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The Donnas

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The Donnas

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The adoption of a shared moniker clearly alludes to a Ramones influence, but this all-female four-piece band from Palo Alto, Northern California, USA can also lay claim to influences ranging from AC/DC, Kiss and a whole host of other big-haired arena rockers. Donna A (b. Brett Anderson; vocals), Donna C (b. Torrance Castellano; drums), Donna F (b. Maya Ford; bass), Donna R (b. Allison Robertson; guitar) formed Ragady Anne while in high school in Palo Alto. After practising R.E.M., Shonen Knife and L7 covers in Castellano's garage, a 7-inch single was released by Radio Trash Records in 1994. The quartet then changed their name to the Electrocutes, and played shows around the San Francisco area under this moniker. Fate struck when they were introduced to Darin Raffaelli, the owner of the local Radio X record label. Raffaelli had been writing songs for a proposed all-female act to relaunch his ailing label, and he convinced the band to work with him. Not wanting to compromise the Electrocutes, the band invented the Donnas as a side project. The band's adopted sassy bad-girl persona was in sharp contrast to the suburban, trash-rock look of the Electrocutes. The Donnas recorded "High School Yum Yum" and "Let's Go Mano!" for Radio X, and a cover version of the Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron' for Raffaelli's new Super*Teem label. The cranked up 50s rock 'n' roll sound of the singles was carried over to the Donnas" long-playing debut, released on Super*Teem in 1996. The album was well received and, as a result, the band took time off school to tour Japan. By this time they had also recorded an Electrocutes album, Steal Yer Lunch Money, released on the Sympathy For The Record Industry label.The Donnas split from the svengali-like Raffaelli before the release of American Teenage Rock 'N' Roll Machine. The album featured more of their own compositions, a benefit of their new found independence. The Donnas' Ramones tendencies were now being tempered with more of the Electrocutes' rock leanings. After graduation from high school the band had been set to attend various universities across the country, but after signing to Lookout! Records they chose to concentrate on music instead. 1999's Get Skintight blended the Electrocutes' tough cock-rock tendencies with the Donnas' more straight ahead pop-punk. The album included a cover version of Mötley Crüe's "Too Fast For Love", and the band completed a long held ambition by opening for Cinderella in Reno, Nevada. In the same year, the Donnas appeared in the movies Jawbreaker and Drive Me Crazy. They celebrated reaching the legal drinking age by releasing Turn 21 in 2001. The following year they made their major label debut on Atlantic Records with Spend The Night.

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