THEN: Laverne was the lead singer for Sunderland rockers Kenickie, which scored a minor hit with “In Your Car” and was described by Courtney Love as “a big, raw-boned bunch of fucking sex.” They broke up in 1998 after a gig at London’s Astoria, which Laverne closed with the remark, “We were Kenickie … a bunch of fuckwits.”

NOW: Laverne hosts a show on BBC Radio 6, co-hosts Channel 4’s satirical news show 10 O’Clock Live and is a frequent, controversial UK media personality. In 2010, she published a novel called Candypop — Candy and the Broken Biscuits about a 15-year-old girl on her way to Glastonbury.