Alison Mosshart

Birth : 1978-11-23, Vero Beach, Florida

History

Alison Nicole Mosshart (born November 23, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, artist, and the lead vocalist for the rock band The Kills and the alternative rock band The Dead Weather. She started her musical career in 1995 with the Florida punk rock band Discount which disbanded in 2000. She then co-founded the Kills with British guitarist Jamie Hince (formerly of Scarfo and Blyth Power) in 2000 in London. In The Kills' first album, Mosshart was known by her stage name "VV" and Hince was known as "Hotel". In early 2009, she joined the supergroup The Dead Weather, formed by Jack White, along with Jack Lawrence and Dean Fertita.

Profile

Movies

Habit

Veda

The story of a streetwise party girl who gets mixed up in a violent drug deal and finds a possible way out - by masquerading as a Catholic nun.

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

Self - Musician / Friend

An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Anthony Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.

It All Begins with a Song: The Story of the Nashville Songwriter

Self

Everyone knows Elvis Presley’s In the Ghetto and A Little Less Conversation. But who wrote those songs? That was Mac Davis, and almost no one has heard of him. He shares this fate with dozens of other songwriters who have been responsible for massive hits. Coincidentally, many of them live in Nashville, Tennessee – though this documentary reveals that isn’t quite as accidental as it seems.

Bad Reputation

Self

The life and career of rock n' roll icon Joan Jett from her early years ripping it up onstage as the founder and backbone of hard-rock legends The Runaways, to her long time collaboration with Kenny Laguna as Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and her enduring presence in pop culture as a rock pioneer and mentor. With her inimitable singles "I Love Rock n Roll," and "Bad Reputation" Joan Jett inspired a generation of young women to rock.

The Dead Weather: Live at the Mayan, Los Angeles

Self

1. 60 Feet Tall 2. Hang You From The Heavens 3. You Just Can't Win 4. So Far From Your Weapon 5. A Child Of A Few Hours Is Burning To Death 6. No Hassle Night 7. Will There Be Enough Water 8. I Cut Like A Buffalo 9. Treat Me Like Your Mother 10. New Pony

The Kills - Live At L'Olympia Theatre

The Dead Weather: Sea Of Cowards - Live At Third Man Records

Self

1. Blue Blood Blues 2. Hustle And Cuss 3. The Difference Between Us 4. I'm Mad 5. Die By The Drop 6. I Can't Hear You 7. Gasoline 8. No Horse 9. Looking At The Invisible Man 10. Jawbreaker 11. Old Mary

The Kills: I Hate the Way You Love

The Kills' documentary film chronicles their life on the road

Waiting for the Future

A surreal concert film of The Kills that dives into the solitude and boredom found on tour.