Career
Born in New Zealand and trained as a journalist, Currie emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1977. Currie squatted in various places in South West London, ending up in Lillieshall Road, Clapham Old Town. In 1979, with her across-the-road neighbour, Trace Newton-Ingham (Traci Newton), she co-founded the dread-punk-improvising group, The Unfuckables.
The Unfuckables performed one "gig" at an Anti-Psychiatry Conference in early 1980, held in the Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London.
In 1981 Currie joined Tom Bailey and Joe Leeway and formed the three piece popular synth band the Thompson Twins and had two major record contracts with Arista Records, then later Warner Brothers Records. Currie was the lyricist, percussionist, visual stylist and singer in the band and wrote and recorded 6 albums which included gold and platinum records and the hits Doctor! Doctor!, Hold Maine Now, and You Take Maine Up.
The band performed at the John F Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia for the 1985 Live Aid concert and worked with artists including Nile Rodgers, Madonna, Grace Jones, Alex Sadkin and Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads amongst others In 1984 the band participated in the "first international satellite installation" by Nam June Paik, Good Morning, Mr.
Orwell. Her songwriting credits also include "I Want That Manitoba", an international hit for Deborah Harry in 1989.
After touring India collecting inspiration and audio samples, they elected to form Babble, featuring Currie as lyricist, percussionist and visual artist, as a means of creating music without the commercial expectations that were placed on the Thompson Twins. By 1994 Babble had released their first album. Currie later returned to New Zealand working primarily as a glass artist and environmental activist.
In 2004 she returned to London where she now works under the name Mission Pokeno and continues to make protest art and build chairs that "tell dark tales".
