Lou Watts
Biography
Lou Watts is a British musician and singer best known as a long-standing member of the anarcho-punk and folk-rock collective Chumbawamba. She was a core part of the group from its formation in 1982 until it disbanded in 2012, serving as the second longest-tenured member behind Boff Whalley.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes • as Self
The biggest night in the British music calendar, the BRIT Awards celebrate the biggest successes in music & promote new talent.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Self (Vocals, Percussion)
Filmed at Leeds City Varieties in December 2012 and released in 2013, “Going, Going” records the final gig of anarchist punk band Chumbawumba before they split up, bringing to an end a 30–year career.
Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A potted and often hilarious history of Chumbawamba. Footage and interviews from the last two decades retrace the band's history through its early days of communal living, getting through the Thatchers years, and emerging in the nineties wiser and unrepentant. The story of how they surprised themselves and everybody else by selling 5 million albums in the USA. This is an ongoing punk saga in an age of manufactured bands.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Self
Part music documentary, part unflinching character study, part a punk version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ - I Get Knocked Down is the funny, surreal, and deeply human untold story of Chumbawamba and its ex-front man Dunstan Bruce.