Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin (born May 20, 1958)[citation needed] is
an American musician, singer-songwriter, and actress best known as the
rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist of the new wave band, the
Go-Go's. Wiedlin has also had a solo musical career.Jane Wiedlin was
born in Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Her father, Robert
Arthur Wiedlin, Sr., an oral surgeon, was born in Chicago, Illinois,
of German and German-Swiss ancestry. Her mother, Betty Jane (née
Herro), was of Lebanese heritage, from Oconomowoc, where many
immigrants from Lebanon settled. Wiedlin's parents met while students
at Marquette University and later, married. Jane spent her early
childhood growing up in West Allis, a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
She is one of five children, with a sister and three brothers, growing
up in a Catholic family. When Wiedlin was six, her father took a job
with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, at a VA
Hospital in Los Angeles and her family followed in tow.As a child,
Wiedlin liked to listen to pop music, especially songs by The Beatles
and The Monkees. By the time she was a teenager, Wiedlin was a fan of
Sparks. Years later, she would record "Cool Places" with them. Wiedlin
stated, "I remember my childhood as extremely idyllic." Wiedlin also
mentioned her teenage adolescence with angst and hope by saying, "I
would definitely be a less-depressed teenager. I thought life was
completely pointless when I was in high school, but just a few short
years later I was having the adventure of a lifetime in a successful
rock band!" Wiedlin attended William Howard Taft High School in Los
Angeles from 1972 until 1976.
an American musician, singer-songwriter, and actress best known as the
rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist of the new wave band, the
Go-Go's. Wiedlin has also had a solo musical career.Jane Wiedlin was
born in Oconomowoc, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Her father, Robert
Arthur Wiedlin, Sr., an oral surgeon, was born in Chicago, Illinois,
of German and German-Swiss ancestry. Her mother, Betty Jane (née
Herro), was of Lebanese heritage, from Oconomowoc, where many
immigrants from Lebanon settled. Wiedlin's parents met while students
at Marquette University and later, married. Jane spent her early
childhood growing up in West Allis, a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
She is one of five children, with a sister and three brothers, growing
up in a Catholic family. When Wiedlin was six, her father took a job
with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, at a VA
Hospital in Los Angeles and her family followed in tow.As a child,
Wiedlin liked to listen to pop music, especially songs by The Beatles
and The Monkees. By the time she was a teenager, Wiedlin was a fan of
Sparks. Years later, she would record "Cool Places" with them. Wiedlin
stated, "I remember my childhood as extremely idyllic." Wiedlin also
mentioned her teenage adolescence with angst and hope by saying, "I
would definitely be a less-depressed teenager. I thought life was
completely pointless when I was in high school, but just a few short
years later I was having the adventure of a lifetime in a successful
rock band!" Wiedlin attended William Howard Taft High School in Los
Angeles from 1972 until 1976.
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