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Becca Jean

About Me

forged in the quiet of her bedroom or the calm of the bathroom, becca jean's song are poetic, intellectual moments of sweet diy 3 chord (sometimes 4) rock n roll. her lyrics often express the complexity and raw honesty of a break-up. in fact, becca jean jokes that she "only writes break up songs."

becca jean was initially inspired by the yellow bondage pants of gwen stefani to channel her secret emotional life into pop punk songs instead of the poorly conceived paula abdul rips offs of her early childhood. her musical influences have expanded to include requisite punk rocks bands - the clash, the ramones, the descendents, bad religon - as well as the 90s pop punk bands of her high schools days, classic country, alt country, and 80s pop music - an influence she ascribes mostly to her madonna loving childhood babysitters.

becca jean recently moved to brooklyn, new york and is focusing her efforts on starting a band. she is also working on a kick-ass website.

keep checking back for updates on becca jean's latest meanderings.

read my blog! click here or click on a heading below and THEN click on the bottom right of the widget to go to the page (it's dumb i know ...)


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/22/2005
Band Members:

me and my pretty lil guitar.


Influences:

some more obvious than others: early no doubt, ani difranco, dance hall crashers, the descendents, bad religion, elvis costello, mxpx, goldfinger, dashboard confessional, rhett miller/old 97s, kasey chambers, bob dylan, buddy holly, ritchie valens, the clash, the ramones, johnny cash, kitty wells, mr. t experience, the queers, the vandals, neko case.


Sounds Like: no doubt meets ani circa 1996. acoustic girl mr. t experience. untalented elvis costello. ultimate fakebook. violent femmes with female vocals. early jewel. kasey chambers. jill sobule. liz phair. a little less country, a little more rock 'n roll female rhett miller. dashboard confessional without all the emoness. rilo kiley
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

UPDATE ... finally ...

i'm alive i swear!  much has been going on in becca-dom ... new job, band fluctuations, etc.My band, Precious Things, is really starting to gel and come together.  We've got about 4 songs do...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:16:00 GMT

you wanna see me rock n roll?

well now you can! with my new band Precious Things see a video of us rehearsing my song "My Biggest Secret" on our myspace page: www.myspace.com/preciousthings it's only the first rehearsal with a...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:34:00 GMT

where are all the drummers?

seriously. i'm starting to feel a bit discouraged. they come, they go.  SOMEONE out there has to be into my music and cool and fun ...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:55:00 GMT

hello?! are you there god? it's me ... (an update)

hello friends, fans, and people that forgot why they added me -- i did not die; i moved! to brooklyn, ny.  after playing a few open mics here and there, i had a serious heart to heart with mysel...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 20:48:00 GMT

Check out this event: Halloween with the Klopecs and Fare Thee Well

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Posted by on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:59:00 GMT