Anna-Christina
~ Songwriter / Guitarist / Singer
"One
lucky motherfucker"
Anna-Christina's a rare breed of human being. An astoundingly accomplished
songwriter, her expressive lyrical style has been developing through
the years. A career that began at 11 when she attended a performing
arts school would give her the iron will and determination associated
with her today. She grew up in a highly competitive, hard working, isolated
and at times nasty environment but these claustrophobic confines would
lead her to a special talent that was brewing inside her head, Music.
At
the tender age of 12 she began playing the piano.
" I was always locked away
in a tiny music cell at my school by myself playing the piano and writing
songs like a sad git! I was an outcast but it never bothered me because
I always had somewhere to go, that tiny music cell is where everything
began for me. I excelled in composition".
She
turned her full attention to her music in the year 2000 and gave up her
theatre life for Rock'n'Roll! After graduating from college, where she
studied Sound Engineering with a Distinction, she formed an all-girl Rock
band in 2001 which became Lilygun in 2002. Her unconventional upbringing
was the perfect preparation for what was about to come...
Creating Lilygun was not an easy affair and there were a lot of changes
that needed to be made for her vision to come to light. Through all the
difficult struggles and highly questionable people she met on the way,
she was always in the middle of the madness, her ambition overcoming all
obstacles. Anna-Christina recruited the Lilygun crew through adverts and
auditions and kept Lilygun underground for many years because she had
a strong vision of what she wanted it to be. "
I wanted a band free from rules, fashion trends and the common trappings
of most rock bands. Something different". There
were also some very nasty experiences with band members along the way!
When the band was finally ready to be exposed to the world, fate took
a dark twist.
In 2005 Anna-Christina almost lost her life. Read about it here.
An event that would change her forever but didn't
stop her from pursuing that one thing that kept her spirit alive in the
hard months of illness, music. Her life stood on a knives blade for a
few deadly months but it was not to be the end. Her operation and recovery
was a miracle, though there were many grueling months ahead, it was confirmed
that Lilygun would see the light of day.
"I
had to overcome Post Traumatic Stress and serve depression. I suffered
nightmares and a total fear of leaving my house alone. Weather changes
caused extreme pain to my scar and I battled constantly with very painful
headaches. I spent the next 2 years on strong painkillers and though my
brain was functioning normally, it was as though I was doing EVERYTHING
for the first time in my life. It was devastating. People told me I wouldn't
be able to continue my career as a musician but I was determined to prove
them wrong".
After an unbelievably fast recovery, she was back, better than ever and
stealing more hearts.
Photography
By Harald Haugan 2007
By Tino T |