The Donnas
When it comes to rock music, if one woman is good, then four is better. At least that is the case with the female rock group The Donnas. They came into existence in 1993 on the West Coast, and have gone through several names as well as the horrible experience of junior high school together. The group consists of Allison Robertson, Maya Ford, Torry Castellano, and Brett Anderson on lead vocals. They recorded their first album back in 1996, and have been rocking out ever since.
The Donnas signed with the indie record label, Lookout Records, which was once home to punk band Green Day. The record producer that they met through Lookout Records, Darin Rafaelli, was responsible for coming up with the image of The Donnas that we have today. His vision was a kind of Ramones-inspired sound. They released three albums on this label: The Donnas, American Teenage Rock N’ Roll Machine, and Get Skintight. They eventually made the switch to major record label and released their Atlantic Record debut with Spend the Night. The girls had developed an image of hard-partying rocker chicks, although most of that was strictly light-handed sarcasm. Still, they decided a change of pace was in order and released Gold Medal, which was a completely different sound than anything that they had done before.
The direction that they will take next still remains to be seen, but The Donnas have already proved that they have staying power and the artistic talent and vision to rock for a long time.
The Donnas signed with the indie record label, Lookout Records, which was once home to punk band Green Day. The record producer that they met through Lookout Records, Darin Rafaelli, was responsible for coming up with the image of The Donnas that we have today. His vision was a kind of Ramones-inspired sound. They released three albums on this label: The Donnas, American Teenage Rock N’ Roll Machine, and Get Skintight. They eventually made the switch to major record label and released their Atlantic Record debut with Spend the Night. The girls had developed an image of hard-partying rocker chicks, although most of that was strictly light-handed sarcasm. Still, they decided a change of pace was in order and released Gold Medal, which was a completely different sound than anything that they had done before.
The direction that they will take next still remains to be seen, but The Donnas have already proved that they have staying power and the artistic talent and vision to rock for a long time.
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