- Holly Beth Vincent
Holly Beth Vincent is an American singer,songwriter and multi-instrumental musician. Her band
Holly and the Italians was one of the first punk bands lead by a female and signed to a major label. Due to a lack of biographical information she is best known for the song "Tell That Girl To Shut Up". [Peterson, Karla. "Vincent's music never went away", "The San Diego Union-Tribune ", 1993-10-14, p. ND.] Her Holly and the Italians record is one of Ira Robbins/Trouser Press record guide's top albums of all-time.< ref name= Trouser Press>Robbins,Ira. Later she formed a band called The Oblivious and recorded for fanAmy Ray of theIndigo Girls . She then released an album called "Vowel Movement" withJohnette Napolitano ofConcrete Blonde which the women wrote,produced and performed. [Wright, Rickey. "Ex-Concrete Blonde singer gives her sound a new twist", "The Virginian-Pilot ", 1995-08-13, p. E1.] She also was briefly inThe Waitresses as the replacement for singerPatty Donahue .She dated
Mark Knopfler ofDire Straits .Robbins, Ira. "Rock's Pioneer Woman Keeps On Moving", "Newsday ", 1995-07-30, p. 19.] After she broke up with him, he wrote their hit single "Romeo and Juliet".Her most recent record is "
Super Rocket Star ", released in 2007.Vincent was born in
Chicago . Her mother is of Swedish and French background; her father, Italian. She was raised inLake Tahoe and then southern California, where she attended high school. She ran away from home in 1972, but later returned to Los Angeles and completed schooling. At age 18, she moved to London, where she lived with Chris Wood of the band Traffic and his wife. She spent time with many of their musician friends, includingSteve Winwood andKeith Richards .Her brother is drummer/producer
Nick Vincent .She lives in
Los Angeles .Discography
* "The Right to Be Italian" by Holly and the Italians (1981)
* "Holly and the Italians" by Holly Beth Vincent (1982)
* "America" by the Oblivious (1993)
* "Vowel Movement" by Vowel Movement [Holly Beth Vincent and Johnette Napolitano] (1995)
* "Demos Federico" by Holly Beth Vincent (2003)
* "Super Rocket Star " by Holly Beth Vincent (2007)References
External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/hollyandtheitalians Myspace profile]
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