Christy Darlington
musician, author and artist from the United States
Christy Brigitte Darlington, commonly known by her stage name of Darlington, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, published author and visual artist. She has performed multiple American and European concert tours, and has had music played on hundreds of radio stations across North America and Europe, as well as featured in television shows on MTV.
Darlington was endorsed by Daisy Rock Guitars in 2003.
In 2021, Christy Brigitte Darlington came out publicly as being a transgender woman, and as of 2023 she lives publicly as a transgender woman.
Early life
Christy Brigitte Darlington was born Chris Edward Zoys, on December 1, 1972, in Dallas, Texas. She attended private Christian schools such as Heritage Christian Academy, Trinity Christian Academy, and Episcopal School of Dallas,
Darlington eventually graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1991.
Musical career
From 1991 to 1993 Darlington was singing and writing songs for a punk rock band called "T.B.A.," which performed a few shows and made a live recording and two studio recordings. In 1994 she joined a punk rock band called the Voyeurs (which opened up for the Offspring), but Darlington quit the band six months later.
Mess
In 1995, Christy Darlington formed a punk rock band called "Mess" with drummer Steven Visneau and bassist Ron Malippa. Christy was responsible for writing and arranging almost all the songs for the band as well as maintaining a role as the lead singer and guitarist. The band's first single "Sugar Fix" was featured on a compilation released by Clear Channel Communications Rock FM radio station KDGE entitled Tales from the Edge Volume 11., followed by another single, "Butt-in-ski", on the Dallas Observer compilation CD Scene, Heard Vol.
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