Anne McCue is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, multi-Instrumentalist, music-recording producer, engineer, and video director. Anne's genre of music is Rock/Indie Pop/Psychedelic. Pop, Alternative Folk.
Anne's bands are as follows:
In 1988, answering an ad in the local press, she joined all-female rock band Girl Monstar as lead guitarist (1988 - 1993). Girl Monstar were an all female Australian rock band which formed 1988 with the line-up of Damian Child on bass guitar; Anne McCue on lead guitar and vocals; Sherry Valier (aka Sherry Rich) on vocals and rhythm guitar (ex-Cactus Fever); and Sue World on drums and vocals (ex-The Wet Ones). Both of their singles, "Surfing on a Wave of Love" / "He's Hell" (1989) and "Joe Cool" (1990), topped the Australian Independent charts. The band issued one album, Monstereo Delicio, in July 1992 on Timberyard Records. Child was replaced by Janene Abbott but the group disbanded in 1993. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described their sound as "trash pop style mixed tough guitar riffs with strong harmonies". The band eventually received an ARIA nomination for best independent act. They opened for international acts like The Ramones, Divinyls, Skyhooks, Hoodoo Gurus, the Buzzcocks, DAD and Skid Row. The group disbanded in early 1993 after playing the first ‘Big Day Out’ in Melbourne, sharing the stage with Iggy Pop.
Following her stint with Girl Monstar, Anne played acoustically around Melbourne, later performing in Vietnam for a year before returning to Melbourne to record her Laughing EP (1996). She then joined Australian female trio Eden A.K.A., who signed to Columbia Records in the USA. Eden A.K.A. released the album Eden in 1998 and performed in Canada and the USA at the Lilith Fair in 1998 and 1999.
After signing with L.A. based manager, Mike Gormley, McCue's first solo album, Amazing Ordinary Things, was released in 1999 in Canada and Japan, and she toured with a number of well-known musicians, including a US tour with Lucinda Williams, who would often introduce McCue as "my new favorite artist... and an amazing guitarist".
Anne has played gigs at St Kilda music venues including: The Espy, Prince of Wales Hotel and The Palace. After Girl Monstar, Anne played in a couple of duos (Tramps Like Us) and bands (Juniper) every
Sunday at Tolarno’s on Fitzroy Street. She also played with her own band, Anne McCue, at the
Espy and The Prince of Wales Hotel.