Chantal Claret
| Chantal Euringer Claret | |
|---|---|
 Chantal Claret | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
February 21, 1982 Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Origin | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Indie rock, Power pop, Soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Capitol Records MTV Networks The End Records |
| Associated acts | Morningwood |
Chantal Claret Euringer (born February 21, 1982), known as Chantal Claret, is an American singer/songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer for the rock and power pop band Morningwood.[1]
Early life
Claret was born on February 21, 1982 in Berkeley, California,[2] the daughter of art collectors, Foster and his Romanian-born wife Monique (1947–2004).[3] She primarily grew up in New York City, but has also lived in Texas. As a teenager, Claret was a promoter for several clubs in New York.[4]
Music career
Prior to meeting Pedro Yanowitz and starting Morningwood with him, Claret says she was attending film school with an eye on directing music videos.[5] She directed the Morningwood music video for "Take Off Your Clothes" & "Snobby Little Elf", as well as claymation video for "Little Hard On's" by The Left Rights . In 1999 Claret appeared in the short film, American Mod.[6] She is featured on the song "Wait (The Nexus)" by Mike Relm.[7] Morningwood completed their final tour March 3 through March 11 opening for Mindless Self Indulgence with their final show at Irving Plaza in New York, NY on March 11, 2012.
On March 5, 2012 Vevo featured Claret's debut video "Pop Pop Bang Bang directed by David Yarovesky for her solo Ep "The Pleasure Seeker" was released on The End Records on April 3, 2012[8][9] Her debut solo record The One, The Only... was released on June 19, 2012.[10][11] "Bite Your Tongue" can be heard in commercials for Degrassi: The Next Generation Season 12 Promo as well as ESPN First Take [12][13] "Honey Honey" & "Pleasure Seeker" have been featured on VH1's Mob Wives.[14]
"Pop Pop Bang Bang" is featuring on Perez Hilton's first music compilation entitled Pop Up being released on August 7.[15]
Beginning September 29, 2012 Claret began a three month residency at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas) in Las Vegas at their new music venue, Vinyl.[16]
In March 2013 she signed to BMG as a songwriter. In August 2013 Claret wrote the theme song "I'm Serious" for Bravo's Eat, Drink, Love. In January 2015, Claret & her husband released a song Daisy Bell under the name of Tour Crush [17]
On September 10, 2014 Claret began a Pledge Campaign for her 'No Good Way To Die' EP which was 100% funded within 24 hours. [18]
Personal life
Claret, along with Thrice drummer Riley Breckenridge, wrote a monthly advice column called "Battle of the Sexes" in Alternative Press magazine for nearly 3 years, which was discontinued in the Winter of 2007.[19]
On January 18, 2008 she married Jimmy Urine (James Euringer), lead singer of Mindless Self Indulgence.[20][21] The couple founded a clothing company together called 'Tour Crush' [22] also Claret featured in an episode of LA Ink to get a tattoo on her wrist reading 'Tour Crush' which Kat Von D herself tattooed.
Discography
- Morningwood, "It's Tits" (Possibly The Last Record Company 2003)
- Morningwood, "Morningwood" (Capitol Records 2006)
- Morningwood, "Friends of P- Tribute To The Rentals" (Manifesto Records 2008)
- Morningwood, "Sugarbaby EP" (Capitol Records 2008)
- Morningwood, "Diamonds & Studs" (MTV/VH1 Records 2009)
- Chantal Claret, "New Tales To Tell- Tribute to Love & Rockets" (Justice Records 2009)
- Chantal Claret, "The Nexus- Mike Relm" (Radio Fried Records 2010)
- Chantal Claret, "The Pleasure Seeker EP" (The End Records 2012)
- Chantal Claret, "The One, The Only..." (The End Records 2012)
- Chantal Claret, "I'm Serious" (Selectracks 2013)
- Tour Crush, "Daisy Bell" (Tour Crush 2013)
- Chantal Claret, 'No Good Way To Die EP' (Independent 2014)
- Chantal Claret, 'The Girl is Back In Town' (Independent 2014)
- Chantal Claret, 'Battles of a Heavy Heart' (Independent 2015)
References
- ↑ Morningwood song credits, Allmusic
- ↑ slashxmistress. "Hey Little Pretty With The Tattooed Skin: Chantal Claret"
- ↑ A tribute to Monique Goldstrom
- ↑ Last.fm. "Chantal Claret's mini-bio".
- ↑ Cutler, Vanessa, "Morningwood"
- ↑ American Mod, Internet Movie Database.
- ↑ Skullcandy. Mike Relm and Google present “Wait (The Nexus)”.
- ↑ VEVO. .
- ↑ https://twitter.com/#!/chantalclaret
- ↑ Amazon. .
- ↑ The End. .
- ↑ ESPN. .
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly. .
- ↑ VH1. .
- ↑ Billboard. .
- ↑ vegas24seven. "Chantal Claret Rocks The Stage For An Extended Run At Vinyl Inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Sept. 29 – Nov. 30 » Vegas24Seven.com"
- ↑ iTunes. .
- ↑ Pledge. .
- ↑ CoreMusik. Thrice.
- ↑ "Morningwood Blog". Morningwoodrocks.com. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ↑ "Mindless Self Indulgence website". Mindlessselfindulgence.com. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ↑ "Facebook". Tour Crush. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
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