Mary Hansen

Mary Hansen
Hansen in 1996
Background information
Birth name	Mary Therese Hansen
Born	(1966-11-01)1 November 1966 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Died	9 December 2002(2002-12-09) (aged 36) London, England
Genres	Experimental pop, indie pop, experimental rock, psychedelic rock
Occupation(s)	Vocalist, musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, percussion, keyboards[1]
Years active	1986–2002
Formerly of	The Wolfhounds, Stereolab, Schema

Mary Therese Hansen (1 November 1966 – 9 December 2002) was an Australian-born guitarist and singer. She joined the London-based avant-pop band Stereolab in 1992. As a member, Hansen recorded six studio albums from Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (August 1993) to Sound-Dust (August 2001).

As a side-project, in late 1999 she formed the space rock group Schema with members of Seattle-based band Hovercraft, and they issued their debut album, Schema, on 19 September 2000. On 9 December 2002, Hansen was struck and killed by a truck while bicycling in London.