game has had to offer down the years with contributions from the likes of Keith Allen, David Baddiel, Gary Lineker, Chris Waddle and Adrian Chiles
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Fashion Show/Huki Muki Attendee
Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamor, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London's trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!
Girl in a Band: Tales from the Rock 'n' Roll Front Line
Girl in a Band: Tales from the Rock 'n' Roll Front Line
Herself
All too often, every great female rock musician has to answer a predictable question - what is it like being a girl in a band? For many, the sight of a girl shredding a guitar or laying into the drums is still a bit of a novelty. As soon as women started forming their own bands they were given labels - the rock chick, the girl band or one half of the rock 'n' roll couple. Kate Mossman aims to look beyond the cliches of fallen angels, grunge babes and rock chicks as she gets the untold stories from rock's frontline to discover if it has always been different for the girl in a band.
The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith
The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith
Herself (Archive Footage)
A 1-hour Documentary looking at the Manchester post-punk group and its infamous leader Mark E Smith. The Film follows the current band recording their final Session for the John Peel Show (they were his favourite group and recorded more sessions than any other band) as well as chronicling the chaotic history of the band & its numerous line-up changes.
Hail the New Puritan
Hail the New Puritan
Hail the New Puritan is a fictionalised documentary about the Scottish dancer and choreographer Michael Clark. Set design by the inimitable Leigh Bowery.