GINA YOUNG

LINKS www.myspace.com/ginayoung PRESS

GINA YOUNG has always lived in apartments. Never a house. She has never had a driver's license or a credit card. She didn't graduate from college and she doesn't generally eat meat except the occasional dungeness crab. What she does do is write and record songs, write and produce theater, read books and dance. Growing up in the Washington, D.C. punk scene on the tail end of the riot grrrl movement, Gina started playing guitar, writing zines and recording demos. She then moved to Brooklyn and started touring nationally, with notable performances including: two Warped Tours (all 50 stops in the US and Canada), Queer Fest Midwest, the Estrojam Festival, Homo A Gogo 2006, LADYFEST in NYC, DC, North Carolina, Ohio and Colorado, the POPMontreal Festival and the NACA Northeast Showcase. Gina has shared the stage with artists such as Team Dresch, Mirah, Kimya Dawson, Paramore, Bitch & Animal, Alix Olson, and even Le Tigre once, back in the day. She has collaborated with artists as diverse as Scream Club, Bonfire Madigan and Jill Sobule, and her music has appeared on PBS and “Dawson's Creek” as well as in numerous independent films. Gina is interested in the intersections of gender and performance and has written and directed three Off-off Broadway plays: “she cuts herself/she likes to write,” “phone|sex|cancer” and “God in a Girl.” Her fourth play, “Salt Water,” is currently in development. Gina also tours and performs as one-half of electro/hip hop group TEAM GINA. Kind things people have said about GINA YOUNG: The Village Voice "[Gina] does middle-class chick rebellion even better than Liz Phair." All Music Guide "A talent that is equal to Ani DiFranco and Tori Amos in integrity. Even if you strip ‘Intractable’ of its steadfast activism and feminist stance, it is apparent that Gina Young could quite possibly be the next gigantic female vocalist inhabiting the East coast scene." Out.com "I haven't been this excited about a riot grrrl since the days of 7 Year Bitch… Hellbent on expanding your consciousness, Young is an artist to watch." Splendid Magazine "Gina Young's sweet, passionate voice, her ranged guitar performance and her talented backing band are salves for the ragged, patriotic soul.” IMPACT Press "[Gina Young] has a clear, stunningly beautiful, strong voice, and crafts her songs extremely well. Her music has a rebellious power that is truly infectious."

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