BIO

Alison Nicole Mosshart (born November 23, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, model and artist, best known as the lead vocalist for the alternative rock bands The Kills and The Dead Weather. She started her musical career in 1995 with the Florida punk rock outfit 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 The Kills, Mosshart is known by her stage name “VV” and Hince is known as “Hotel”.

In early 2009, she joined the supergroup The Dead Weather, formed by Jack White, along with Jack Lawrence and Dean Fertita. In that band, her stage name is “Baby Ruthless.”

Influences

Alison Mosshart’s main influence is the recently deceased Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart. Mosshart claimed that if she could collaborate with any musician it would be him. Throughout her music career, Mosshart has made several tributes to him.

Discography

Discount - Ataraxia’s Alright Tonight (1996)
Discount - Half Fiction (1997)
Discount - Crash Diagnostic (2000)
The Kills - Keep on Your Mean Side (2003)
The Kills - No Wow (2005)
Placebo - Meds (2006)
Primal Scream - Riot City Blues (2006)
The Kills - Midnight Boom (2008)
The Dead Weather - Horehound (2009)
The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards (2010)