Shaunna Elizabeth Hall (born July 28, 1963) is an American
composer and musician from the
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Gov ...
. As guitarist, she was a founding member of the band
4 Non Blondes and is currently a member of
George Clinton's
Parliament-Funkadelic
Parliament-Funkadelic (abbreviated as P-Funk) is an American musical collective, music collective of rotating musicians headed by George Clinton (funk musician), George Clinton, primarily consisting of the funk bands Parliament (band), Parlia ...
.
Early life
Hall played trumpet in school, studying under Jon Simms, the founder of the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Marching Band and Twirling Corps, at Benjamin Franklin Intermediate School in
Daly City, California
Daly City () is the second most populous city in San Mateo County, California, United States, with population of 104,901 according to the 2020 census. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, and immediately south of San Francisco (sharing its ...
. She started taking the guitar seriously as a teenager at
Serramonte High School, and studied
songwriting
A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...
at the
Blue Bear School of Music
Blue Bear School of Music is a non-profit organization founded in San Francisco, California in 1971. Blue Bear has trained over 20,000 students in voice, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, bass, drums, horns, songwriting, bands and ensembles. ...
in San Francisco with
Bonnie Hayes
Bonnie Hayes is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer, born in San Francisco, California, United States, and currently lives between Los Angeles and New York City. Her songs have been recorded by Cher, Bette Midler, Bonnie ...
.
[S. Hall (interview and personal communication, Fall, 2008).]
1980s
Hall joined her first band, The Crash Puppies, in the early 1980s. In the late 1980s, she and bassist Christa Hillhouse formed Cool and Unusual Punishment, a new wave duo. Later, they joined, along with drummer Wanda Day, The Lesbian Snake Charmers, led by singer Jai Jai Noire.
Hall met vocalist
Linda Perry
Linda Perry (born April 15, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. She was the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, and has since founded two record labels and composed and produced hit songs for s ...
, and when The Lesbian Snake Charmers broke up, they co-founded the alternative rock group
4 Non Blondes with Perry, Hillhouse, and Day in 1989.
1990s
In 1990, 4 Non Blondes won the SF Weekly Award (
Wammies) for Best Rock Band. ''
Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
''Bigger, Better, Faster, More!'' is the only studio album released by alternative rock band 4 Non Blondes, released in 1992. The first single was "Dear Mr. President", which bass player Christa Hillhouse told Songfacts "was about the hierarchy ...
'' by
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. Founded in late 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a $20 million joint venture with Atlantic Records of Warner Mu ...
was released in 1992 and was the only studio album released by the band. It includes performances and five compositions by Hall ("Morphine & Chocolate", "
Spaceman", and others). The album peaked at number 11 on the
Billboard Top 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine and is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists ...
. "Spaceman" was released as a single in 1993 and peaked at number 39 on the
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock is a music chart in ''Billboard'' magazine that ranks the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations in the United States, a category that combines the formats of active rock and heritage rock. The chart was launched in Ma ...
chart. Hall left the band in 1992 during the recording of "Bigger, Better, Faster, More!" over musical differences with the band as well as with the producer. The album was completed with session guitarist Louis Metoyer.
Hall and Pat Wilder subsequently founded Bad Dog Play Dead in 1992. The all-female ensemble played funk, rock, country and pop songs written largely by Hall and Wilder, and the group reunited Hall and
4 Non Blondes drummer Wanda Day. They recorded a demo, engineered and mixed by Garry Crieman at Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco.
Janis Tanaka
Janis Tanaka (born January 9, 1963) is an American bassist who has worked as a session musician and on tour with a number of well-known artists including Pink, Fireball Ministry, Hammers of Misfortune, Stone Fox, and L7. She was also a member o ...
played bass on the demo but did not join the group. The band played live in San Francisco for several months until the permanent disability of Day in December 1992.
