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Torry Castellano
(August 2005 Issue)
The Donnas Wanna Drum Each member of The
Donnas has all just barely passed the mile marker of
twenty-one years
old. (Their latest Lookout Records release is titled Turn 21.) But
drummer Donna C (real name: Torry
Castellano, real age: twenty-two) has
more accomplishments under her belt than many female drummers twice her
age.
She's toured nationally numerous times, she's recorded a few
full-length albums, EPs, and compilation tracks
(including a split 7"
record with KISS), appeared on MTV, modeled in fashion spreads for
national magazines, and is about to
tour Europe for the third time.
Chalk it all up to an early start, bred in a garage in the city of Palo
Alto, California, just outside
of San Francisco.
"The Donnas started playing together in eighth grade," she
recalls. "At that point I had never
played drums. We started by playing
community centers in our area, and by the time we were fifteen or
sixteen, we were
opening for big acts at shows in San Francisco."
And were Donna C's parents concerned about their
daughter's
decision to ditch the books and make music a full-time career? "At
first they were a little concerned," she
admits. "But they're all into
the band now. They know all of the lyrics and go to the shows. They're
almost too into
it!"
Waleed Rashidi
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