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Hilken Mancini
Hilken Mancini (born February 5, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, author, and aerobics teacher, best known as the co-founder of Punk Rock Aerobics and Girls Rock Campaign Boston. She has been a member of the bands Fuzzy, The Count Me Outs, Shepherdess, The Monsieurs, and Band of Their Own. She also directed the music video for the Green Day song “Here Comes the Shock”, which features her doing her Punk Rock Aerobics.
Hilken was born and grew up in Syracuse, NY.
Hilken formed the rock band Fuzzy, with Christine Toppin and Winston Braman in 1992. Fuzzy was signed by Atlantic Records for whom they released two albums. Their 1994 debut, Fuzzy, attracted attention thanks to its lead single Flashlight. The video for Flashlight was directed by Jesse Peretz. In August 2016, Rolling Stone named Flashlight as one of top 50 songs of the 1990s.
Two years later, Fuzzy released Electric Juices. Fuzzy supported Electric Juices by touring with Juliana Hatfield, Belly, Buffalo Tom, Velocity Girl and The Posies. In the months following the tour, Fuzzy was dropped by Atlantic Records. David Ryan left to attend grad school and was replaced by Nate Darden in 1997.
In 1999 Fuzzy released their final album, Hurray For Everything on the independent Catapult label.
In 2001, Mancini and Maura Jasper founded Punk Rock Aerobics (PRA) Punk Rock Aerobics, a DIY exercise program providing an alternative for those disenchanted with rigid body-image based gym culture. The pair ran exercise classes in rock clubs, employing “rock star” DJs such as J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) and Mike Watt (Minutemen) to spin punk records for each session. In 2004, Da Capo Press published their exercise book, Punk Rock Aerobics. In February 2021 Hilken starred in a Green Day video “Here Comes the Shock” doing her Punk Rock Aerobics.
From 2001 through 2005, Mancini played guitar for The Count Me Outs, fronted by Mark Perretta (Folk Implosion) with Winston Braman on bass and Mike Savage on drums.
Hilken contributed the story Biker Babe to That Takes Ovaries! published by Three Rivers Press in 2002.
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Hilken Mancini
Hilken Mancini (born February 5, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, author, and aerobics teacher, best known as the co-founder of Punk Rock Aerobics and Girls Rock Campaign Boston. She has been a member of the bands Fuzzy, The Count Me Outs, Shepherdess, The Monsieurs, and Band of Their Own. She also directed the music video for the Green Day song “Here Comes the Shock”, which features her doing her Punk Rock Aerobics.
Hilken was born and grew up in Syracuse, NY.
Hilken formed the rock band Fuzzy, with Christine Toppin and Winston Braman in 1992. Fuzzy was signed by Atlantic Records for whom they released two albums. Their 1994 debut, Fuzzy, attracted attention thanks to its lead single Flashlight. The video for Flashlight was directed by Jesse Peretz. In August 2016, Rolling Stone named Flashlight as one of top 50 songs of the 1990s.
Two years later, Fuzzy released Electric Juices. Fuzzy supported Electric Juices by touring with Juliana Hatfield, Belly, Buffalo Tom, Velocity Girl and The Posies. In the months following the tour, Fuzzy was dropped by Atlantic Records. David Ryan left to attend grad school and was replaced by Nate Darden in 1997.
In 1999 Fuzzy released their final album, Hurray For Everything on the independent Catapult label.
In 2001, Mancini and Maura Jasper founded Punk Rock Aerobics (PRA) Punk Rock Aerobics, a DIY exercise program providing an alternative for those disenchanted with rigid body-image based gym culture. The pair ran exercise classes in rock clubs, employing “rock star” DJs such as J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) and Mike Watt (Minutemen) to spin punk records for each session. In 2004, Da Capo Press published their exercise book, Punk Rock Aerobics. In February 2021 Hilken starred in a Green Day video “Here Comes the Shock” doing her Punk Rock Aerobics.
From 2001 through 2005, Mancini played guitar for The Count Me Outs, fronted by Mark Perretta (Folk Implosion) with Winston Braman on bass and Mike Savage on drums.
Hilken contributed the story Biker Babe to That Takes Ovaries! published by Three Rivers Press in 2002.