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Girl In a Coma is an indie rock band from San Antonio, Texas formerly on Joan Jett's Blackheart Records' label. The band is made up of sisters Nina (vocals/guitar) and Phanie Diaz (drums) and long-time friend, Jenn Alva (bass).〔(Girl In a Coma Interview, Mike Ramsey, The Cover Zone )〕 The name is a reference to The Smiths' song "Girlfriend in a Coma". Before they were called Girl in a Coma, they were Sylvia's Radio and Girls in a Coma. == History == Nina Diaz is the youngest member of Girl in a Coma. There is an eight-year age difference between her and the other band members. Nina is lead-singer and lyricist. Her sister Phanie and Jenn asked her to join their band after she shared a song she had written.〔http://www.ninadiazmusic.com/my-story.html〕 Her first show was a week before her 14th birthday. At the age of 16 Nina decided to dedicate her energy to the band and left high school. Nina's decision was difficult. She was very close to finishing but realized that her focus was the band.〔 Nina's distinctive voice and powerful live performances attracted the attention of fans, producers and fellow artists. In 2009, Nina collaborated with Tiësto to co-write the dance track, "In Your Mind." 〔 At the start of 2014, Nina Diaz, decided to take a break from Girl in a Coma to head into the studio to record this new solo material.〔 Nina and Phanie are Mexican American. Although the girls grew up only being able to understand Spanish, Nina has made it her goal to learn to speak and write in Spanish. She has expressed a desire to incorporate ethnic pride into her music. Nina and Phanie grew up in Texas listening to Tejano music, and as such they listened to a lot of Selena's music. they have integrated these cultural elements into their band as well. Phanie believes in the practice of ''curanderismo''.〔 Phanie's name is actually Stephanie but she has always gone by Phanie. She started learning how to play the acoustic guitar when she was eleven and eventually she learned how to play Nirvana chords.〔 Jenn Alva and Phanie met in 8th grade in art class where they became best friends. Jenn and Phanie, both having a love for rock/punk music and both with the ability to play instruments, started up a band.〔 The band started with little money and much moral support from parents and friends. It was hard at first, they did the best they could by buying all the instruments and tools they could to begin to create music of their own. Prior to the group's first album, they were taken in by a fellow friend of theirs giving them a place to stay so they could focus entirely on their music.〔 Girl in a Coma hoped to record their first album with Erick and Gabe, two producers impressed by Girl in a Coma's live shows. Girl in a Coma was to be the first band that they signed to their up and coming music label.〔 In 2006, while filming the television series pilot for the SiTV show Jammin, the girls met one of their musical idols, Joan Jett. Joan Jett and producer Kenny Laguna signed the girls to a contract with Blackheart Records as a result of seeing them perform at the Knitting Factory in New York City for the television show.〔()〕 In October 2007, while in New York, Girl in a Coma were called by Morrissey to open for the remainder of his tour. Besides Morrissey, Girl in a Coma have opened for Frank Black, The Pogues, Tegan and Sara, Social Distortion and many more. The band played at the SXSW Music Festival in 2007,〔(Girl In A Coma Interview, The Austinist )〕〔(SXSW 2007 live review, Ben Rhudy Mar, Monstersandcritics, March 2007 )〕 2009,〔(Girl In A Coma Confirmed for SXSW )〕 and again in 2010 and 2012.〔(Girl in a Coma Interview: SXSW 2010 )〕 They also performed on the True Colors Tour 2008. In early 2008, their song "Clumsy Sky" won in The 7th Annual Independent Music Awards for Best Punk Song.〔(Independent Music Awards - 7th Annual Winners )〕 In the summer of 2010, Girl in a Coma played at Polish Woodstock in front of a crowd of 300,000. In 2012, they won another Independent Music Award with their album ''Exits & All The Rest'' for Best Indie/Alt. Album.〔("11th Annual Independent Music Awards Winners Announced!" ) Independent Music Awards, 2 May 2012. Retrieved on 4 Sept. 2013.〕 Drummer Phanie Diaz and bass player Jenn Alva are both openly lesbian. Jenn is currently married and has been out lesbian for a longer time than Phanie. Phanie was hesitant at first on coming out because she wanted her mother to know first. She wrote a letter to her telling her that she was lesbian. Her mom was very accepting. Another reason why Phanie did not want to publicly announce her sexual orientation was because she did not want the public to focus on that and put them into a gay band box. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Girl in a Coma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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