Dianne Chai

Dianne Chai is an American bass player. She was one of the founders of the L.A. punk rock band The Alley Cats.[1]

Dianne Chai
GenresPunk rock
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsBass, vocals
Years active1977-1988
LabelsDangerhouse, Time Coast
Associated actsBags, Black Randy and the Metro Squad, X

Career

Chai formed The Alley Cats with then-husband Randy Stodola[2] and drummer John McCarthy.[3]

Chris Morris (former senior writer at Billboard, music editor at The Hollywood Reporter and critic at The Los Angeles Reader[4]), writing in John Doe's book Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk, said "they made some of the toughest, most nihilistic music on the scene."[3] Violence at shows featuring bands such as the Bags and The Alley Cats caused Madame Wong's restaurant to stop featuring punk bands and switch to slower tempo new wave acts.[5]

Chai along with ex-Alley Cats John McCarthy and Randy Stodola formed The Zarkons in 1985[6] for which Chai sang and played bass.[7]

Chai eventually remarried to the manager of The Alley Cats, Marshall Berle, and began working as a travel agent in Florida.[3]

References
  1. Jacinto, Louis (July 14, 2018). "Louis Jacinto Photo Column, The Alley Cats". Razorcake. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  2. Chick, Stevie (2011). Spray Paint the Walls: The Story of Black Flag. PM Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-1604864182.
  3. Morris, Chris (2016). "You Better Shut Up and Listen". In Doe, John; DeSavia, Tom (eds.). Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk. Da Capo Press. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-0306824081.
  4. Doe, John; DeSavia, Tom (2016). Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk. Da Capo Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-306-82408-1.
  5. Ngô, Fiona I.B. (July–November 2012). Stinson, Beth; Ngô, Fiona I.B. (eds.). "Punk in the Shadow of War". Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory. 22 (2–3): 220.
  6. Robbins, Ira. "Alley Cats/The Zarkons". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  7. Turner, Greg (May 1986). "The Zarkons: Riders in the Long Black Parade". Spin. 2 (2): 34.
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