Jill Emery

Jill Emery was born in California 1962 and is a self taught musician. She started to play bass when she was 15 years old and her main instrument is a Fender Telecaster from 1971.

Her first band with Rozz of Christian Death and Steve Darrow on drums were called The Asexuals, an arty punk band. Many bands followed including The Decadent, The Super Heroines, Sylvia Juncosa Band and Hole. Jill was Hole's bassist from 1990-1992, co-writing many of their early songs. She played on the album "Pretty on the Inside" and designed the album back cover.
After she left Hole she joined a new band called Shadow Project together with Rozz of Christian Death and Eva O. from the Super Heroines. A couple of years later her work with Shadow Project ended and Jill became a member of Mazzy Star. She started touring with Mazzy Star in late 1993 and later on Jill played bass on the 1996 "Among My Swan" album. In 2002 she played bass on the song "Around My Smile" on Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions' album "Bavarian Fruit Bread".

Jill enjoys listening to bands like Cat Power, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Acetone, My Morning Jacket and her of course her teenage idol Patti Smith.

Jill Emery doesn't play in any band these days. She now lives in Sierra Madre, California. She is a very gifted painter and her talent ventures beyond the audible into visual with the same intensity and passion as her music.

Jill is also an animal activist and she has three cats. She misses playing music but environmental, animal and human rights as well as her art interest takes most of her time.