Juliette Commagere is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter who was formerly the lead singer and keytar player of the band Hello Stranger. In 2008 she began a solo career with the release of ''Queens Die Proudly''.
Commagere has also performed with
Maynard James Keenan
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of
Tool
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Nick Lowe
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Linda Perry
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and
Liz Phair
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. She has opened for
Air
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Pete Yorn
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Nick Lowe
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Bat for Lashes
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Hecuba
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.
Her solo work has been featured in numerous television shows and films including '' Private Practice'', ''
Emily Owens, M.D.
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'', ''
Drop Dead Diva
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Night Ranger
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's
power ballad
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''.
She sang the female sections in
Avenged Sevenfold
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's song "A Little Piece of Heaven" of their 2007 self-titled album. She has also sung on the album by
Taylor Hawkins
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Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders
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'', releases by Puscifer, as well as on many Ry Cooder records including: '' Mambo Sinuendo'', ''
Chavez Ravine
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'', ''
I, Flathead
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Joachim Cooder
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she produced Carly Ritter's self-titled debut album on
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in 2013.
Her debut album, ''Queens Die Proudly'', was released in 2008. In early 2010, Juliette signed with
Manimal Vinyl
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to release her second album titled ''The Procession''. Her third album, ''Human'', was released in 2013.
Discography
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Hello Stranger
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'' ( Aeronaut Records, July 25, 2006)
*''Queens Die Proudly'' (Aeronaut Records, October 28, 2008)
*''The Procession'' (
Manimal Vinyl
Manimal Vinyl is a Los Angeles-based record label founded in 2006 by film/TV producer, composer and former fashion editor Paul Gebser-Beahan.
History
The label was started out of Beahan's living room in late 2006 in the historical Hancock Park ...
, September 24, 2010)
*''Human'' (Aeronaut Records, September 17, 2013)
Singles
*"Eats from the Inside" (''The Procession''; June 14, 2010)
*"Impact" (''The Procession''; December 2, 2010)
*"Vampire (Puscifer Remix)" (Single only; January 14, 2014)
*"Collide" (''Human''; March 11, 2014)
*" Sister Christian" (''Single only''; April 8, 2014)
Avenged Sevenfold
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Warner Bros. Records
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(U.S.)/ WEA International (Worldwide), October 26, 2007)
*"Fly and Fly" by The Sweet Hurt ( The Sweet Hurt, June 13, 2014)
*"Backing vocals on three songs on Joachim Cooder's EP ''Fuchsia Machu Picchu''
Personal life
Commagere is the daughter of a classical music record producer. She is married to the musician and producer
Joachim Cooder
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Early life
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, whom she met at high school. Her younger brother is singer-songwriter Robert Francis.
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