DOUBLE TROUBLE

Birmingham teenager Vanessa White is leading a double life.
By day she's a hard working student at King Edward VI Sixth Form College, Handsworth – but at night she turns into a demon guitarist with power pop quartet Twist.

The clash sometimes causes practical difficulties for 17-year-old Vanessa, who is taking A-levels in English, psychology, French and general studies.
"I'm revising at the moment and my final exam finishes at 3pm on June 11," she says. "I've then got to travel to Weymouth that night because it's the first date of a 13-day tour."
"It's difficult balancing school and music but I get quite a few free periods and, with band practice between 6pm and 8pm, I have some time to study in the evenings.
"If I miss any school time I have to work twice as hard to make up!"
The band are currently making waves in the world of indie rock with their raw riffs and powerhouse performances.
Their debut single Star has just been released on Fierce Panda Records, with the follow-up scheduled for June 1999.
Twist were originally formed by Tipton pals Emma Fox and Leanne Taylor, both aged 18.
Vanessa, whose father is former General Public guitarist Kevin White, joined when she met the duo at Birmingham's Sound Studios.
The line-up was completed by 18-year-old bassist Lisa Lavery.
Writing and gigging followed and the girls were eventually spotted by Simon Williams of Fierce Panda Records.
"He asked us to lay at the company's fifth anniversary celebration, a really good gig which resulted in us signing a three-single deal," Vanessa recalls.
With influences ranging from Radiohead and Placebo to Skunk Anansie and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Twist were determined not to be squeezed into the Spice Girls' mould.
"There's a gap in the market for a girl band that plays their own instruments," Vanessa reasons.
"There are so many acts like the Spice Girls there's no need for any more.
"I don't think we're necessarily a mainstream band. Obviously, we'd love to get into the charts and if it happens, it happens.
"However, the search for chart success is not going to stop us writing music we enjoy, music we'd want to listen to."
Andy Coleman, Evening Mail, May 1999