Porcelain Black

Porcelain Black is a singer-songwriter born in Detroit, Michigan. She first became known for her rock project Porcelain and the Tramps. And later on for her mixtape ‘Mannequin Factory’ noted for pioneering an industrial dance-pop sound. Her debut album is expected to be released this year, 2015. Full album link --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe6pOE3LMKE Black grew up at 8 Mile until her parents separated when she was six years old. Her mother rejected her father's marriage proposal and married another man. Black has the logo of her biological dad's hair salon on her hand, Beaton Colors. He was her first introduction to Rock N Roll as a child and growing up she would always be with him backstage at fashion shows and photo shoots. When she was 15 years old she discovered her dad had cancer, he died when she was 16. Black was so hurt by the experience she was expelled from schools for fighting against people making fun of her situation, she later ran away from home and started doing drugs, drinking and begging on the streets. At 16, she moved to Ann Arbor, MI, where, attracted by her volatile charm, some University of Michigan students let her crash at their dorm for six months. Then she went on the road with Armor for Sleep, whose drummer, Nash Breen, is a childhood friend. When she returned to Detroit, she quit doing drugs and talked another friend into road-tripping with her to New York. “My dad wanted to take me there for my 16th birthday and never got to do it, so I wanted to go for him,” she says. “We checked into the W Hotel in Times Square and this lady came up to me and said, ‘Are you in a band?’ And I said, ‘Yeah,’ even though I hadn’t recorded anything yet.” The woman introduced Black to her manager, who was struck by her appearance and personality, he told her to move to Los Angeles and look him up when she turned 18. Eighteen months later, Beaton packed a suitcase and bought a ticket to Los Angeles. After moving out of Detroit she had an audition for the Virgin Records CEO who then quickly signed her to Virgin Records, she had explained the type of music she wanted to do but when she presented the Porcelain And The Tramps album to them they refused to release it. The album demos she released online garnered over 30 million views on Myspace and YouTube. She was then stuck on a major label that refused to release her music and refused to let her leave the label. Black was in a legal lawsuit with the label for 3 years. She was approached by Interescope, Republic Records, Dr. Luke and RedOne who wanted to sign her out the contract. She chose RedOne’s label 2101/RedOne Records, as he convinced her the releases would go smoothly and would let her experiment with her sound and not have to water it down. In truth RedOne didn’t had much dedication to any of the artists signed to his label as most would go on years without being allowed to release any material. One of Black’s label mates cites RedOne as a man that cares more about what's gonna be a hit on the radio than music itself. After having enough of mistreatment Porcelain Black cut all ties with RedOne and started recording her debut album independently. Porcelain Black's album debut is expected to be released this year 2017. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.