Jessicka
| Jessicka | |
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 Promotional photo of Jessicka Jack Off Jill era 1996
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jessica Fodera |
| Also known as | J. Jinx, Jessicka Addams, Sick |
| Born | October 23, 1976 in Miami, Florida (age 33) |
| Genre(s) | Alternative, Indie, Experimental, Noise and Goth rock, Noise pop, Shoegaze and Post-Grunge |
| Occupation(s) | Singer Painter Musician Songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | vocals |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Label(s) | Sympathy for the Record Industry |
| Associated acts | Jack Off Jill Scarling. Messy Marilyn Manson The Ingenues Mrs. Scabtree |
| Website | http://www.Jessicka.com |
Jessicka Addams (born Jessica Fodera October 23, 1976), better known by her stage name Jessicka, is a professional American musician and artist. She was the lead singer of the alternative rock band Jack Off Jill until its separation in 2000, and is now the lead singer of another alternative rock band, Scarling.. She is a friend of Marilyn Manson, and performed with him, among others, in the short-lived Mrs. Scabtree project. She dated Jeordie White from 1992 until 1997.
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Biography
Jessicka was born in Miami, but was raised in Sunrise, Florida. In 1991, she met Marilyn Manson at a local bar called the Squeeze; the two quickly became friends. He encouraged her to start a band, which would later be called Jack Off Jill. Over the next 15 years Fodera would be involved in such bands as Jack Off Jill, Mrs. Scabtree, Honey to Ash, Messy, and more currently, Scarling.. She and Manson have remained good friends.
Jessicka is bisexual and has been open about her sexual experiences with both men and women. She has been romantically linked to musicians such as Twiggy Ramirez, guitarist Clint Walsh of Tweaker, Carlos Dengler from Interpol, and Scarling. guitarist Christian Hejnal. On February 14, 2006, while on a break from touring, she and guitarist Christian Hejnal became engaged and are now married.
Career
Jack Off Jill
After a few failed attempts at starting a band, Jessicka met Tenni Arslynian while attending Piper High School. They had begun writing songs, but had not yet formed a complete band when Robin Moulder and Michelle Oliver joined them to create the band Jack In Jill. In 1992, Jack In Jill got their start when they were asked to open for fellow Floridian and long time friend Marilyn Manson and his band, Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids at a Davie, Florida nightclub called the Plus 5 Lounge. Before advertisements for the show were printed, Manson suggested a name change to Jack Off Jill, which the foursome accepted.
In late December 1994, Jessicka spent a night in jail when she and Manson were arrested after a concert in Jacksonville, Florida after being accused by the town's Christian Coalition for breaking the town's adult entertainment codes. Both singers were charged with misdemeanors. Though Jessicka's onstage behavior was often labeled as shocking, she's never claimed to be a shock rocker. It did not help that after a four year relationship, then boyfriend Jeordie White, began to mimic Jessicka's dress and appearance, making critics' comparisons draw even closer. At this time Jessicka increasingly cut herself on and off stage, which earned her the title of Patron Saint of Self Injury, a line that would later resurface in the lyrics to Jack Off Jill's song, "When I Am Queen". The band released their first full-length Sexless Demons and Scars, on September 9, 1997, then hit the road on several national tours throughout the United States and Canada.
Once back in Los Angeles, Jessicka began to question her commitment to Jack Off Jill. At this time not only were she and band mate Robin Moulder not agreeing on the band's direction but she and mentor Manson were no longer on speaking terms. The initial strain in their relationship was due to the involvement of Manson's ex-guitarist Scott Mitchell Putesky in Jack Off Jill, and Jessicka's ongoing feud with ex-boyfriend, Twiggy Ramirez. In early 1998 after reading Manson's autobiography The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, and finding her role in the story had been reduced to a mere mention as a groupie, she decided to contact Manson. She found out that Manson believed that she had employed Putesky in retaliation to how she was negatively depicted in the book. Their renewed friendship is speculated to be the reason why by early 1999, Putesky was no longer a member of Jack Off Jill and the band were asked to take the opening slot on Marilyn Manson's Rock Is Dead tour, after Hole departed. By most accounts, the split was amicable.
