monorail music present…

Debsey Wykes in conversation with Jenny Rollo. Dolly Mixture film screening with Paul Kelly. Live screenprinting with Matthew Rich. DJ: Stephen Pastel.

Debsey Wykes formed her first band Dolly Mixture in Cambridge in 1978 with friends Rachel Bor and Hester Smith while still at school. Championed by John Peel the girls were soon playing regularly in London where they attracted lots of attention from the music press and toured extensively for the next few years both as headliners and as support for groups including Dexy’s Midnight Runners, The Undertones, The Beat, Bad Manners and The Jam. 

Debsey went onto greater prominence with Saint Etienne with whom she has performed since 1992, whilst in 2025, desirable Dolly Mixture reissues sell out around the world as quickly as they are printed.

She currently sings with her group Birdie and lives in London.

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