1. Rachel Ann Goswell was born on 16 May 1971 and is an English musician who rose to prominence as vocalist and guitarist of the shoegaze band Slowdive, which formed in 1989.
16 Facts About Rachel Goswell
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Rachel Goswell released a solo album in 2004, titled Waves Are Universal on 4AD Records.
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Rachel Goswell's family moved to Wales after her birth, and to Reading, Berkshire when she was seven, where she spent the rest of her youth.
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Rachel Goswell's father taught her folk guitar songs from the age of seven, and she began studying classical guitar and music theory at age ten.
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Rachel Goswell took classical guitar lessons along with childhood friend Neil Halstead, with whom she formed Slowdive in 1989.
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Rachel Goswell was influenced, from a singing point of view, by Siouxsie Sioux", "it was [she] who made me want to be a singer.
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Rachel Goswell formed the indie rock band the Pumpkin Fairies with Neil Halstead, Adrian Sell and Nick Chaplin in 1988, after having played in several cover bands in Reading.
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Rachel Goswell was a member of Slowdive until the band's dissolution in 1995.
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In 2014, Slowdive, with Rachel Goswell, performed for gigs and have declared in interviews that they would be working on new material.
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In 2016 Rachel Goswell joined Stuart Braithwaite, Justin Lockey and James Lockey to form the band Minor Victories.
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Rachel Goswell was in a relationship with fellow Slowdive vocalist and guitarist Neil Halstead from 1989 to 1993, breaking up shortly before the release of Souvlaki.
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Rachel Goswell was married to Air Cuba's Christopher Andrews from 1994 until 2000.
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Rachel Goswell was involved with American songwriter Mark Kozelek during the Mojave 3 era, which he referenced on the Sun Kil Moon song "Garden of Lavender".
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Rachel Goswell is partially deaf as a result of labyrinthitis which occurred in 2006.
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In 2010 Rachel Goswell gave birth to a son who has CHARGE syndrome; he is profoundly deaf and has a serious heart condition which resulted in open heart surgery at the age of five months.
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Rachel Goswell is learning British Sign Language and is vocal about the rights of parents of deaf children to have free access to learning sign language.