Emerging from a long studio session Porcelain Black dodges the sun by shifting between shadows. The radiant and dour seem to follow the singer wherever she goes, and she loves it. “Everything that I do is a mix of light and dark,” she says. “The contrast represents my music and my personality.” Fusing hard-hitting rock roots with the sticky, pulsating beats, Black has created a sound she likens to the would-be offspring of Marilyn Manson and Britney Spears. “It’s industrial, dark, danceable pop,” she says. “Bad ass and positive.”
While visiting RedOne’s studio Black’s vibe and epic vocals made an instant impact. “I wanted to sign her on the spot,” RedOne recalls. “She reminded me of Joan Jett. She’s got it all: the attitude, the talent, the look. She can scream and do things with her voice that nobody can do. She is uncompromising in pursuing her own creative vision. She’s taking everything that’s old and making it futuristic and bringing rock and roll back in her own way.” Aside of RedOne, Virgin Records, Republic Records, Interscope and Dr. Luke have expressed interest in Black’s music.
Following her parent’s separation when she was 6, Black’s mother remarried into a cookie cutter lifestyle. “My mom really wanted me to fit into that,” she recalls. “It made me feel corrupt.” At 15 Black discovered her father had cancer and was kicked out of two high schools in three months. “I never fit in,” she says. “My dad was dying of cancer and people were treating me like ****. I was a loner.” At age 16 her father died, but not before leaving a lasting musical mark on his daughter. “My first concert was ACDC with my dad,” she remembers. “We’d listen to Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, and Jimi Hendrix.” A hairstylist who occasionally worked for Vogue, Black’s father took his daughter backstage at fashion shows and along to photo shoots. “He owned his own salon and while his clients’ hair would set he’d turn on a Marshal amp and put on his Kurt Cobain wig and jam out to Nirvana on his guitar. It was rad.”
Also inspired by dancing, Black took jazz, tap, hip-hop, and ballet. “I was training to go on Broadway or come out to L.A. and be a backup dancer,” says the gritty Detroit native, who used to buy vintage clothes and re-sell them to make ends meet. “But I was wasting my time,” she attests. “I knew I wanted to do music.” A fierce female with one hell of a wail, Black has never apologized for who she is. “Embrace the fact that you’re different,” she avows. “I want people to feel empowered. When somebody pisses me off that’s when I’m really inspired. Rock and roll is about attitude, what you say and how you say it.”
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How do you love someone snippet is also on youtube, it is my favorite, and I also love the manneuquin factory!
girl dont make me go listen to them 
Wasn't there already a thread for this though?
