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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.
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