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Jane Wiedlin
Jane Wiedlin (/ˈwiːdlɪn/ WEED-lin; born May 20, 1958) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actress, best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist of the new wave band the Go-Go's. She voices Dusk, the drummer and backup vocalist of the fictional rock band the Hex Girls. She also had a successful solo career.
The Go-Go's became one of the most successful American bands of the 1980s, helping popularize new wave music with songs including "We Got the Beat", "Our Lips Are Sealed", and "Vacation". As a solo artist, Wiedlin's "Rush Hour" peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. As an actress, she had roles as the singing telegram girl in Clue (1985) and as Joan of Arc in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989).
As a member of the Go-Go's, Wiedlin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She and the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021.
Wiedlin was born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Her father, Robert Arthur Wiedlin Sr., an oral surgeon of German and Swiss ancestry, was born in Chicago. Her mother, Betty Jane (née Herro), was of Lebanese heritage. Wiedlin's parents met as students at Marquette University in Milwaukee. She is one of five children, with a sister and three brothers, and grew up Catholic. During Wiedlin's early childhood, her family lived in West Allis, a suburb of Milwaukee. When she was six, her father took a job with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs at a VA hospital in Los Angeles, and the family then moved to the city.
Wiedlin has said, "I remember my childhood as extremely idyllic." She has mentioned her adolescence having angst and hope by saying, "I was a depressed teenager. I thought life was completely pointless when I was in high school, but just a few short years later I was having the adventure of a lifetime in a successful rock band!" She attended William Howard Taft High School in Los Angeles from 1972 to 1976.
According to Wiedlin, she was present "pretty much from the beginning" of the Los Angeles punk scene. While attending college in the Los Angeles area and studying fashion design, she worked at a fashion-design house where she wrote song lyrics and scribbled ideas for songs on clothing patterns. Under the moniker Jane Drano, she designed and sold punk-style clothing at Granny Takes a Trip, a store on Sunset Boulevard. She became part of the scene which spawned bands including X, the Germs, and the Weirdos.
Wiedlin and Belinda Carlisle formed the Go-Go's as a punk band in 1978, with Margot Olaverra on bass and Elissa Bello on drums. In 1981, Wiedlin and Terry Hall of Fun Boy Three and the Specials co-wrote "Our Lips Are Sealed". The song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 20, where it remained until 1982. After a series of reunions during the 1990s, Wiedlin, Carlisle, Caffey, Schock, and Valentine reunited in 2000 to record God Bless the Go-Go's, their first studio album in 17 years. The album's title and concept came from Wiedlin. In 2010, the Go-Go's announced their "Happily Ever After" farewell tour, which was intended to begin in July. However, it was canceled after Wiedlin fell down a cliff during a nighttime hike and suffered ACL tears in both knees. The Go-Go's announced an 11-date reunion tour scheduled to begin in June 2020. It was postponed in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In May 2021 it was announced that the Go-Go's would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on October 30, 2021. The band continued touring into 2022, before announcing their breakup. They did a one-off reunion in 2024 after being inducted into the California Hall of Fame.
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Jane Wiedlin
Jane Wiedlin (/ˈwiːdlɪn/ WEED-lin; born May 20, 1958) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actress, best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist of the new wave band the Go-Go's. She voices Dusk, the drummer and backup vocalist of the fictional rock band the Hex Girls. She also had a successful solo career.
The Go-Go's became one of the most successful American bands of the 1980s, helping popularize new wave music with songs including "We Got the Beat", "Our Lips Are Sealed", and "Vacation". As a solo artist, Wiedlin's "Rush Hour" peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. As an actress, she had roles as the singing telegram girl in Clue (1985) and as Joan of Arc in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989).
As a member of the Go-Go's, Wiedlin received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She and the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021.
Wiedlin was born in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Her father, Robert Arthur Wiedlin Sr., an oral surgeon of German and Swiss ancestry, was born in Chicago. Her mother, Betty Jane (née Herro), was of Lebanese heritage. Wiedlin's parents met as students at Marquette University in Milwaukee. She is one of five children, with a sister and three brothers, and grew up Catholic. During Wiedlin's early childhood, her family lived in West Allis, a suburb of Milwaukee. When she was six, her father took a job with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs at a VA hospital in Los Angeles, and the family then moved to the city.
Wiedlin has said, "I remember my childhood as extremely idyllic." She has mentioned her adolescence having angst and hope by saying, "I was a depressed teenager. I thought life was completely pointless when I was in high school, but just a few short years later I was having the adventure of a lifetime in a successful rock band!" She attended William Howard Taft High School in Los Angeles from 1972 to 1976.
According to Wiedlin, she was present "pretty much from the beginning" of the Los Angeles punk scene. While attending college in the Los Angeles area and studying fashion design, she worked at a fashion-design house where she wrote song lyrics and scribbled ideas for songs on clothing patterns. Under the moniker Jane Drano, she designed and sold punk-style clothing at Granny Takes a Trip, a store on Sunset Boulevard. She became part of the scene which spawned bands including X, the Germs, and the Weirdos.
Wiedlin and Belinda Carlisle formed the Go-Go's as a punk band in 1978, with Margot Olaverra on bass and Elissa Bello on drums. In 1981, Wiedlin and Terry Hall of Fun Boy Three and the Specials co-wrote "Our Lips Are Sealed". The song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 20, where it remained until 1982. After a series of reunions during the 1990s, Wiedlin, Carlisle, Caffey, Schock, and Valentine reunited in 2000 to record God Bless the Go-Go's, their first studio album in 17 years. The album's title and concept came from Wiedlin. In 2010, the Go-Go's announced their "Happily Ever After" farewell tour, which was intended to begin in July. However, it was canceled after Wiedlin fell down a cliff during a nighttime hike and suffered ACL tears in both knees. The Go-Go's announced an 11-date reunion tour scheduled to begin in June 2020. It was postponed in May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In May 2021 it was announced that the Go-Go's would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on October 30, 2021. The band continued touring into 2022, before announcing their breakup. They did a one-off reunion in 2024 after being inducted into the California Hall of Fame.
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