Hall played as a part of the
agro-core hard rock band The Alcohol of Fame (named by studio engineer Garry Crieman) from 1993-95. The group began as an ensemble Hall put together to perform a benefit for Day at the I-Beam in San Francisco in early 1993. The band changed line-ups, with the core trio of Hall, Crash and Spingola finally teaming with drummer Becky Wreck from the
Lunachicks
Lunachicks are an American punk rock band from New York City. The band formed in 1987 and had been on hiatus since 2000, with the band reuniting in 2019. The band cited influences including the Ramones, Kiss, and the MC5.
Biography
Theo Ko ...
later that year. Their first official performance was at Female Trouble's "The Dykemare Before Christmas" in December 1993. With the addition of bassist Erica Liss of MDC in early 1994, the lineup made a six-song demo, Mendocino Demo 1994, and played the
New Music Seminar
The New Music Seminar (NMS) is a Music Conference and Festival held annually each June in New York City. The New Music Seminar originally ran from 1980 to 1995 and was relaunched in 2009. NMS features over 150 CEOs and other executives, presiden ...
in New York, NY followed by an east coast summer tour in 1994.
Though Wreck remained on the east Coast, the core trio of Crash, Hall and Spingola returned to San Francisco. Drummer Peter French and a series of bass players including Dennis Dismore and the late Warner Harrison joined The Alcohol of Fame in 1995. The group recorded a second demo in the spring of 1995 at Gush Studios in
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
. Warner announced his departure from the band only weeks after finishing the demo, and the group disbanded.
In 1996, Hall and
Tribe 8
Tribe 8 was a LGBTQ punk rock band from San Francisco, considered one of the first queercore groups. The band took their name from the practice of tribadism, with "tribe eight" being a play on the word ''tribade'', a sexual practice sometimes a ...
, Bay Area
queercore
Queercore (or homocore) is a cultural/social movement that began in the mid-1980s as an offshoot of the punk subculture and a music genre that comes from punk rock. It is distinguished by its discontent with society in general, and specificall ...
pioneers, joined
Nirvana
( , , ; sa, निर्वाण} ''nirvāṇa'' ; Pali: ''nibbāna''; Prakrit: ''ṇivvāṇa''; literally, "blown out", as in an oil lamp Richard Gombrich, ''Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benāres to Modern Colombo. ...
,
Soundgarden
Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil (both of whom are the only members to appear in every incarnation of the band), and bassist Hiro Ya ...
,
Joan Jett
Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American singer, guitarist, record producer, and actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and per ...
,
The Gits
The Gits were an American punk rock band formed in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1986. As part of the burgeoning Seattle music scene of the early 1990s, they were known for their fiery live performances. Members included singer Mia Zapata, guitarist ...
, and others on the ''Home Alive! Compilation''. The project raised funds and awareness for self-defense education for women in honor of
Mia Zapata
Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was an American musician who was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits. After gaining praise in the emerging grunge scene, Zapata was murdered in 1993 while on her way home f ...
, the singer of The Gits who was beaten and murdered while walking home.
Hall appears on ''Frat Pig'' and another song from the Tribe 8 CD ''Fist City'' on Alternative Tentacles Records. She co-produced Tribe 8's ''Role Models for America'' released in 1998 on Alternative Tentacles.
Throughout the 1990s, Hall played with the theatrical six-piece group The Eric McFadden Experience. In 1998, the group received the SF Weekly Award (
Wammies) for Best Americana Band and released ''Our Revels Now are Ended''. The CD includes one Hall composition, "Macaroon", which also appeared on an early
4 Non Blondes demo.
2000s
Alien Lovestock's 2000 CD ''Planet of Fish'' includes the composition "Alien Love" co-written by Hall,
Eric McFadden
Eric McFadden (born December 1, 1965) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter from San Francisco.
He spent his formative years in Albuquerque, New Mexico, receiving lessons from Stanton Hirsch. During his mid-teens, he moved to Syrac ...
and George Clinton.
