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Michelle DaRosa | |
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| Birth name | Michelle Nolan |
| Born | September 13, 1980 |
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Indie rock Alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, piano |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Michelle DaRosa (née Nolan) is an American musician, formerly of the band Straylight Run, [1] for whom she was a vocalist, guitarist, and pianist.
Biography
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Michelle DaRosa was born Michelle Nolan on September 13, 1980, in Rockville Centre, Nassau County, New York to Tom and Linda Nolan. Like her brother and former bandmate, John Nolan, she grew up in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York. She attended South Shore Christian School in Levittown, New York for her freshman and second years of high school. She then attended Baldwin High School in Baldwin, New York for her junior and senior years. During her junior and senior years of high school, Michelle also attended Nassau Tech in Westbury, New York to study cosmetology.
She provided background vocals for two of the songs off of Taking Back Sunday's debut album, Tell All Your Friends ("Bike Scene" and "Ghost Man on Third"). Also, Michelle was formerly a nanny, hairdresser, and a ballet dancer. She married fellow musician Jeff DaRosa (of the Dropkick Murphys) on October 6, 2006, and has since taken his last name. They live together in Boston.
She has been confused with another Michelle Nolan, a queer Seattle musician who has played bass for the bands Telepathic Liberation Army, Chromatics and Shoplifting.
In January 2006, Michelle made an appearance on MTV's Total Request Live, singing back-up vocals for Coheed and Cambria's song "The Suffering". Michelle also contributed vocals on the song "Lightning Strikes Twice in New York" by the band Men, Women and Children.
On June 3, 2008, Michelle left Straylight Run on friendly terms to pursue a solo career. Her new band, Destry, featured Shaun Cooper, bassist of Straylight Run, and Sam Means, guitarist of The Format.
Shaun Cooper and Sam Means have since left Destry. Tyler Odom (ex-Northstar) has taken the place of Means, and Jeff DaRosa (Dropkick Murphys) can be seen on bass in place of Shaun Cooper.
Discography
- Tell All Your Friends (2002 as Michelle Nolan)
- Demo – (2003 as Straylight Run)
- Straylight Run (2004 as Straylight Run)
- Prepare To Be Wrong EP (2005 as Straylight Run)
- The Needles the Space (2007 as Straylight Run) – Credited as Michelle DaRosa.
- TNTS Digital - EP (2007 as Straylight Run) exclusively on the iTunes Store
- It Goes On (2009 as Destry)
References
- ^ Saitowitz, Paul (November 21, 2007). "Straylight Run has chemistry as thick as blood". Press-Enterprise. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
External links
- Official Straylight Run Website
- Straylight Run's profile at PureVolume
- Straylight Run's profile on MySpace
- Destry's profile at MySpace
- Info on New Michelle DeRosa Band
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- American rock guitarists
- American rock pianists
- American women pianists
- American women rock singers
- Songwriters from New York (state)
- Singers from New York (state)
- People from Rockville Centre, New York
- People from Baldwin, Nassau County, New York
- People from Westbury, New York
- People from Levittown, New York
- Guitarists from New York (state)
- 21st-century American women singers
- 21st-century American pianists
- 21st-century American women guitarists
- 21st-century American guitarists
- 21st-century American singers