Lacey Mosley

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Lacey Mosley
Lacey on the set of "I'm So Sick"
Background information
Birth name	Lacey Nicole Mosley
Born	September 04, 1981 (age 25)
Origin	Arlington, Texas, USA
Genre(s)	Rock, Metal
Instrument(s)	Vocals Guitar Bass Guitar
Label(s)	J Records Octone Records

Lacey Nicole Mosley (born September 4, 1981) is an American vocalist, best known as the lead singer and main lyricist of the Texas rock band Flyleaf.

1 Early years
2 Turmoil and Rebirth
3 Evolution of Flyleaf
4 Trivia
5 Quotes
6 Footnotes
7 References

[edit] Early years

Throughout her early years, Mosley's life was music. At age ten, she began singing with her brother in her basement, and at thirteen, started thinking about forming a band. "I was trying to figure out who I was and anything to separate me from my family, or to separate me from my situation at home was good to me," Mosley said. "It was like a war zone going home." When she was fourteen years old, Mosley received a bass guitar for her birthday and began playing Nirvana and Green Day songs with her brother who played guitar. In this way, Mosley's life was music.

[edit] Turmoil and Rebirth

At sixteen, Mosley was kicked out of her home after a fight with her mother involving the police, and moved to Gulfport, Mississippi to live with her grandparents. There she attended high school and joined a band that was in need of a bass player. She went on to sing for the band, and learned guitar so she could write her own songs. During that same year, she went through bouts of depression and had suicidal tendencies. After her moving from Texas to Mississippi, she felt like she had lost everything of value in her life. "I lost my boyfriend, I lost my brothers and sisters that I watched every day, and I lost my drugs that I did. I really felt like that was the end," she said. "So I decided to kill myself the next day." After her grandmother forced her to go to church, Mosley experienced something supernatural that brought her to God. "My life totally changed after that."

[edit] Evolution of Flyleaf

After visiting her mother in Arlington, Texas Mosley formed a new band and ended up staying in the town rather than returning to Mississippi. Eventually, they disbanded and Mosley moved to Temple, Texas where she met drummer James Culpepper. They began writing songs with Lacey on guitar as they searched for a bass player. Eventually, Jared Hartmann and Sameer Bhattacharya called Lacey and asked if she would like to audition for their band, Sporos. She ended up not getting the spot. Later on, Sporos broke up, and Jared and Sameer joined James and Lacey in a band called Listen. They went through two bass players before they found Pat Seals and became Passerby. In June of 2004, the band changed their name to Flyleaf.