Jennifer Lee Lindberg (born July 30, 1981) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and painter, best known as the bassist of the

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band Warpaint. In 2015, Lindberg released her first solo album, '' Right On!'', under the name "Jennylee".

Career

Warpaint

Lindberg had a "chance encounter" with Emily Kokal during one of Sossamon's DJ sets, soon after relocating to Los Angeles, and formed Warpaint with her,

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and Sossamon on

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2004. After rehearsing and composing original material alone for 18 months, Warpaint began performing regularly in Los Angeles and self-released their debut

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, '' Exquisite Corpse'', in August 2008. Jenny Lee Lindberg

Warpaint's debut studio album, '' The Fool'', was released in October 2010 on

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following a number of lineup changes, including the recruitment of drummer Stella Mozgawa. The album was well received by critics and peaked at No. 176 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The band's second

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studio album was released in January 2014, and featured Lindberg performing vocals on two tracks: "Disco//very" and "CC". Receiving favorable reviews and charting in several countries, ''Warpaint'' reached the top 10 on the

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, Irish Independent Albums Chart, and ''Billboard''s Alternative, Independent and Tastemaker album charts.

''Right On!''

Lindberg's debut solo studio album, '' Right On!'', was released on December 11, 2015, on Rough Trade; she was credited as "Jennylee". Featuring elements of new wave and

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, the album was produced by Lindberg with Norm Block and featured Warpaint's Mozgawa on drums.

Collaborations

Lindberg has collaborated with other musicians during her career. In 2009, she played bass on Brian Blades ''Mama Rosa'' (2009). She later played bass on "Goodbye Lovers & Friends", a song from Boom Bips ''Zig Zaj'' (2011), and "The Madness of Clouds", a song from Viv Albertines ''The Vermilion Border'' (2013). Lindberg worked with Jimmy Giannopoulos of Lolawolf on the project CRW$HD. In 2020 she played bass on

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's album Punisher. In 2021 as part of her 'Singles Club' project, Lindberg collaborated with

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frontman Dave Gahan on the single "Stop Speaking".

Influences

When she was young, Lindberg listened to

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, which influenced her later music. She has also cited among her influences

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's bass playing with PiL in her "list of all-time greats". She named Siouxsie Sioux of

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as one of her favorite voices of all time, saying, "I have a lot of respect for Siouxsie and she's given me a lot of inspiration over the years".

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and

were other acts that inspired her.

Personal life

Lindberg was born on July 30, 1981, in

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. She is the daughter of Sherry Sossamon, a nurse, and Todd Lindberg. She is the sister of actress and musician

Shannyn Sossamon Shannon Marie Kahololani "Shannyn" Sossamon (born October 3, 1978) is an American actress. She has appeared in the films ''A Knight's Tale (film), A Knight's Tale'' (2001), ''40 Days and 40 Nights'' (2002), ''The Rules of Attraction (film), The R ...

. Following their parents' divorce when Lindberg was two, she and her sister were raised by their mother, who remarried to Randy Goldman. Her maternal grandmother is of Hawaiian and Filipino descent, while the rest of her ancestry is Dutch, English, German, French and Irish. Raised in

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, Lindberg relocated to Los Angeles, California as an adult. She was formerly married to Chris Cunningham. They divorced in 2016.

Discography

;Solo *'' Right On!'' (2015) *''Heart Tax'' (2022) ;With Warpaint *'' Exquisite Corpse'' EP (2008) *'' The Fool'' (2010) *'' Warpaint'' (2014) *'' Heads Up'' (2016) *'' Radiate Like This'' (2022) ;Guest appearances * Brian Blade – ''Mama Rosa'' (2009) * Boom Bip – "Goodbye Lovers & Friends" on ''Zig Zaj'' (2011) * Viv Albertine – "The Madness of Clouds" on ''The Vermilion Border'' (2012) * TT (Theresa Wayman) – "Take One" on '' LoveLaws'' (2018)

References

External links

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