Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson (born Marian Jennifer Holloway, August 13, 1968 – November 4, 2001) was an American punk rock singer in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. and performed at the 924 Gilman Street project in Berkeley, where she was arrested for lewd and lascivious acts in 1993, claimed her acts were protected artistic speech, and was eventually acquitted. When she was eight months old, the family moved to Pacific Grove, California. During adolescence she ran away repeatedly, used drugs and alcohol, made multiple suicide attempts and lived in the streets for months at a time.

The Insaints In 1986, Anderson had met Daniel Deleon at a party, in Ceres, CA. The Insaints relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1990. Anderson claimed her acts were protected speech under the First Amendment, stating "The songs reflect my own personal feelings and society's and religion's repression of sexuality. It's me saying, 'This is my own body, and I can do whatever I like with it'."