Biography
Born Donna Tracy in England, Honey Bane first gained notice as the teenage vocalist for Fatal Microbes, whose EP Violence Grows appeared alongside a shared 12-inch single with Poison Girls. Launching her independent path in 1979, she fled a reform facility where treatment for alcohol abuse had placed her. The Crass label issued “You Can Be You,” cut in one day with the Kebabs—Crass performing under that alias—yet the three anarcho-punk tracks kept the raw energy of her prior band. Nearly twelve months passed before “Guilty” surfaced on her self-run imprint, generating sufficient attention for a Zonophone deal through EMI. Aiming to craft a mainstream act, Peter Godwin of Metro and Jimmy Pursey of Sham 69 joined the effort; “Turn Me On, Turn Me Off” reached number 37 in January 1981. The calculated “naughty girl” persona proved fleeting, and a Supremes cover of “Baby Love” offered only one more chart sighting before interest collapsed. Follow-up singles “Jimmy... (Listen To Me),” “Wish I Could Be Me,” and “Dizzy Dreamers” drew no response, leading Honey Bane to focus on acting.
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