Annette Zilinskas

Annette Zilinskas is the original bassist for the Bangles and lead vocalist with influential roots-punk outfit Blood on the Saddle, whose juiced-up anthems inspired the cowpunk genre and paved the way for the No Depression movement and its related alt-country/Americana revivals. Zilinskas later lead the dream-pop group Weatherbell and the contrastingly punky all-girl garage-rock trio 3 Hole Punch, as well as collaborating with the experimental noise-pop auteur and Medicine leader Brad Laner. She's a noted spoken word stylist and a longtime member of the celebrated spoken-word/music troupe the Ringling Sisters, whose debut album on A&M Records, 60-Watt Reality, was produced by the legendary Lou Adler. She's currently compiling a short-story collection with the working title Walking After Midnight."