Ann Boleyn (singer)
| Ann Boleyn | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 14, 1960 Seattle, Washington |
| Genres | Heavy metal, hard rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, producer, attorney |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboards, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1972 - present |
| Labels | New Renaissance, Roadrunner, Music For Nations, Cleopatra, Restless, Greenworld, Massacre |
| Associated acts | Raj, Shock, Power Program, Beowulf, Third Stage Alert, Hellion, Detente |
| Website | hellion |
| Notable instruments | |
| Shure SM57, Telefunken | |
Ann Boleyn is a recording artist and performer from the United States. Arguably she is responsible for coining the term speed metal. She also is credited for developing the careers of many international recording artists through New Renaissance Records, the record label she founded.
Ann Boleyn was born in Seattle, Washington. Her birthday is June 14 1960. Ann Boleyn was raised in the small town of Centralia, Washington, which is midway between Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon.
Ann began as a keyboard player in the early 1970s, specializing in the Hammond organ. She also briefly played bass. According to an interview in Hit Parader magazine, by the time she was 13, Boleyn was performing in nightclubs and at high school dances, often without the knowledge of her parents. By age 15, she had already received offers to tour in several bands, one of which featured guitarist Tommy Bolin, but was forbidden to do so by her parents. There is a controversy about the year when Boleyn was born.
In 1976, while still a teenager in high school, producer Kim Fowley recruited her to join The Runaways as the bass player. According to the liner-notes of the "Queen of Hell" anthology album, after she threatened to run away, Boleyn's parents finally allowed her to leave her home in Washington State and move to Hollywood. Ann Boleyn acknowledges that, from the moment she met Fowley, she did not see eye-to-eye with him. Other accounts relate that guitarist Tommy Bolin convinced her not to join the band and that the verse "Just keep me out of L.A., things are crazy out there" from his song Post Toastee referred to Fowley's management of the all-female band. Ann Boleyn has stated in interviews that she was never a member of The Runaway, even though Fowley brought her to Hollywood.,ref.[9] Ann has never been officially acknowledged as having ever been a member of The Runaways.
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