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IN A COMA MAKE IMPRESSIVE DEBUTS ON BILLBOARD AND iTunes charts
Band
to make special appearance on Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors”
tour in OKC on June 23
Girl in a Coma’s Both Before I’m Gone cd on Blackheart Records has debuted on the Billboard Heatseekers chart at #23. In addition, the disc recently debuted on Itunes at #21, selling more copies than Sara Bareilles, Black Keys, Gnarls Barkley and Vampire Weekend. Both Before I’m Gone also landed at #6 on Itunes rock chart. Girl in a Coma hail from San Antonio, Texas ¬ land of puffy tacos, lone star beer, and the place where Ozzy pissed on the Alamo. Nina Diaz, who was 12 when the band formed, is often referred to as ³the female version of Morrissey and has been compared to artists as diverse as Bjork and Patsy Cline. Her powerful, expressive voice ¬ mature beyond its years, is unforgettable to anyone who hears her sing. with Jenn Alva on bass and Phanie D on drums, this band has been likened to The Smiths, The Pixies, and the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs. In 2006, they were picked for SI TV¹s docu series “Jammin” where they were flown to New York and had a surprise meeting with their idol Joan Jett. Joan and her long time producer and song writing partner, Kenny Laguna immediately, on camera signed them to their label, blackheart records. Since then the girls haven't looked back. They've tour with Social Distortion, The Pogues, The Cliks, Frank Black and The Catholics, and with the man himself, Morrissey. In fact, Morrissey was so taken with the band that he asked them to open uis US and European tours this past fall & winter. Their debut album, Both Before I'm Gone features the singles“Clumsy Sky,” “Road To Home” and their latest “Say.” In addition, the girls recently performed on Dave Navarro's "Spread" TV show on ManiaTV and taped an episode of ”La Ink” where lead singer Nina will get a tattoo by one of the worlds most sought after and celebrated tattoo artists, Kat Von D. Look for Girl in a Coma to continue on the road this spring and make a special appearance on the upcoming “True Colors” tour with Cyndi Lauper, B-52’s, Andy Bell of Erasure and Joan Jett. Current tour info. Check out myspace.com/girlsinacoma and www.blackheart.com for updated info: Girl in a Coma join Tegan & Sara beinning September 30 in Atlanta
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In A Coma Win 2007 Independent Music Award Girl In A Coma, signed to Joan Jett's Blackheart Records label, have won a 2007 Independent Music Award in the Song-Punk category for their song "Clumsy Sky." All IMA winners were selected by a panel of celebrity and industry judges, including Snoop Dogg, Susan Tedeschi, Ray Davies, Suzanne Vega and more. This is the
7th annual Independent Music Awards. The IMA program awards more than
50 honors in categories Girl In A Coma hail from San Antonio, Texas, land of puffy tacos, lone star beer, and the place where Ozzy pissed on the Alamo. Nina Diaz, who was 12 when the band formed, is often referred to as ³the female version of Morrissey and has been compared to artists as diverse as Bjork, Patsy Cline and Morrissey, himself. Her powerful, expressive voice, mature beyond its years, is unforgettable to anyone who hears her sing. With Jenn Alva on bass and Phanie D on drums, this band has been likened to The Smiths, The Pixies, and the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs.
The girls recorded their first demo with Boz Borrer, musical director for Morrissey in London in 2004. In 2006, they were picked for SI TV¹s docu series "Jammin” where they were flown to New York and had a surprise meeting with their idol Joan Jett. Joan and her long time producer and song writing partner, Kenny Laguna immediately, on camera signed them to their label, Blackheart Records. Girl In A Coma just completed a fall tour with Morrissey and have opened for Social Distortion, The Pogues, The Smoking Popes, Frank Black and The Catholics, The Epoxies, and will be heading out to Europe for another string of dates with Morrissey in January 2008. Their debut album, Both Before I'm Gone, features the singles and videos for "Clumsy Sky", "Road To Home" featuring Amanda LePore and their latest "Say."
WHAT THE PRESS ARE SAYING:
Here is my new
favorite band, Girl In A Coma. They
“Within the first few seconds of the first song, “Clumsy Sky,” on the San Antonio trio Girl in a Coma’s debut album, Both Before I’m Gone (on Joan Jett’s Blackheart Records), singer-guitarist Nina Diaz has already introduced herself as a charismatic singer with a big, beautiful voice that’s somewhere between the maternal comfort of Chrissie Hynde and the ghostly power of Siouxsie Sioux.” - LA Weekly
“Singer Nina Diaz has a voice that makes you get your elbows off the bar and pay attention. Forget those bands in the glossy mags. Girl in a Coma blows 'em away.” - The Pitch “the all-female, Latina trio put plenty of spit-polished guitar and intimidating atmospherics into their silver-throated sound, elements that pricked the ears of riot godmamma Joan Jett and got them signed last year to her label, Blackheart Records. They've just released Both Before I'm Gone, a slickly produced but smartly executed collection of dreamy, anthemic hard rock that sounds like what Throwing Muses might have committed to tape if they had bigger budgets.” - Seattle Weekly
“But then comes a song like "Sybil Vane Was Ill," which snarls and snakes its way to a pumped-up chorus. Or "In the Background," with its chipper hand-claps and Diaz’s warbling Corin Tucker impersonation. Or "Say," the album's standout track. Slicing guitars. Pulse-racing beats. A hint of new wave and general panic.” - Las Vegas City Life “Tracks like “Celibate Now” and “Mr. Chivalry” introduce the band as a powerhouse on the music scene, and the album proves through inspired, body-moving tracks that there will be many more worthy records where this one came from.” - Bust Magazine
“The album captures the raw energy of the band, while also spotlighting Nina’s innate melodicism and mysterious, code-language lyrics.” - San Antonio Current ”To say the ladies are charming is an understatement -- they have beauty, brains and all the gumption one would expect from a sassy Texas trio. Still, it’s their music -- loud and clear alternative rock that has been compared to The Smiths, The Pixies, and the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs -- that takes center stage.” - suicidegirls.com
Girl in a Coma
is a rock band from San Antonio, Texas – land of puffy tacos,
Lone Star Beer, and the place where Ozzy pissed on the Alamo. Friends since an eighth grade art class where they discovered a mutual love of Nirvana, the Smiths, and skipping out of school, the girls blazed through a couple of band lineups and various sounds, but could never find the right combination. “For some strange reason,” Jenn observed, “we didn’t get along with anyone.” Meanwhile, perched quietly all along in the bedroom’s top bunk bed, Phanie’s little sister Nina, eight years their junior, listened, learned, and at age 12 finally got the courage to ask the older girls to listen to a song she just wrote.
