Shakespear's Sister

Shakespear's Sister was a band consisting of Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit. The band formed in 1988, the same year that Fahey left

Shakespear's Sister was a band consisting of Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit. The band formed in 1988, the same year that Fahey left Bananarama, and are named after a song by The Smiths, though the term "Shakespeare's Sister" predates the song. Detroit exited the band in 1993, and Fahey admitted herself into a psychiatric unit with severe depression.

Detroit was tall, with a soprano voice, while Fahey was petite, with an alto voice; the opposite of what one might expect on seeing them, and it lent a novelty to their performances.