Ana Matronic

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Name = Ana Matronic

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Img_capt = Ana Matronic in concert in Portland, on October 4 2005
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Ana Lynch
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Portland, Oregon
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Instrument = Vocals, synthesizer, percussion
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Genre = Glam rock, alternative, pop
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 2000-present
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Associated_acts = Scissor Sisters
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Ana Matronic (born Ana Lynch, 14 August, 1974, Portland, Oregon) is the female lead singer for the Scissor Sisters. Her stage name is said to be down to "a deep and abiding love of robots". She has a large tattoo on her right shoulder of bionic circuitry.

Biography

Prior to moving to New York, Lynch lived in San Francisco, California, where she performed at the drag club Trannyshack and reached the finals of the Miss Trannyshack pageant. It was her experience at Trannyshack that inspired her to start the club Knockoff, intended as a "knockoff" version of Trannyshack.

She joined Scissor Sisters, founded by Jake Shears and Babydaddy, after they played their first live gig at a cabaret night called Knockoff which she founded and hosted at The Slipper Room on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. She has stated that in her eyes, the objective of the band is "about people displaying their fantasies on the outside, trying to break out of the everyday, and look like their dreams." In the fan community for the Scissor Sisters, those fans who hold a special affinity for Ana are known as "nuns". A unique following of both heterosexual women and homosexual men who are attracted to Ana term themselves "Anasexual".

Her stage name is an homage to her love of "The Bionic Woman" and imagery of robots (as in Audio-Animatronics), hence her tattoo. Her favourite film is "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls".

In 2005, she was featured on the New Order single, "Jetstream". The single was taken from the band's album, "Waiting for the Sirens' Call".

Personal life

In 2004, she revealed to British magazine "Glamour" that her parents' marriage broke up when she was a toddler due to her father's homosexuality, and that her father died of an AIDS related illness when she was 15. She also stated in this interview that her immersion in gay culture is probably an attempt to feel closer to him, and understand who her father was as a person. She is in a long term relationship with Seth Kirby. [cite web|url= http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1956874,00.html|title= The interview: Ana Matronic; "Life's a Drag"|accessdate= 2008-02-03|author= Lynn Barber|date= 2006-11-26|publisher= Guardian Online]

References

External links and sources

* [http://www.scissorsistersandfriends.com/ ScissorSistersAndFriends]
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* [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/ana_matronic_pictures/Glamour20page1.jpgPhotobucket.com]
* [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/ana_matronic_pictures/Gamour20page2.jpgPhotobucket.com]
* [http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/ana_matronic_pictures/Gamour20page3.jpgPhotobucket.com]