Jack Off Jill

Jack Off Jill
Photo of Jessicka at Jack Off Jill 's reunion show at The Orange Peel Asheville NC. July 18, 2015
Background information
Origin	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Genres	Riot grrrl, grunge, punk rock, hardcore punk,gothic rock
Years active	1992–2000, 2015
Labels	Rectum, Risk, Sympathy for the Record Industry
Associated acts	Scarling., TCR, Set to Zero, Mrs. Scabtree, Thee Heavenly Music Association, Marilyn Manson
Website	www.jackoffjill.com
Members	Jessicka Addams, Tenni Ah-Cha-Cha, Michelle Inhell, Helen Storer
Past members	See "Personnel"

Jack Off Jill are an American riot grrrl band from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, founded in 1992 by singer Jessicka Addams (née Jessica Fodera), Tenni Ah-Cha-Cha (née Tenni Arslanyan), Agent Moulder (née Robin Moulder), and Michelle Inhell (née Michelle Oliver). Though these four young women were the initial founders, twelve members rotated through the group in its lifespan, including Scott Putesky, guitarist and co-founder of Marilyn Manson. The band lasted eight years, with only Jessicka remaining through all its lineups. The band reunited in 2015 for a number of shows.

Tenni Arslanyan met Jessicka while attending Piper High School in Sunrise, Florida. They had begun writing songs, but had not yet formed a band when Moulder and Inhell joined them to create the band that would become Jack Off Jill.

Jack Off Jill's first show was opening for fellow Floridian and long time friend Marilyn Manson and his shock-rock outfit, Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, at a Davie, Florida night club called The Plus Five Lounge. Manson went on to take the band under his wing. He mentored them, produced their early demos and had them open most of his shows.

During this time the band served as the opening act for many female fronted national acts such as Joan Jett, L7, Silverfish, Tribe 8, Fetchin' Bones and the Lunachicks. Singer Jessicka's on-stage antics included stripping young men on stage while the band and crowd taunted the exposed fans, as well as covering the audience with spit and real blood and candy. In early 1993, Jessicka performed with Manson's ephemeral side project, Mrs. Scabtree.

On December 27, 1994, Jack Off Jill joined Marilyn Manson on dates through Florida. While playing Club 5 in Jacksonville, Florida, Manson was arrested for violating the town's adult entertainment codes by removing his pants and exposing himself, although witnesses at the show never actually spoke about seeing his penis. Jessicka was arrested for solicitation of a minor and offering to engage in lewdness with two minors. Both singers were charged with misdemeanors.