Michelle DaRosa was born Michelle Nolan on September 13, 1980, in Rockville Centre, Nassau County, New York to Tom and Linda Nolan. Like her brother and former bandmate, John Nolan, she grew up in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York. She attended South Shore Christian School in Levittown, New York for her freshman and second years of high school. She then attended Baldwin High School in Baldwin, New York for her junior and senior years. During her junior and senior years of high school, Michelle also attended Nassau Tech in Westbury, New York to study cosmetology.
She provided background vocals for two of the songs off of Taking Back Sunday's debut album, Tell All Your Friends ("Bike Scene" and "Ghost Man on Third"). Also, Michelle was formerly a nanny, hairdresser, and a ballet dancer. She married fellow musician Jeff DaRosa (of the Dropkick Murphys) on October 6, 2006, and has since taken his last name. They live together in Boston.
She has been confused with another Michelle Nolan, a queer Seattle musician who has played bass for the bands Telepathic Liberation Army, Chromatics and Shoplifting.
In January 2006, Michelle made an appearance on MTV's Total Request Live, singing back-up vocals for Coheed and Cambria's song "The Suffering". Michelle also contributed vocals on the song "Lightning Strikes Twice in New York" by the band Men, Women and Children.
On June 3, 2008, Michelle left Straylight Run on friendly terms to pursue a solo career. Her new band, Destry, featured Shaun Cooper, bassist of Straylight Run, and Sam Means, guitarist of The Format.
Shaun Cooper and Sam Means have since left Destry. Tyler Odom (ex-Northstar) has taken the place of Means, and Jeff DaRosa (Dropkick Murphys) can be seen on bass in place of Shaun Cooper.
michelle, darosa, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, . This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Michelle DaRosa news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Michelle DaRosa nee Nolan is an American musician formerly of the band Straylight Run 1 for whom she was a vocalist guitarist and pianist Michelle DaRosaBirth nameMichelle NolanBorn 1980 09 13 September 13 1980 age 43 GenresIndie rockAlternative rockOccupation s Musician songwriterInstrument s Guitar pianoYears active2002 present Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Michelle DaRosa news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Michelle DaRosa was born Michelle Nolan on September 13 1980 in Rockville Centre Nassau County New York to Tom and Linda Nolan Like her brother and former bandmate John Nolan she grew up in Baldwin Nassau County New York She attended South Shore Christian School in Levittown New York for her freshman and second years of high school She then attended Baldwin High School in Baldwin New York for her junior and senior years During her junior and senior years of high school Michelle also attended Nassau Tech in Westbury New York to study cosmetology She provided background vocals for two of the songs off of Taking Back Sunday s debut album Tell All Your Friends Bike Scene and Ghost Man on Third Also Michelle was formerly a nanny hairdresser and a ballet dancer She married fellow musician Jeff DaRosa of the Dropkick Murphys on October 6 2006 and has since taken his last name They live together in Boston She has been confused with another Michelle Nolan a queer Seattle musician who has played bass for the bands Telepathic Liberation Army Chromatics and Shoplifting In January 2006 Michelle made an appearance on MTV s Total Request Live singing back up vocals for Coheed and Cambria s song The Suffering Michelle also contributed vocals on the song Lightning Strikes Twice in New York by the band Men Women and Children On June 3 2008 Michelle left Straylight Run on friendly terms to pursue a solo career Her new band Destry featured Shaun Cooper bassist of Straylight Run and Sam Means guitarist of The Format Shaun Cooper and Sam Means have since left Destry Tyler Odom ex Northstar has taken the place of Means and Jeff DaRosa Dropkick Murphys can be seen on bass in place of Shaun Cooper Discography EditTell All Your Friends 2002 as Michelle Nolan Demo 2003 as Straylight Run Straylight Run 2004 as Straylight Run Prepare To Be Wrong EP 2005 as Straylight Run The Needles the Space 2007 as Straylight Run Credited as Michelle DaRosa TNTS Digital EP 2007 as Straylight Run exclusively on the iTunes Store It Goes On 2009 as Destry References Edit Saitowitz Paul November 21 2007 Straylight Run has chemistry as thick as blood Press Enterprise Retrieved August 15 2011 External links EditOfficial Straylight Run Website Straylight Run s profile at PureVolume Straylight Run s profile on MySpace Destry s profile at MySpace Info on New Michelle DeRosa Band Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michelle DaRosa amp oldid 1102426205, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
