Ann has been in several bands including the sardonic folk trio Bleaker Street Incident and the heavy metal group Vulcan Death Grip. She was the lead singer and lyricist for the psycho-psychedelic band Bongwater with whom she released five albums. Her solo album The Luv Show was released on Geffen Records in 1995 and her new CD, Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories, is currently being distributed by Asphodel Records. She is currently working on material for a new CD.
Ann Magnuson is a Los Angeles-based actress, singer, writer and performance artist working in a myriad of media including TV, film and on stage in theatres, festivals, cabarets and art spaces around the world. She has performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Whitney Museum of American Art (where she performed her 5-hour “Tribute to Muzak” in the museum’s elevator), the Museum of Modern Art, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NYSF/The Public Theater and Joe's Pub; the Hammer Museum, REDCAT, LACE and The Steve Allen Theater; Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum; Walker Art Center, Andy Warhol Museum, and in theaters, clubs and art galleries worldwide. Her performance at The Ice Hotel in Sweden’s Arctic Circle, part of an arts festival curated by Jeffrey Vallance, was made into a short film titled “In Search of My Blonde Roots” (in collaboration with director Matthew Amato.) Photos, blogs and more information can be found at Ann’s MySpace and Facebook pages that can be accessed via www.annmagnuson.com