On July 17, 2000, Jack Off Jill released their second full-length album, Clear Hearts Grey Flowers, just as their label was preparing to close its doors. Producer Chris Vrenna played drums for the band's last show at The Troubadour in Los Angeles in April of 2000. Jack Off Jill officially separated in late 2000.
Scarling.
After taking a break and making Los Angeles her permanent residence, Jessicka was invited in 2001 by guitarist Christian Hejnal to perform guest vocals on his solo album. They began recording and rehearsing together and eventually recruited the musicians who would form the first and very short-lived lineup of Scarling. in 2002. In early 2002 Jessicka was introduced to Long Gone John, owner of Sympathy for the Record Industry, by mutual friend Mark Ryden. On March 19, 2003 Scarling.'s debut single, "Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole", was released on John's record label. Its cover featured an illustration entitled Wound 39 by artist Mark Ryden. In April 2004, Scarling. released their first album, the seven-song, thirty-three-minute Sweet Heart Dealer, which again utilized the team of Ryden and Vrenna.
In the autumn of 2004, Scarling. was invited to join the lineup of the Robert Smith curated Curiosa Festival, performing on select West Coast dates alongside Jessicka's long-time favorite, The Cure. Smith described the band's music as "dark, desperate, chaotic, gorgeous pop music, the sound of the end of the world" and nominated Sweet Heart Dealer for the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize.
In December 2005, after releasing their second full length album So Long, Scarecrow, Scarling. embarked on its first UK tour, creating a buzz for themselves and selling out most venues. While in Europe, Jessicka attended long-time friend Marilyn Manson's wedding to burlesque performer Dita Von Teese on December 3, 2005, in a secular ceremony in County Tipperary, Ireland. In 2006 Jessicka continued to tour in the United States and Europe with Scarling., touring with such bands as The Wedding Present and Depeche Mode.
Scarling. began working on their third full length album in 2008 and is due to drop in September of 2010.
Personal life
Jessicka is bisexual and has been open about her sexual experiences with both men and women. On February 14, 2006, (Valentine's Day) while on a break from touring, she and guitarist Christian Hejnal were engaged. Their wedding took place on October 13, 2007 at the Oviatt Penthouse in Los Angeles. Keanu Reeves, Jeff Buhler, Roman Dirge, Kevin Haskins, Dita Von Teese, Mark Ryden, Jared Gold, Elizabeth McGrath, Tim Biskup, Lisa Leveridge, and Samantha Maloney were amongst the guests that attended. The couple changed their surname to Addams. Ryden's wedding gift was a miniature portrait of the couple, a faithful adaptation of Jan Van Eyck's "Arnolfini Portrait," that was reproduced on the invitations.
Discography
Jack Off Jill
- Children 5 and Up (1993, Demo)
- The Boygrinder Sessions (1994, Demo)
- Cannibal Song Book (1995, Demo)
- Cockroach Waltz (1996, Demo)
- Sexless Demons And Scars (1997)
- Covetous Creature (1998, EP)
- Clear Hearts Grey Flowers (2000)
- Humid Teenage Mediocrity (2005)
Messy
- Make You Believe (2001)
Scarling.
- "Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole" (2003, Single)
- Sweet Heart Dealer (2004)
- "Crispin Glover" (2004, Single)
- "We Are the Music Makers" (2005, Single)
- So Long, Scarecrow (2005)
- "Staring to the Sun" (2006, Single)
- TBA (2010)
Soundtracks
- American McGee's Alice (2001)
Filmography
- Ellie Parker (2005)
Trivia
- In Manson's autobiography The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, it was revealed that Jessicka has in fact had sex with former-Marilyn Manson drummer Sara Lee Lucas.
