She was guest vocalist at Placebo's MTV Unplugged concert 2015 and sang “Protect me from what I want” as duet with Brian.
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Joan Wasser was born on July 26th 1970 to an unmarried teenage mother and given up for adoption at infancy. She was raised in Norwalk, Connecticut with her adoptive brother Dan who is a visual artist. Joan credits her background as an adopted child with her "very extroverted" personality. She explained that "when you are in a situation where you're not blood-related to your family, it does become extremely obvious that you're born with your personality".
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Joan started piano lessons at the age of six and had her first violin lessons when she was eight. At age 18 she began her music career during her studies at the College of Fine Arts at Boston University.
In 1991 she joined the Dambuilders who were signed to Elektra Records in 1994. After they disbanded Joan played in several groups. In 2002 she started a solo career under the name Joan As Police Woman which is a reference to the TV series “Police Woman” starring Angie Dickinson. Joan found the actress inspirational as "she was really powerful but sexy at the same time" in the role.
Since 2004 she has released eight regular studio albums, one EP and almost 30 singles. Throughout her career Joan has regularly collaborated with other artists as a writer, performer and arranger. Her resume includes live performances and studio work with Elton John, Lou Reed, Sheryl Crow, Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan and Scissor Sisters to name but a few.
Last year Joan As Police Woman released a cover version of Talk Talk's “Life's what you make it”, a song that has already been covered by Placebo in 2016.
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Photo credit: Screenshot MTV Unplugged, Robin Kim, PIAS, Benni Valsson, Allison Michael Orenstein, Joseph Llanes, unknown
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