Rebecca Blasband
Rebecca Blasband | |
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| Born | New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, reality television personality |
Rebecca Blasband is an American singer-songwriter and screenwriter known as a cast member on The Real World: New York, the first season of MTV's reality television show The Real World.
Early life
Rebecca Blasband was born and raised in New Hope, Pennsylvania, to a psychiatrist father and a German immigrant mother who runs an antique store in Philadelphia, to which her family moved to when Blasband was 13.[1] She attended Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and worked as an actress with playwright David Mamet's theater company.[1] Returning to music, she formed a band with Adam Schlesinger, the leader of Ivy, saying of the group's sound, "It was sort of Manchester-pop stuff. But after a while I started getting into Bob Dylan and things like that, and my direction kind of changed."[1][2][3]
The Real World
Blasband was cast in The Real World: New York, the first season of MTV's long-running reality television series, The Real World, for which she was paid $2,500.[1]
After The Real World
Warner/Chappell Music signed Blasband to a publishing contract and financed an album entitled The Rebecca Blasband. She moved to Denver, Colorado in March 1995, and has opened for Edwyn Collins.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Roberts, Michael (March 14, 1996). "The Unreal World". Westword. Denver, Colorado. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015.
- ^ Becky: The Real World: New York. MTV. 1992. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ "This is the True Story...". The Real World: New York. Season 1. Episode 1. May 21, 1992. MTV (Video at Hulu).
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