Stacey Q spent 11 years studying ballet and learned flamenco dancing.
19 Facts About Stacey Q
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Stacey Q performed at multiple Disneyland's Christmas Fantasy on Parade events.
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Stacey Q studied at the Community Theatre of Performing Arts and the Wilshire Theatre of Arts.
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Stacey Q performed in costume as the "Dutch Puppet", a name she used as a publishing alias during her early recording career.
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Stacey Q went to Loara High School during her sophomore year, but then transferred to Anaheim High School.
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Stacey Q's first singing project was a Los Angeles radio spot where she introduced and announced programs while impersonating members of The Go-Go's.
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Stacey Q was enamored of the obscure Japanese band The Plastics and The B-52's, and simply could not get over David Bowie.
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Stacey Q served as the assistant producer on the band's four tracks for The Q EP when St James realized they needed a vocalist for their first track "Sushi", which Swain provided as she had previously recorded demos at his studio.
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Stacey Q then became the lead singer for Q, although at that time, she still considered herself more of a dancer than a singer.
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Stacey Q recorded the album Better Than Heaven in three weeks.
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Stacey Q changed her hair color from blond to red, and adopted a punk rock-influenced appearance.
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Stacey Q promoted the album with another national tour at various clubs.
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Stacey Q lived in Nepal where she studied at monasteries with Buddhist lamas and was trained in the ancient art of cham dance.
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Stacey Q released a cover of a Janis Ian tune called "Tenderness", which reached number 5 on the Jamaican charts.
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Stacey Q appeared in a gay-themed art film called Citizens of Perpetual Indulgence, and had a "special non-sexual appearance" in Playing the Odds.
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Stacey Q collaborated with director Geoffrey Karen Dior on the compilation album Porn to Rock and Dior's 2001 album S E X In 2000, she played the lead female character Yeshe Tsogyal in a production of The Life of Padmasambhava by the San Francisco-based Namsay Dorje Theater Company.
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Stacey Q provided vocals for "Hear The Feeling", a 2003 single by Divine Frequency, that was used for the soundtrack of a documentary on raves.
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Stacey Q was the voice of Karin Kikuhara in the English-language version of Stratos 4, a Japanese anime series.
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Stacey Q provided vocals on the debut album of the Echo Junkies, a duo of former SSQ bandmates Jon St James and Skip Hahn.