Allison Robertson
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| Birth name | Allison Rae Robertson |
| Born | August 26, 1979 |
| Origin | North Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Lookout!, Atlantic, Purple Feather Records |
| Associated acts | The Donnas, Chelsea Girls, Steel Panther |
| Website | www.thedonnas.com |
Allison Rae Robertson (born August 26, 1979) is the guitarist for rock bands The Donnas and Chelsea Girls.
Allison Robertson was born on August 26, 1979, in North Hollywood, California. She comes from a musical family. Her father is musician Baxter Robertson who wrote the track "Feel The Night" on The Karate Kid soundtrack. Her mother, Lisa Jimenez, worked for A&M Records and for a variety of music publishing companies in Los Angeles prior to the family relocating to Palo Alto in the early 1980s. Although she was born in North Hollywood, she later moved to Palo Alto, California, early in her childhood. She started to play guitar at the age of 12.
Her first guitar was a Mexican-made Fender Telecaster which she later sold to get her first Gibson guitar. In Palo Alto she met her bandmates (from what was later known as The Donnas) Torry Castellano in 4th grade, Maya Ford in 5th grade, and Brett Anderson in 7th grade in school. They formed a band in 8th grade called Ragady Anne, later calling themselves The Electrocutes at Palo Alto High School. She toured with the band, straight out of high school.
She is known for playing Gibson guitars and Marshall amps, her signature guitar is a Gibson Les Paul Standard. She prefers not to use effects pedals, as her Marshall amps alone give her the guitar sound she favors.
In 2006, she formed the band Elle Rae, with her sister Emily. The name was a combination of both their middle names, Ellen and Rae. Elle Rae has recorded two songs, both of which are available for streaming on their Myspace page. One of the songs is a cover of the Split Enz track "Six Months in a Leaky Boat".
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