10 Facts About Pauline Murray

Pauline Murray was born on 8 March 1958 and is best known as the lead vocalist of the punk rock band Penetration, originally formed in 1976.

Pauline Murray was born on 8 March 1958 in Waterhouses, County Durham, England, and her parents later moved to Ferryhill.

Pauline Murray left school at age sixteen, studied art at Darlington College and then worked at odd jobs.

In late 1976, Pauline Murray formed a band with friends Robert Blamire and Gary Smallman and named it after the Stooges' song "Penetration" from Raw Power.

In 1980 Pauline Murray worked on her first solo studio album with record producer Martin Hannett's band the Invisible Girls, which included ex-Penetration member and co-writer Robert Blamire, as well as guesting Manchester musicians such as Vini Reilly, guitarist in the Durutti Column, and Steve Hopkins.

Pauline Murray provided lead vocals for the Only Ones on their song "Fools" and backing vocals on "Me and My Shadow".

In 1989 Pauline Murray released the EP This Thing Called Love and the studio album Storm Clouds under her own name.

In 2011 Pauline Murray established Polestar Studios with Robert Blamire in Byker where bands can rent out rehearsal and recording space.

On 25 September 2021 Pauline Murray released a new solo studio album Elemental, the 10 tracks of which had been recorded in 2016.

Pauline Murray was married to Peter Lloyd, Penetration's road manager, but split with her husband after the release of Searching for Heaven in 1980.