1. Kira Roessler was born on June 12,1961 and is an American musician who was the bass guitarist for the influential hardcore punk band Black Flag from 1983 to 1985.
13 Facts About Kira Roessler
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Kira Roessler was on the sound editing team for Mad Max: Fury Road, which won a 2015 Oscar.
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Kira Roessler was on the teams that won Emmy Awards for the John Adams episode "Don't Tread on Me" and on the series Game of Thrones.
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Kira Roessler began studying piano when she was 6 but quit at 11.
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Kira Roessler then joined with a post-Germs Pat Smear to form Twisted Roots.
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Kira Roessler's bass playing was featured on five of Black Flag's studio albums and two officially released live albums.
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Kira Roessler remained in the band until completing touring behind their album In My Head in the autumn of 1985.
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Kira Roessler wrote or co-wrote songs for what would be the Minutemen's final album, 3-Way Tie, and contributed lyrics to Watt's post-Minutemen band Firehose.
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Kira Roessler appeared as a backing vocalist on the tribute album Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three in 2003, along with other musical artists, including other Black Flag veterans.
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In December 2018, Kira Roessler joined with Devra Hoff to form the twin-bass band AwkWard and released their first album In Progress.
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Kira Roessler has worked on productions including Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Under the Tuscan Sun, and The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and has appeared onscreen in the documentaries We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen, American Hardcore and What Drives Us.
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Kira Roessler won Emmy Awards for her work on the John Adams episode "Don't Tread on Me" and on the series Game of Thrones.
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Kira Roessler was on the sound editing team for Mad Max: Fury Road, which won an Oscar in 2016.