Hall composed eight tracks with Storm, Inc. for the independent release ''The Calm Years'' in April 2001. Storm, Inc. started in the summer of 1999 when Hall sat in with singer
Storm Large
Storm Large (born Susan Storm Large, June 25, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and author. She attracted national attention as a contestant on the CBS reality television show '' Rock Star: Supernova''. For many years solely a roc ...
as a support guitarist for acoustic gigs. Hall and Storm, Inc. wrote and created ''The Calm Years.'' and toured the US west coast following its release.
As a sound designer, Hall helped create the first online video game developed by
Shockwave
In physics, a shock wave (also spelled shockwave), or shock, is a type of propagating disturbance that moves faster than the local speed of sound in the medium. Like an ordinary wave, a shock wave carries energy and can propagate through a me ...
in 2000. ''Tamale Loco'' is now available in the ''Shockwave Favorites Vol. 1'' game bundle or as a standalone download at
Shockwave.com.
In the summer of 2001, she played with Dog Ass, a trio with Los Angeles drummer Becky Wreck and bassist Christy Michel. Formed specifically to play a Breast Cancer Awareness Benefit presented by Loudithfaire, a festival celebrating lesser-known women in rock, the trio gave a few shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles before Hall moved to Barcelona, Spain in 2002.
Hall wrote, produced, and directed a short film called ''The Beauty of Betrayal'' in May 2002. Brick Seriously and Hall recorded the video in San Francisco. It features her composition ''Beauty Sleeps'' recorded in San Francisco and Los Angeles with drummer Kevin Carnes, EricMcFadden Experience members Sam Bass, Ben Barnes and Paula O'Rourke.
Janis Tanaka
Janis Tanaka (born January 9, 1963) is an American bassist who has worked as a session musician and on tour with a number of well-known artists including Pink, Fireball Ministry, Hammers of Misfortune, Stone Fox, and L7. She was also a member o ...
plays the saw on the instrumental. Hall appears in the film along with actress Natalie Richie.
In July 2002, Hall began touring with George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. Since then, she has played on several US, Canadian and European tours as well as dates abroad. She was the monitor engineer from 2002–2004, and the ''P-Funk Live at the 2004 Montreaux Jazz Festival'' DVD credits her engineering work. She became the first official female guitarist of P-Funk in 2007.
Hall and Dutch artist Margot van Ham shared an art/music studio in Barcelona, Spain from 2004 to 2006. In 2004, Hall released a video called ''The Third Eye''. Van Ham produced the video in 2004 with a song Hall wrote with
Paul Hill and Clip Payne of P-Funk in 2002. The video was released in 2006 as a part of Hall's multimedia project, ''Electrofunkadelica: e3+FUNKnth = music for the body, mind & soul''.
In 2007, Hall appeared on the BBC program ''The 100 Most Annoying Pop Songs We Hate To Love'', which featured the 4 Non Blondes song ''"
What's Up?'' at number 91 on the list.
Hall joined a number of artists for former artist liaison and backstage manager Tiffany Travalent's benefit at
12 Galaxies in San Francisco in 2007. Led by Eric McFadden, a large group of musicians including
Bernie Worrell
George Bernard Worrell, Jr. (April 19, 1944 – June 24, 2016) was an American keyboardist and record producer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Rol ...
(Parliament-Funkadelic),
Dawn Silva
Dawn Silva is an American funk vocalist.
Silva started her career as a background vocalist for Sly and the Family Stone. She joined Parliament-Funkadelic in 1977. She was the only original Brides of Funkenstein member to continue through the B ...
(
Brides of Funkenstein
The Brides of Funkenstein were an American Soul and Funk girl band, originally composed of singers Dawn Silva and Lynn Mabry.
History
Previously background singers for Sly Stone, singer of Sly and the Family Stone, Lynn Mabry and Dawn Silva jo ...
