Chantal Claret Euringer (born February 21, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer for the rock and

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band

Morningwood Morningwood was an alternative rock band from New York City. Founded in 2001, it primarily consisted of Pedro Yanowitz and Chantal Claret. Morningwood was signed to Capitol Records and released two albums. Claret went solo in 2012 and folded the b ...

Early life

Claret was born on February 21, 1982, in

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, California, the daughter of art collectors, Foster and his Romanian-born wife Monique (1947–2004). She primarily grew up in New York City, but has also lived in

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. As a teenager, Claret was a promoter for several clubs in New York City.

Music career

Prior to meeting

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and starting Morningwood with him, Claret says she was attending film school with an eye on directing music videos. She directed the Morningwood music video for "Take Off Your Clothes" & "Snobby Little Elf", as well as claymation video for "Little Hard On's" by

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. In 1999 Claret appeared in the short film, ''American Mod''. She is featured on the song "Wait (The Nexus)" by

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. Morningwood played their final show at

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in New York, on March 11, 2012. On March 5, 2012,

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featured Claret's debut video "Pop Pop Bang Bang" directed by David Yarovesky for her solo EP ''The Pleasure Seeker'', which was released on

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on April 3, 2012. Her debut solo record ''The One, The Only...'' was released on June 19, 2012. "Bite Your Tongue" can be heard in commercials for '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' Season 12 Promo as well as ESPN's ''First Take''. "Honey Honey" & "Pleasure Seeker" have been featured on

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's ''

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''. "Pop Pop Bang Bang" featured on

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's first music compilation entitled ''Pop Up'' planned to be released on August 7, 2012. Beginning September 29, 2012, Claret began a three-month residency at

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in Las Vegas at their new music venue, Vinyl. In March 2013 she signed to BMG as a songwriter. In August 2013 Claret wrote the theme song "I'm Serious" for

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''. In January 2015, Claret & her husband released a song "Daisy Bell" under the name of Tour Crush. On September 10, 2014, Claret began a Pledge Campaign for her ''No Good Way To Die'' EP which was 100% funded within 24 hours. In 2017, Claret appeared as a guest host on the '' Catfish: The TV Show'' episode “Marvin & Austin”.

Personal life

Claret, along with

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drummer

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, wrote a monthly advice column called "Battle of the Sexes" in ''

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'' magazine for nearly 3 years, which was discontinued in the Winter of 2007. On January 18, 2008, she married

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(James Euringer), lead singer of

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. The couple founded a clothing company together called 'Tour Crush'. Claret featured in an episode of ''LA Ink'' to get a tattoo on her wrist reading 'Tour Crush' which Kat Von D herself tattooed. In June 2019, Claret gave birth to her and Euringer's twin daughters. That same month, she published an article for ''

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'' about how pregnancy affected her creative drive.

Discography

MorningWood

* ''

'' (EP) (Rockhardcock Records; 2003) *''It's Tits'' (EP) (Possibly The Last Record Company; 2003) * ''

'' (Capitol Records; January 10, 2006) * ''Sugarbaby'' (EP) (Capitol Records; 2008) * '' Diamonds & Studs'' (MTV/VH1 Records; October 27, 2009)

Chantal Claret

*''The Pleasure Seeker'' (EP) (The End Records; April 3, 2012) *'' The One, The Only...'' (The End Records; June 19, 2012) *"I'm Serious" (single) (Selectracks; August 13, 2013) * Tour Crush, "

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" (single) (Tour Crush; January 18, 2014) * Chantal Claret, ''No Good Way To Die'' (EP) (Independent; December 2, 2014) * Chantal Claret, "The Girl is Back In Town" (single) (Independent; December 2, 2014) * Chantal Claret, ''Battles of a Heavy Heart'' (Independent; February 21, 2015) * Chantal Claret, ''Conquistadora'' (EP) (Independent; February 26, 2016) * Chantal Claret, ''Let's Pretend Everything's Okay '' (EP) (Independent; March 23, 2017)

Other appearances

* "Wait (The Nexus)" by

, featuring Chantal Claret (YouTube video) (Radio Fried Records; January 14, 2010) *''Friends of P – Tribute To

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'' (Manifesto Records; 2008) ** Morningwood, cover of "The Cruise" (1999) *''New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love & Rockets'' (Justice Records; August 18, 2009) ** Chantal Claret vs

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, cover of "Lazy" (1987) ** Netflix original series ''Love'', character Shaun

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Claret, Chantal 1982 births Living people American people of Romanian descent Musicians from Berkeley, California Singers from New York City Women punk rock singers Singers from California Morningwood members 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers