Dianne Chai

Dianne Chai is an American bass player.[1] She was one of the founders of the L.A. punk rock band The Alley Cats.[2]

Dianne Chai
GenresPunk rock
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Bass, vocals
Years active1977-1988
LabelsDangerhouse, Time Coast

Career

Chai formed The Alley Cats with then-husband Randy Stodola[3] and drummer John McCarthy.[4]

Chris Morris (former senior writer at Billboard, music editor at The Hollywood Reporter and critic at The Los Angeles Reader[5]), writing in John Doe's book Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk said, "They made some of the toughest, most nihilistic music on the scene."[4] Violence at shows featuring bands such as the Bags and The Alley Cats caused Madame Wong's restaurant to stop featuring punk bands[1] and switch to slower tempo new wave acts.[6]

Chai along with ex-Alley Cats John McCarthy and Randy Stodola formed The Zarkons in 1985[7] for which Chai sang and played bass.[8]

Chai eventually remarried to the manager of The Alley Cats, Marshall Berle, and began working as a travel agent in Florida.[4]

References
  1. Andrade, Sofia (June 4, 2021). "Punk Was Never Just for White Dudes". Slate. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  2. Jacinto, Louis (July 14, 2018). "Louis Jacinto Photo Column, The Alley Cats". Razorcake. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  3. Chick, Stevie (2011). Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag. PM Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-1604864182.
  4. Morris, Chris (2016). "You Better Shut Up and Listen". In Doe, John; DeSavia, Tom (eds.). Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk. Da Capo Press. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-0306824081.
  5. Doe, John; DeSavia, Tom (2016). Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk. Da Capo Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-306-82408-1.
  6. Ngô, Fiona I.B. (July–November 2012). Stinson, Beth; Ngô, Fiona I.B. (eds.). "Punk in the Shadow of War". Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory. 22 (2–3): 220. doi:10.1080/0740770X.2012.720826. S2CID 143665330.
  7. Robbins, Ira. "Alley Cats/The Zarkons". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  8. Turner, Greg (May 1986). "The Zarkons: Riders in the Long Black Parade". Spin. 2 (2): 34.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.