/
Sly and the Family Stone
Sly and the Family Stone was an American band from San Francisco. Active from 1966 to 1983, it was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music. Its core line-up was led by singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi ...
),
Jerry Harrison
Jeremiah Griffin Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American songwriter, musician, producer, and entrepreneur. He began his professional music career as a member of the cult band the Modern Lovers before becoming keyboardist and guitarist ...
(
Talking Heads
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),
Pete Sears
Peter Roy Sears (born 27 May 1948) is an English rock musician. In a career spanning more than six decades, he has been a member of many bands and has moved through a variety of musical genres, from early R&B, psychedelic improvisational rock ...
,
Carol Hernandez
Carol Hernandez is an American journalist educator from Miami Florida. She currently teaches at Stony Brook University, in New York. She also teaches a seminar on global news.
During her reporting career, Hernandez has worked for the ''Dayton Dai ...
, and
The Meters' drummer
Ziggy Modeliste
Joseph "Ziggy" Modeliste (born December 28, 1948), also known as Zigaboo, is an American drummer best known as a founding member of the funk band the Meters. He is widely considered an innovator in the funk genre and New Orleans style drumming. ...
gave their time to benefit Travalent, who suffers from severe chronic pain, is unable to work, and had large outstanding medical bills. A DVD of the event was released with footage from the show and related content.
Hall earned two engineering credits in 2008—the first for Clinton's vocals on the song ''Heads Will Roll'', for
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry; 20 March 1936 – 29 August 2021) was a Jamaican record producer, composer and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development o ...
's ''
Return of the Super Ape''. The second, ''George Clinton and his Gangsters of Love'', charted on both the Billboard R&B and Independent Charts.
Current projects
Hall returned to the United States in 2005, and continues to tour the world as a guitarist with George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic in The P-Funk Allstars. She became an official band member in 2007 after five years of touring as a part-time player, monitor engineer, and crew member.
She released a solo project, ''Electrofunkadelica'', in 2006. She wrote, produced, and recorded most of the project on a Macintosh laptop with a portable studio while touring the world with P-Funk on the road between 2002 and 2005, and the tracks feature many P-Funk members and musician friends. The 2006 release ''Electrofunkadelica: e3+FUNKnth = music for the body, mind & soul'', is a collection of audio recordings and three videos. It consists of contemporary music and projected visual imagery performances described as "containing some social and political messages, some emotional and inspirational, and some are just plain fun". The Electrofunkadelica live performances feature Hall on guitar, electronic sources including looping samplers, Kevin Carnes on drums, Stephan G. as VJ, and occasional guest vocalists or instrumentalists. Projected visual imagery plays a large part in the show, with VJ mixing, animation and film.
She is currently creating the next ''Electrofunkadelica'' collection, which will again feature many musical guests and the recording debut of
drag king
Drag kings are mostly female performance artists who dress in masculine drag and personify male gender stereotypes as part of an individual or group routine. A typical drag show may incorporate dancing, acting, stand-up comedy and singing, ...
character BB Kink.
Hall created BB Kink as an Electro-GoGo-Love-Blues guitar player. She introduced the character in late 2008 with performances in Barcelona at Sala Monasterio and San Francisco at Anon Salon.
Interests and affiliations
Hall was a panelist for the 2000 and 2005
ROCKRGRL
''ROCKRGRL'' was the first national publication for female musicians in the United States. Created by Carla DeSantis, the magazine purely focused on women in music and highlighted the artistic diversity of women musicians, often overlooked in ma ...
Music Conference, and has been a volunteer performer for
Bread and Roses
"Bread and Roses" is a political slogan as well as the name of an associated poem and song. It originated from a speech given by American women's suffrage activist Helen M. Todd, Helen Todd; a line in that speech about "bread for all, and roses ...
since 1997. She is a member of
ASCAP
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...
.
