GINA SCHOCK
Gina Schock (born August 31, 1959 in Baltimore, Maryland) is best known as the drummer in the all-woman rock band The Go-Go’s. Schock’s career began as drummer for Edie and the Eggs, a band assembled to feature the John Waters star Edith Massey. After her stint in Edie and the Eggs, Schock relocated to Los Angeles, California, and soon joined The Go-Go’s. Schock recorded and toured steadily with The Go-Go’s until the group disbanded in 1985 and reformed a few years later. Following the dissolution of The Go-Go’s, Schock continued drumming with various artists, and would also hone her singing and songwriting skills. In 1987 she and Vance DeGeneres formed House of Schock, which released one album for Capitol Records. (More from Wikipedia)
The band was formed in 1978 and was originally called the Misfits, with Belinda Carlisle (lead vocals), Jane Wiedlin (guitar, vocals), Charlotte Caffey (lead guitar, keyboards), Margot Olaverra (bass), and Elissa Bello (drums). Gina Schock replaced Bello on drums in 1979; after Olaverra became ill and could no longer perform, Kathy Valentine took her position in the band. Jane Wiedlin thought up the name “the Go-Go’s”. The band was signed to I.R.S. Records in early 1981 and started a lucrative tour with the Police, before returning shortly thereafter with their own headlining tour.
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