Clementine Creevy

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Clementine Creevy
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Creevy in 2018
Background information
Born (1996-12-11) December 11, 1996 (age 27)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Noise pop, garage rock, indie rock, grunge
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2012–present
Labels Burger Records, Secretly Canadian

Clementine Creevy (born December 11, 1996) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is best known as a founding member of the rock band Cherry Glazerr.

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Early life

Clementine Creevy was born on December 11, 1996, in Los Angeles. Her mother is a novelist. [1] Her father is the American TV writer and producer Nicholas Wootton. [2]

Career

Clementine Creevy started her musical career as a high school student with the solo project Clembutt in 2012, uploading a number of tracks onto SoundCloud. [3] The tracks were discovered by Sean Bohrman at Burger Records who released the tracks in 2013 under the title Papa Cremp. [4] In 2013, Creevy formed the band Cherry Glazerr. The band have released four albums including Haxel Princess , Apocalipstick , Stuffed & Ready and I Don't Want You Anymore.

From 2014 to 2015, Creevy appeared as the recurring character Margaux in the TV series Transparent . [5] In the series, her character leads the fictional rock band Glitterish. [6]

In 2017, VICE magazine produced a short autobiographical documentary about Creevy titled Clementine Creevy: The Millenial [sic] Punk Feminist Icon. [7] Creevy is featured on Tyler, The Creator's album Cherry Bomb , on the song "Okaga, CA", and supplied guest vocals for the Death Grips song "Giving Bad People Good Ideas", on the album Bottomless Pit .

Creevy has modelled for the Australian designer Emma Mulholland. [6] [8]

Personal life

In an Instagram post in July 2020, Creevy accused former Cherry Glazerr bandmate, and bassist of The Buttertones, Sean Redman of statutory rape. [9] [10] In response, Innovative Leisure, the record label for The Buttertones, announced they would be dropping the band immediately. [9] [11]

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