Discography
George Clinton
''
George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love
''George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love'' is a cover album by funk music pioneer George Clinton. The album includes guest appearances from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sly Stone, El DeBarge, System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian, Carlos Sa ...
''
Shanachie - 2008
Engineer
Billboard R&B and Independent Charts
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry; 20 March 1936 – 29 August 2021) was a Jamaican record producer, composer and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development o ...
''
Return of the Super Ape''
Goldenlane Records
Cleopatra Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1992 by Brian Perera. The record label has since grown into a family of labels, including Hypnotic Records, Purple Pyramid Records, Dea ...
- 2008
Engineer
Electrofunkadelica
''
e3+FUNKnth=music for the body, mind & soul''
Make Music, Not War Records - 2006
Guitar, producer, songwriter and more
Eric McFadden
Eric McFadden (born December 1, 1965) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter from San Francisco.
He spent his formative years in Albuquerque, New Mexico, receiving lessons from Stanton Hirsch. During his mid-teens, he moved to Syrac ...
''
Dementia
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''
Bad Reputation Records - 2006 Guitar
420 Funk Mob
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In mathematics
Four is the smalles ...
''
Alive in Spain''
wefunk 2kAD - 2004
Guitar
wefunkFM.com,
wefunk records, and
thefunkstore.com
Eric McFadden
Eric McFadden (born December 1, 1965) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter from San Francisco.
He spent his formative years in Albuquerque, New Mexico, receiving lessons from Stanton Hirsch. During his mid-teens, he moved to Syrac ...
''
Eric McFadden
Eric McFadden (born December 1, 1965) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter from San Francisco.
He spent his formative years in Albuquerque, New Mexico, receiving lessons from Stanton Hirsch. During his mid-teens, he moved to Syrac ...
''
2002
Guitar
Alien Lovestock
''
Planet of Fish''
NMX Records - 2001
Songwriter
Storm, Inc.
''
The Calm Years''
Gender Nectar Records - 2001
Guitar, BVs, songwriter
The Flying Other Bros.
''Secondary''
Producer/ Engineer
2000
The Flying Other Bros.
''Demo & IPO''
1999
Producer/ Engineer
Tribe 8
Tribe 8 was a LGBTQ punk rock band from San Francisco, considered one of the first queercore groups. The band took their name from the practice of tribadism, with "tribe eight" being a play on the word ''tribade'', a sexual practice sometimes a ...
''
Role Models for Amerika''
Alternative Tentacles
Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label established in 1979 in San Francisco, California. It was used by Dead Kennedys for the self-produced single " California Über Alles". After realizing the potential for an independent label, t ...
- 1998
Guest Guitar, BVs, Co-Producer
The Eric McFadden Experience
''
Our Revels Now Are Ended''
NMX Records - 1998
Guitar, Songwriter
Eric McFadden
Eric McFadden (born December 1, 1965) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter from San Francisco.
He spent his formative years in Albuquerque, New Mexico, receiving lessons from Stanton Hirsch. During his mid-teens, he moved to Syrac ...
''
Who's Laughing Now''
NMX records - 1997
Guitar
Various Artists
''
Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense''
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
- 1996
Guitar
Tribe 8
Tribe 8 was a LGBTQ punk rock band from San Francisco, considered one of the first queercore groups. The band took their name from the practice of tribadism, with "tribe eight" being a play on the word ''tribade'', a sexual practice sometimes a ...
''
Fist City
"Fist City" is a country music song written and performed by Loretta Lynn, released in 1968. Inspired by her husband's dalliances with other women who pursued him while she was busy touring, Lynn wrote the song as a warning for other women to stay ...
''
Alternative Tentacles
Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label established in 1979 in San Francisco, California. It was used by Dead Kennedys for the self-produced single " California Über Alles". After realizing the potential for an independent label, t ...
