Shakespears Sister are a British based BRIT Award and Ivor Novello Award-winning synth-pop-rock band formed by Irish-born singer–songwriter Siobhan Fahey in 1988 in London, United Kingdom. It was Fahey's first musical project since leaving Bananarama. Later in 1989, American backing vocalist and guitarist Marcella Detroit was featured more as London Records presented the outfit as a duo. Detroit left the outfit in 1993, and Fahey resumed as the sole member until 1996.