Jane Gazzo

Jane Gazzo
Gazzo at The Hunger Games Sydney, Australia Premiere in March 2012.
Born	1977 (age 39–40) Melbourne, Australia
Nationality	Australia
Education	La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia (B.A., Media)
Occupation	Radio and TV presenter, DJ, VJ, journalist, author
Relatives	Michael V. Gazzo (cousin)

Jane Gazzo (born 1977) is an Australian television presenter, radio presenter, performance and club DJ, television personality, voice artist, author, and music journalist.

Gazzo graduated from La Trobe University in Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media and Cinema.

It was in her mature teenage years that she joined 3RRR Radio in Melbourne, presenting a Sunday afternoon (4pm-7pm) new music show called Calamity.

She also began contributing stories to the UK's Q Magazine and Dolly Australia under the name Calamity Jane.

She later became a national celebrity in her native Australia as a result of her national radio and TV shows, including Triple J radio's Super Request and Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV's cult, live, three-hour Saturday morning program, Recovery. It was on this TV show that she interviewed some of the world's biggest international bands as they toured Australia.

In 1998, Jane recorded with Australian band Underground Lovers, under the Japanese pseudonym "Mitsuame"; covering Can's 1976 song "I Want More" (from their album, Flow Motion)

Jane relocated to London, England in 1999 with a box of specially selected records, sharing a flat with The Prodigy founding member and former dancer Sharky.

In London, she originally worked numerous jobs. Representative of these were a summer at the Rough Trade record shop, promotions at Virgin Records and a DJ at Alan McGee's Death Disco.

In 2000 she became a presenter on the London radio station, XFM (Weekend Breakfast). Her time there also included a three-week stint producing Russell Brand on-air before he was sacked by the station for bringing in a homeless man. She later joined its parent station Capital FM, presenting the Capital Top 30 Album Chart Show and The Rock Show.