From Minneapolis

From last.fm:

Burbank, CA-born singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Apryl Electra grew up in Minneapolis, MN. Heavily influenced by late-70s soft rock along with early-80s new wave and pop, she began writing music at age 6. Her influences grew throughout the 90s when her dream was to become a Fly Girl on the show In Living Color. When the show ended in 1994 she threw herself into a life of music. She became obsessed with early and mid-90s alternative acts such as Blur, Lush, The Sundays, Nirvana, Bjork, Aimee Mann, Elastica, Hole, Massive Attack, Liz Phair, and Radiohead. Read more about Apryl Electra on Last.fm.