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dana jade
11+ albums
rockPost punkfemale vocalistsalternativefemale vocalist
about
Dana Jade is an official member of the all-girl, alt choir Gaggle. She's got major love for her 22-strong band mates, but she's ready to own the spotlight. Its no suprise then that the raven-haired, Strat-rocking femme fatal is preparing to carve out a place for herself as solo artist. Dana was born and raised in tropical Trinidad, spending summers in New York where her father had relocated after her parents divorced. This pancultural upbringing exposed Dana to a dazzling set of sounds where she managed to absorb everything from riot grrrl and soca to blues and 90’s grunge. Whilst her older brother was on his way to becoming the number one model child heading for a doctors degree, Dana was nurturing the seeds of rock and roll rebellion; with this kind of charisma and a thoroughly sulty growl, Dana is a natural. Her parents steered young Jade towards learning respectable Presbytarian piano songs, but Dana had already found her instrument of choice – she was wide-eyed over the electric guitar. Looking back, Dana can see parallels between her own teenage willfullness and that of the young Joan Jett, recently portrayed to great acclaim in the hit box office biopic The Runaways. A gum chomping, punked-out leather jacket clad Jett takes her battered 6 string to a tweedy guitar tutor who insists that a girls should stay in the unassuming terrain of gentle folk strumming. Jett of course, is having none of it, a stubbornness Dana can relate to. “I had to change guitar tutors four tim
