Dyan Diamond

An obscure, L.A.-structured brand-new waver with solid rockabilly/roots rock leanings, Dyan Diamond showed a whole lot of promise as both a singer and a composer in the past due 1970s but never broke through commercially. Gemstone got some prominent statistics in her part, including manufacturer/supervisor/songwriter Kim Fowley (known for his use everyone through the Hollywood Argyles towards the Runaways) as well as the L.A.-structured DJ Rodney Bingenheimer (who was simply playing punk and brand-new wave at the same time when most industrial radio DJs wouldn’t go close to each one). But however, she dropped through the breaks. Gemstone was just 14 when, in 1976, she auditioned for Venus & the Razor Cutting blades, a punk-oriented music group that Fowley was piecing together. Performing Kiss’ “Perform YOU LIKE Me” through the audition, Gemstone sounded over the age of 14–in reality, those who noticed Diamond’s business lead vocals on such Venus & the Razor Cutting blades recordings as “Finer Issues in Lifestyle” and “Workin’ Young lady” could possess quickly assumed that she is at her early 20s. After Venus & the Razor Cutting blades’ break up in 1977, Gemstone went single and continued to utilize Fowley. In 1978, she agreed upon with MCA and documented her guaranteeing, Fowley-produced debut single recording, In The Dark–regrettably, the LP didn’t offer, and Gemstone was decreased by MCA. The vocalist continued to try out the Hollywood/L.A. rock and roll circuit for a couple of years after that, carrying out a whole lot of initial materials that wasn’t on AT NIGHT. But Gemstone never authorized with another label or documented a second recording.