She borrowed Phanie’s guitar (the girls had no idea Nina could even play), stood up straight, looked them in the eye, and promptly blew Jenn and Phanie away with what is recognized now as Nina’s powerful, expressive voice and amazing songwriting ability – mature beyond its years, unforgettable to anyone who hears her sing. Girl in a Coma was formed that night, with Nina singing and playing guitar, Jenn on bass and Phanie on drums. For the next five years the three girls practiced, wrote songs, and slowly built up a solid and loyal fan base though constant touring. While Nina is often referred to as "the female version of Morrissey," the band as a whole has been compared to The Smiths, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and the Pixies. Drawing from these influences (the band's name, Girl in a Coma, comes from the classic Smiths song "Girlfriend in a Coma"), the Girls have managed to create a sound and style that not only pays homage to their heroes, but is uniquely their own. Nina’s voice is at turns mesmerizing, hypnotic, playful, thunderous, and soft, and has been compared to artists as diverse as Bjork, Patsy Cline, and Morrissey himself.
Crisscrossing the South, Midwest and the West Coast in an old van during the Summer of 2004, the Girls not only won over a bevy of new fans but also turned the heads of tour managers and indie label reps. One impressed manager passed on a homemade demo to Boz Boorer, guitarist extraordinaire and musical director for Morrissey. He was immediately impressed with the band’s unique sound. The Girls soon found themselves on a plane to London to record their first demo under Boz’s guidance. Nina was 16 years old. In addition to playing hundreds of their own headlining shows, Girl in a Coma has played on Vans Warped Tour and has opened for The Pogues, Frank Black and the Catholics, theSTART, The Epoxies, The Eyeliners, Boz Boorer and The Bozmen, The Groovie Ghoulies, The Cruxshadows, Brassy and The Smoking Popes. Then in 2006, Girl in a Coma caught the eye of two Los Angeles-based producers visiting San Antonio, who just happened to be looking for the perfect band for the pilot episode of a national documentary TV series on up and coming Latino bands. With cameras in hand, they filmed the girls for three weeks, flew them to New York for a special Knitting Factory show, and surprised the band with an introduction to one of the Girls’ idols, Joan Jett. On camera, and much to the surprise of everyone involved, Joan and her long-time producing partner Kenny Laguna, were blown away, and so impressed with the band that they asked the Girls to join Blackheart Records on the spot. The Girls teamed up in Austin with producers Erick Sanger and Gabe Gonzales, both formerly of Sparta, and quickly set down the songs for their debut album, “Both Before I’m Gone.” The album showcases their best songs written over their long history of tour dates, club gigs, and practice. With six years of writing and performing behind them, Girl in a Coma had an amazing amount of material to pull from and had trouble narrowing the list of songs to thirteen tracks. Songwriter Nina says, “The title for the album comes from something James Dean once said, ‘Being an actor is hard. Being a man is even harder. I hope to be both before I’m done.’ I like to say, ‘Being a musician is hard. Being a human is even harder. I hope to be both before I’m gone.’” The album ranges from faster tracks like “Say” and “Clumsy Sky” to “Road to Home,” a hauntingly beautiful ballad that pays tribute to those many years of gigging on the road. “These songs are a mixture of old and new, to us anyways,” Phanie says, “some songs such as ‘Consider’ have been around for 6 years, and others are brand new. We like to say this album was six years in the making . . . but we recorded it in only a week.” Legendary producer Kenny Laguna supervised the final mix in New York. “Overall we are really proud of this album... a lot of tears, anxiety, fear, happiness, loss and gain went into this record,” says Jenn. The general public got a taste of the CD’s songs at the 2007 SXSW Music Festival where a receptive national press began a critical buzz for the upcoming release. “Both Before I’m Gone,” hits the record stores in May of 2007. Currently, the
band is gearing up for a summer tour in support of the new CD as well
as dates on the Vans Warped Tour. For further information: www.girlinacoma.com or contact Ken Phillips Publicity Group, (323) 845-9997. |
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