growing up in the washington DC punk scene on the tail end of the riot grrrl movement, gina started playing guitar, writing zines and recording demos. she then moved to brooklyn and started touring nationally, with notable performances including: two Warped Tours (all 50 stops in the US and Canada), Queer Fest Midwest, the Estrojam Festival, Homo A Gogo 2006, LADYFEST in nyc, dc, north carolina, ohio and colorado, the POPMontreal Festival and the NACA Northeast Showcase.
gina has shared the stage with artists such as Team Dresch, Mirah, Kimya Dawson, Paramore, Bitch & Animal, Alix Olson, and even Le Tigre once, back in the day. she has collaborated with artists as diverse as Scream Club, Bonfire Madigan and Jill Sobule, and her music has appeared on PBS and Dawson's Creek as well as in numerous independent films.
gina is interested in the intersections of gender and performance and has written and directed three off-off broadway plays: she cuts herself/she likes to write, phone|sex|cancer and God in a Girl. her fourth play, Salt Water, is currently in development.
gina also tours and performs as one-half of electro/hip hop group TEAM GINA. number one in her top friends if you wanna check them out.
gina has just released her third solo album, 3AM VOICE, which is available from PayPal for $15 using email address punkgina@yahoo.com . you can buy gina's second album, she's so androgynous, on iTunes. just click here:
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