About Dianne Chai
Born 1962. Dianne Chai is a guitarist and musician.
Dianne Chai is an American bass player. She was one of the founders of the L.A. punk rock band The Alley Cats.
Career Chai formed The Alley Cats with then-husband Randy Stodola and drummer John McCarthy.
Chris Morris (former senior writer at Billboard, music editor at The Hollywood Reporter and critic at The Los Angeles Reader ), writing in John Doe's book Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk said, "They made some of the toughest, most nihilistic music on the scene."
Chai along with ex-Alley Cats John McCarthy and Randy Stodola formed The Zarkons in 1985 for which Chai sang and played bass.
Chai eventually remarried to the manager of The Alley Cats, Marshall Berle, and began working as a travel agent in Florida.
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Who is Dianne Chai?
American musician
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Dianne Chai was born on 12 June 1962.
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Dianne Chai is a guitarist and musician.
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