All About Eve (band) a former journalist, played bass in an early line-up of the gothic rock group Gene Loves Jezebel before leaving to form, with Manuela Zwingmann of Xmal Deutschland, The Swarm, the precursor to All About Eve. The band's name was taken from the 1950 film starring Bette Davis. The original line-up of All About Eve consisted of Regan, Zwingmann, former Aemotti Crii guitarist Bricheno and bassist Gus Ferguson. The band released the independent single "D for Desire" in 1985, prior to Zwingmann and Ferguson leaving, the latter going on to enjoy success with Test Department. Bricheno suggested Cousin as a replacement
All About Eve (band) years, releasing live albums "Fairy Light Nights" in 2000, and "Fairy Light Nights Volume 2" in 2001. In 2002, Willson-Piper left the band to pursue other projects, to be replaced by new guitarist Toni Haimi, previously of the band Malluka and currently a member of the Sohodolls. Later that year, All About Eve released the live album and DVD "Cinemasonic" with a line-up of Regan, Cousin, Haimi, Carter and Hood. A collection of early recordings was also released, entitled "" (no second volume has yet appeared). Also in 2002, Regan and Cousin released their first studio recordings in a decade,