Jessicka

Jessicka
Jessicka 2004, Los Angeles, California
Background information
Birth name	Jessica Fodera
Also known as	Jessicka, Jessicka Addams, Jessicka Hejnal Addams
Born	October 23, 1975 Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Origin	Miami, Florida, USA
Genres	Alternative rock, goth rock, noise pop, riot grrrl riot goth
Occupation(s)	Artist, musician, songwriter, and singer
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Sympathy for the Record Industry
Associated acts	Jack Off Jill Mrs. Scabtree Honey to Ash Messy Scarling. The Ingenues
Website	jessicka.com

Jessicka Addams (born Jessica Fodera) is an American singer and artist. Best known by her stage name Jessicka, she was the front woman of Florida-based band Jack Off Jill and current front for the Los Angeles-based band Scarling.

Jessicka grew up in the town of Sunrise, Florida. She was raised as an only child by her mother Nancy after her mother divorced her husband, Joseph. After high school Jessicka had immersed herself in music, Goth-culture,gay iconography, all things John Waters and feminist literature. At seventeen she decided that she wanted to start her own band.

Jessica Fodera met Tenni Arslanyan while attending high school in Sunrise, Florida. She added the "K" to the original spelling of her first name and dropped her surname, paying homage to Magick (Book 4), by Aleister Crowley. They had begun writing songs, but had not yet formed a complete band when Robin Moulder and Michelle Oliver joined them to create the band Jack In Jill. In 1992, Jack In Jill got their start when they were asked to open for fellow Floridian and friend Marilyn Manson and his band, Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids at a Davie, Florida nightclub called The Plus 5 Lounge. Manson suggested a name change to Jack Off Jill (JOJ). In 1993, JOJ released their first recording titled, "Children 5 And Up", produced by Marilyn Manson. In early 1993, Jessicka performed with Manson's ephemeral side project, Mrs. Scabtree and shared vocal duties with then boyfriend Jeordie White. In December 1993 while on tour, Jessicka spent a night in jail when she and Manson were arrested after a concert in Jacksonville, Florida, for breaking the town's adult entertainment codes.