Wolf Alice

Lead singer Ellie Rowsell attended Camden School for Girls, the same prestigious North London school founded by suffragette Frances Mary Buss in 1871. At school, Rowsell wrote stories and poetry before picking up guitar at age 14 and later developing her songwriting using GarageBand.

Ellie Rowsell's first gig was at an open mic night at age 18. She told The Telegraph she was so bad that she "literally couldn't play guitar and sing at the same time." After, Rowsell started searching for musicians on internet forums to find like-minded collaborators.

In an early flash of DIY spirit, Ellie Rowsell admitted she once rushed to set up a MySpace page for Wolf Alice before the band even had a name. That eagerness to upload demos - first on MySpace, later SoundCloud and Bandcamp - helped Wolf Alice build a word-of-mouth following.