Profile and Story. Their labels are Polydor and Cherrytree. Electropop and synthpop are his genres. The story was written on Wikipedia, La Roux is a British singer (band musician). They were active 2008–present.
Elly Jackson's first interest was in folk music. She was particularly interested in Carole King and Nick Drake whose music she discovered in her parents' record collection. Jackson's early musical material consisted of folk ditties influenced by Joni Mitchell. Her taste in music changed during her mid-teens when she became involved in the rave scene. She lists Gerry Rafferty, David Bowie, Madonna, Prince and The Knife as her influences. Jackson is unhappy with what she perceives as a "normality" fashion trend among a majority of today's musical acts. Her androgynous clothing and hair style has been compared to the 1980s group A Flock of Seagulls. Jackson strongly opposes stylists who try to change her appearance to a more classically feminine look. Jackson does not feel that social networking will help musicians' careers in the long run because it makes them too accessible at the expense of mystery and intrigue. Jackson's mother is Trudie Goodwin, who rose to fame playing June Ackland on the long-running police series The Bill. Her Great Grandfather is Anthony Bernard, the founder of the London Chamber Orchestra. Ben Langmaid is the second half of La Roux but he does not participate in the music videos or live performances with the band. Langmaid, a London-based producer and composer, has been involved with various other music projects in the past. He has a close association with Rollo Armstrong of Faithless; the two musicians went to the same school and later collaborated as Huff & Puff in the mid 1990s, releasing the house single "Help Me Make It" in 1996. Langmaid also recorded as Atomic and was one half of Huff & Herb, before contributing as a songwriter to indie rock band Kubb's debut album Mother, released in 2005. This project was again linked to Rollo Armstrong; Kubb's frontman Harry Collier was introduced to Langmaid after Collier sang "Happy Birthday to You" to Armstrong whilst working as a waiter in a North London organic café. Langmaid turned down the offer of a permanent position in Kubb. Michael 'Mikey' Norris (Keyboard) is a London-based musician and is one of two keyboard players that support La Roux on their tours and live dates. A native of the Chester area in Cheshire, Norris studied music at university, joining La Roux shortly after graduating from a music degree. Mickey O'Brien (Keyboards and backing vocals) O'Brien has been playing with La Roux for eighteen months, touring Europe and North America. Although her voice is unheard on the album, she performs backing vocals during song performances; namely "Bulletproof", "As If by Magic" and "Armour Love". She is also known as Ladyburden and owns a MySpace page with her own songs. O'Brien is currently in a long-term relationship with English actor Jim Sturgess. Mickey is also the younger cousin of Radiohead's Ed O'Brien.  ………….. reference and read more detail La Roux on Wikipedia | PLAY ON WIDESCREEN TV
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