Bianca Halstead (May 5, 1965 – December 15, 2001), also known as Bianca Butthole, was an American rock musician, born in

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, New York. She was the bassist and lead singer of the bands Betty Blowtorch and

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. Halstead was killed when she accepted a ride from a drunk driver on December 15, 2001, in New Orleans. She was 36. Halstead is interred at

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, Hollywood, California. A

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center, called "The Bianca Center for Substance Abuse," which opened in November 2008, is named in her honor.

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L.A. Times article on Halstead's death
* 1965 births 2001 deaths American punk rock bass guitarists Musicians from the Bronx Road incident deaths in Louisiana Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery American women bass guitarists 20th-century American bass guitarists Guitarists from New York City American women guitarists 20th-century American women musicians American women punk rock singers {{US-rock-musician-stub