- 1995
Guest guitar
Nicodemus
Nicodemus (; grc-gre, Νικόδημος, Nikódēmos) was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin mentioned in three places in the Gospel of John:
* He first visits Jesus one night to discuss Jesus' teachings ().
* The second time Nicodemu ...
''
Dance Hall Giant''
PSM Recordings - 1995
Guitar
The Alcohol of Fame
''
Gush Demo '95''
Recorded at
Gush Studios, Oakland, CA - 1995
Engineered by
Allen Kraft, Mastered by
Matt Murmen at
Different Fur Studios, San Francisco
Songwriter, Guitar
The Alcohol of Fame
''
Mendocino Demo Session 1994''
Recorded by Joey Mobile Sound - 1994
Songwriter, Guitar
Positive Sound Massive
"Sex & Guns" and "Unity"
PSM Records - 1993
Bad Dog Play Dead
''
Hyde St. Demo''
Recorded by
Garry Crieman at
Hyde Street Studios
Hyde Street Studios is an American music recording facility in San Francisco, California. Located at 245 Hyde Street and previously occupied by Wally Heider Studios, it became Hyde Street Studios in 1980 when it was taken over by local songwriter, ...
, SF - 1992
Songwriter, Guitar
4 Non Blondes
''
Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
''Bigger, Better, Faster, More!'' is the only studio album released by alternative rock band 4 Non Blondes, released in 1992. The first single was "Dear Mr. President", which bass player Christa Hillhouse told Songfacts "was about the hierarchy ...
''
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. Founded in late 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a $20 million joint venture with Atlantic Records of Warner Mu ...
- 1992
Guitar, Songwriter
Video projects and performance videos
Second Wind
Beauty of Betrayal
The 3rd Eye
Going To The Hukilau
Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts
''Standing on the Verge of Getting It On'' is the sixth studio album by Funkadelic, released on Westbound Records, released in July 1974. It is notable for featuring the return of guitarist Eddie Hazel.
On this album, the lyrics generally take a ...
Stellar Evolution
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Details
George Clinton and the
P-Funk All Stars
Parliament-Funkadelic (abbreviated as P-Funk) is an American music collective of rotating musicians headed by George Clinton, primarily consisting of the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, both active since the 1960s. Their distinctive f ...
-
Cosmic Slop
''Cosmic Slop'' is the fifth studio album by Funkadelic, released in May 1973 on Westbound Records. While it has been favorably reevaluated by critics long after its original release, the album was a commercial failure, producing no charting si ...
Projects and groups
2008–present
BB KINK
2005–present
Electrofunkadelica
live band
Shaunna Hall - guitar, keyboards, vocals, & various machinery
Kevin Carnes - drums, samplers
VJ - Stephan G.
Other members, characters, and guests TBA
2004
''The Third Eye'' Video
With
Margot van Ham
2002–present
George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars
2002
''Beauty of Betrayal'' Video
With
Brick Seriously
1999-2001
Storm, Inc.
Shaunna Hall - Guitars, bvs
Michael Cavaseno - Guitars, bvs
Storm Large
Storm Large (born Susan Storm Large, June 25, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and author. She attracted national attention as a contestant on the CBS reality television show '' Rock Star: Supernova''. For many years solely a roc ...
- Vocals
Kevin Carnes - Drums
Ubidube Whitaker - Bass
1997-2005
The Eric McFadden Experience
Eric McFadden
Eric McFadden (born December 1, 1965) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter from San Francisco.
He spent his formative years in Albuquerque, New Mexico, receiving lessons from Stanton Hirsch. During his mid-teens, he moved to Syrac ...
- guitar, vocals
Shaunna Hall - guitar, vocals
Paula O'Rourke - bass, vocals
Paulo Baldi
Paulo Baldi is an American drummer and percussionist best known as a former member of the band CAKE. Baldi currently plays with The Claypool Lennon Delirium consisting of Sean Lennon and Primus' Les Claypool. Other bands Baldi has worked with i ...
