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Chantal Claret (born February 21, 1982 in Berkeley, California, USA) is the lead singer, front woman and composer for the rock, post-punk revival and power pop band Morningwood. She was raised in New York city since she was 5, but currently lives in Los Angeles. She is married to Little Jimmy Urine of the band Mindless Self Indulgence
She cowrote a monthly advice column in Alternative Press along with Riley Breckenridge, the drummer from Thrice that ended in December of 2007. She hosted an advice radio show on East Village Radio on Tuesday Nights at Midnight with her "Super Secret Sidekick".
At her live shows she is known to bring people up on stage and have them strip for a song called Take Off Your Clothes as well as has the audience perform aerobics for Nth Degree.
Her singing style has been compared to singers such as Chrissie Hynde, Christina Amphlett, Debbie Harry, Shirley Manson and Beth Ditto
Prior to meeting Pedro Yanowitz (co-composer and partner in creation of Morningwood), former drummer for The Wallflowers and Natalie Merchant, Claret was attending film school, with an eye on directing music videos. She most recently directed the latest Morningwood video for Take Off Your Clothes. In 2002 Claret appeared in the indie short film by Kolton Lee 'American Mod'.
References
- allmusic ((( Morningwood > Songs > All Songs )))
- Morningwood Blog
- {http://www.morningwoodrocks.com/about.asp
- VH1 - Morningwood
- mp3.com - Morningwood
- MORNINGWOOD About Press
- Chantal Claret