Regina Zernay Roberts
| Regina Zernay Roberts | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Regina Zernay |
| Origin | Los Angeles United States |
| Genres | Rock, punk, metal, grunge |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Valley Entertainment |
| Associated acts | Scarlet Fever, Cowboy Mouth, Jam Balaya, Méchant, Halfcocked |
| Website | reginazernayroberts |
| Notable instruments | |
| Gibson SG Reissue Bass | |
Regina Zernay Roberts is an American instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. She is lead singer and bass player of Detroit Diesel Power. She played bass guitar and Moog synthesizer with Scarlet Fever, the all-female backing band that toured with Cee Lo Green during 2010 and 2011. She toured several years in the New Orleans cowpunk band, Cowboy Mouth; was founding bassist/singer of Los Angeles punk rock band, Méchant; and was bassist for the hard rock band, Halfcocked.
Regina Zernay was born in Queens, New York, but grew up in a tiny Florida village. She is the first-born child of Polish and Filipino parents. After moving to La Puente in Los Angeles County, California, she graduated from Nogales High School and Azusa Pacific University. She married Darren Roberts in 2009.
Even as a young child, she wanted to be a musician. There was always a piano in the house. She took lessons until a conflict with her teacher about writing with her left hand. She began playing guitar at age 11, inspired by (her "first love as a teenager") Duran Duran. In high school, friends needed a bass guitarist for their band, her mother bought her one for Christmas, and she "totally fell in love with it." Although she is left-handed, she plays a standard right-handed instrument.
After high school, she did her first West Coast tour for two weeks with a band in small pickup, often in difficult living conditions; but nothing made her happier than playing bass. She polished her craft playing with many bands, in small clubs and venues throughout Southern California, sometimes three bands concurrently.
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