- drums
Sam Bass - cello
Benjamin Barnes - violin
1993-1995
The Alcohol of Fame
Band Members 1993-1994
Shaunna Hall - Guitars, bvs
Cara Crash - Guitars, bvs
Steve 'Spit' Spingola - Vocals
Becky Wreck
Lunachicks are an American punk rock band from New York City. The band formed in 1987 and had been on hiatus since 2000, with the band reuniting in 2019. The band cited influences including the Ramones, Kiss, and the MC5.
Biography
Theo K ...
- Drums
Erica Liss - Bass
Band Members 1994-1995
Shaunna Hall - Guitars, bvs
Cara Crash - Guitars, bvs
Steve 'Spit' Spingola - Vocals
Warner Harrison - Bass
Peter French
Peter French (April 30, 1849 – December 26, 1897) was a rancher in the western United States in the late 19th century. The community of Frenchglen, Oregon, was partially named for him.
Early life
Peter French was born John William French in ...
- Drums
1992-1993
Bad Dog Play Dead
studio band:
Shaunna Hall - guitar, vocals
Pat Wilder - guitar, vocals
Wanda Day - drums
Janis Tanaka
Janis Tanaka (born January 9, 1963) is an American bassist who has worked as a session musician and on tour with a number of well-known artists including Pink, Fireball Ministry, Hammers of Misfortune, Stone Fox, and L7. She was also a member o ...
- bass on recordings
Christi-on Crawford - Vocal on "Head Spin"
live band:
Shaunna Hall - guitar, vocals
Pat Wilder - guitar, vocals
Wanda Day - drums
Katherine Chase - bass, vocals
Anna Carney - keyboards and vocals and guitar
Christi-on Crawford -guest vocalist
1989-1992
4 Non Blondes
Christa Hillhouse, bass
Shaunna Hall, guitar
Wanda Day, drums
Linda Perry
Linda Perry (born April 15, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. She was the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, and has since founded two record labels and composed and produced hit songs for s ...
, vocals
1988-1989
Cool and Unusual Punishment
Shaunna Hall
Christa Hillhouse
Press and media
*Early
4 Non Blondes Interview (July 1991) - Interview by
Gary Indiana
Gary Indiana (b. 1950 as Gary Hoisington in Derry, New Hampshire) is an American writer, actor, artist, and cultural critic. He served as the art critic for the ''Village Voice'' weekly newspaper from 1985 to 1988. Indiana is best known for his ...
for
Flipside Magazine
*"Shaunna Hall gets in touch with her inner geek" - Interview by Danise von Rod on Loudithfaire.net
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ROCKRGRL
''ROCKRGRL'' was the first national publication for female musicians in the United States. Created by Carla DeSantis, the magazine purely focused on women in music and highlighted the artistic diversity of women musicians, often overlooked in ma ...
Interview: Issue #41 Sept/Oct - Cover:
Kat Bjelland
Katherine Lynne Bjelland (born December 9, 1963) is an American musician. She rose to prominence as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the alternative rock band Babes in Toyland, which she formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1987. ...
*Coverage from
BAM Magazine
''BAM'' (short for ''Bay Area Music'') was a free bi-weekly music magazine founded and published by Dennis Erokan in the San Francisco Bay Area from January 1976 until June 1999.
History
''Bay Area Music'' magazine was first published in Janua ...
on
Storm, Inc. and "The Calm Years" features interviews with Shaunna, et al.
*January 2008-
WomensRadio.com Review of Electrofunkadelica by Brian Ball
*August 2007 -
Boise Weekly Review of Electrofunkadelica by
Dam McMahon
References
External links
Official websiteFour Non Blondesby
Christa Hillhouse
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African-American guitarists
American women composers
20th-century American composers
P-Funk members
Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area
1963 births
Living people
20th-century American guitarists
4 Non Blondes members
20th-century women composers
20th-century American women guitarists
African-American women musicians