Sidewalks Interviews

Link: http://sidewalkstv.com/webclips/g/girl-in-a-coma.html

SIDEWALKS host Maaika Westen interviews Nina, Phanie and Jenn, the all-girl band of Girl in a Coma.

Follow up:

Meet the Girls

Hailing from the Lone Star State, Girl in a Coma is a trio of Jenn Alva and sisters Phanie and Nina Diaz.

The group was formed when best friends Jenn and Phanie met in junior high school art class over a mutual love of the Smiths, Nirvana, and skipping school. They recruited Nina, Phanie’s then 12-year old little sister to join the all-female group.

The girls practiced for three years, gigged at local punk rock clubs, played a High School talent show, one kid’s birthday party, and then hit the road, building up a solid and loyal fan base across the country.

In 2006, Girl in a Coma played for Joan Jett and long-time songwriting partner and producer, Kenny Laguna, at New York’s Knitting Factory as part of a cable TV show featuring unknown bands. Jett and Laguna were so impressed with the band that they signed GIAC to their label, Blackheart Records, on the spot.

The band’s 2007 debut album, "Both Before I’m Gone," was a critical hit with raves from Alternative Press Magazine, the LA Weekly, Bust magazine, among many others, with the album reaching No. 23 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and No. 21 on iTunes. “Clumsy Sky,” the band’s first single, won a 2007 Independent Music Award in the Best Song-Punk category. The last of the four singles released, “Their Cell,” was recently voted by TV viewers into the Top 10 on Logo’s The Click List show.

Since the CD’s release GIAC has been headlining shows in venues coast-to-coast, playing on Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” tour, as well as opening for the Pogues, Social Distortion, Tegan and Sara in a cross-country national tour, and with Morrissey in both Europe and the U.S.

In between the constant touring, the band was busy writing songs for their CD, "Trio B.C." The creative process was a new and liberating experience for the Girls.

In this 2009 interview with SIDEWALKS host Maaika Westen, the girls talk about being signed by Blackheart Records, how they got their unique name, how they write music and they show off their favorite tattoos.