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}} Kathryn "Kathy" Valentine (born January 7, 1959) is an American musician (guitar and bass) and songwriter. She earned a name for herself in her early 20s as a member of The Go-Go's, who made music history by becoming the first all female band to have a number one album in the U.S. Valentine has maintained a career in music through songwriting, recording, performing and touring and has ventured out into other pursuits both academic and creative. ==Early life== Kathryn Valentine was born on January 7, 1959 in Austin, Texas, an only child who was raised by her single mother, an English expatriate. Valentine dropped out of public school in 9th grade to attend Greenbriar, an alternative school where she began playing guitar. In 1973, while visiting England with her mother, she happened to see Suzi Quatro on Top Of The Pops, and said it "blew her mind". It had never occurred to her that a woman could be a rock star. She returned to Austin, got an electric guitar and amp and began looking for band mates. She credits the Austin, Texas music scene for her diverse musical roots, in particular Jimmie Vaughan and The Fabulous Thunderbirds, as well as Texas icon Doug Sahm who let her onstage to sit in with his band on the Chuck Berry song “Little Queenie". In 1975, on a subsequent family visit to London with her mother, she answered an ad in Melody Maker and joined the fledgling Girlschool. She missed a gig due to illness and was replaced by Kelly Johnson—who she would later work with herself. Inspired by the punk scene and bands like The Ramones and Blondie, Valentine returned to Austin and formed the punk band, the Violators, alongside Carla Olson, Jesse Sublett and Marilyn Dean. The band played at Austin's first punk club, Raul's in February 1978. In late 1978 Valentine relocated to Los Angeles, California and co-founded The Textones with Carla Olson. The Textones released 2 singles, including an unreleased Tom Petty song, before Valentine departed the band in 1980. It was during her time in The Textones that she got her first cover of a song she’d written when Phil Seymour recorded "We Don’t Get Along". This song would show up again in her more famous band to follow, along with other songs she’d written during the Textones period: notably, "Vacation" and "Can’t Stop The World". 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「Kathy Valentine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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