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Chantal Claret Euringer (born February 21, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer for the rock and power pop band Morningwood.[1]

Chantal Claret Euringer
Chantal Claret
Background information
Born	(1982-02-21) February 21, 1982 (age 40) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Origin	New York City, U.S.
Genres	Indie rock, Power pop, Soul
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, actress
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Capitol Records, MTV Networks, The End Records

Early life

Claret was born on February 21, 1982, in Berkeley, California,[2] the daughter of art collectors, Foster and his Romanian-born wife Monique (1947–2004).[3] She primarily grew up in New York City, but has also lived in Texas. As a teenager, Claret was a promoter for several clubs in New York City.^{[citation needed]}

Music career

Prior to meeting Pedro Yanowitz and starting Morningwood with him, Claret says she was attending film school with an eye on directing music videos.[4] She directed the Morningwood music video for "Take Off Your Clothes" & "Snobby Little Elf", as well as claymation video for "Little Hard On's" by The Left Rights . In 1999 Claret appeared in the short film, American Mod.[5] She is featured on the song "Wait (The Nexus)" by Mike Relm.[6] Morningwood played their final show at Irving Plaza in New York, on March 11, 2012.

On March 5, 2012, Vevo featured Claret's debut video "Pop Pop Bang Bang" directed by David Yarovesky for her solo EP The Pleasure Seeker, which was released on The End Records on April 3, 2012.[7][8] Her debut solo record The One, The Only... was released on June 19, 2012.[9][10] "Bite Your Tongue" can be heard in commercials for Degrassi: The Next Generation Season 12 Promo as well as ESPN's First Take.[11][12] "Honey Honey" & "Pleasure Seeker" have been featured on VH1's Mob Wives.[13]

"Pop Pop Bang Bang" featured on Perez Hilton's first music compilation entitled Pop Up planned to be released on August 7, 2012.[14]

Beginning September 29, 2012, Claret began a three-month residency at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas) in Las Vegas at their new music venue, Vinyl.[15]

In March 2013 she signed to BMG as a songwriter. In August 2013 Claret wrote the theme song "I'm Serious" for Bravo's Eat, Drink, Love. In January 2015, Claret & her husband released a song "Daisy Bell" under the name of Tour Crush.[16]

On September 10, 2014, Claret began a Pledge Campaign for her No Good Way To Die EP which was 100% funded within 24 hours. [17]

In 2017, Claret appeared as a guest host on the Catfish: The TV Show episode “Marvin & Austin”.[18]

Personal life

Claret, along with Thrice drummer Riley Breckenridge, wrote a monthly advice column called "Battle of the Sexes" in Alternative Press magazine for nearly 3 years, which was discontinued in the Winter of 2007.[19]

On January 18, 2008, she married Jimmy Urine (James Euringer), lead singer of Mindless Self Indulgence.[20][21] The couple founded a clothing company together called 'Tour Crush'.[22] Claret featured in an episode of LA Ink to get a tattoo on her wrist reading 'Tour Crush' which Kat Von D herself tattooed.

In June 2019, Claret gave birth to her and Euringer's twin daughters.[23] That same month, she published an article for The New York Times about how pregnancy affected her creative drive.[24]

Discography

MorningWood

• Morningwood (EP) (Rockhardcock Records; 2003)
• It's Tits (EP) (Possibly The Last Record Company; 2003)
• Morningwood (Capitol Records; January 10, 2006)
• Sugarbaby (EP) (Capitol Records; 2008)
• Diamonds & Studs (MTV/VH1 Records; October 27, 2009)

Chantal Claret

• The Pleasure Seeker (EP) (The End Records; April 3, 2012)
• The One, The Only... (The End Records; June 19, 2012)
• "I'm Serious" (single) (Selectracks; August 13, 2013)
• Tour Crush, "Daisy Bell" (single) (Tour Crush; January 18, 2014)
• Chantal Claret, No Good Way To Die (EP) (Independent; December 2, 2014)
• Chantal Claret, "The Girl is Back In Town" (single) (Independent; December 2, 2014)
• Chantal Claret, Battles of a Heavy Heart (Independent; February 21, 2015)
• Chantal Claret, Conquistadora (EP) (Independent; February 26, 2016)
• Chantal Claret, Let's Pretend Everything's Okay (EP) (Independent; March 23, 2017)

Other appearances

• "Wait (The Nexus)" by Mike Relm, featuring Chantal Claret (YouTube video) (Radio Fried Records; January 14, 2010)[25]
• Friends of P – Tribute To The Rentals (Manifesto Records; 2008)
  • Morningwood, cover of "The Cruise" (1999)
• New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love & Rockets (Justice Records; August 18, 2009)
  • Chantal Claret vs Adrian Young, cover of "Lazy" (1987)
  • Netflix original series Love, character Shaun

References

External links

• Chantal Claret at IMDb

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Chantal Claret (Berkeley, California, 21 de febrero de 1982) es una cantante y compositora de música rock power pop de la banda Morningwood.[1]

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