 Born in Cardiff, Statton's career in music began in 1978 as the singer for the band Young Marble Giants.After Young Marble Giants split up in 1981, she formed the jazz-influenced band Weekend with Simon Emmerson (Booth) and Spike Williams, releasing the album "La Varieté" in 1982 and a live EP, "Live at Ronnie Scott's", the following year.Statton returned to Cardiff and trained to be a chiropractor while teaching t'ai chi.