Ryann was born in

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. With friends from high school, Jonah Bergman and Steve Bonnell, Ryann formed the band

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. Their

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album was " The Funeral Sciences", and their second album " Fantastic Wounds" was a

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. In 2007 Schoolyard Heroes released '' Abominations'', for which two

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s were made. Abominations received generally positive reviews from music critics. The band announced their break up on November 20, 2009. Ryann started a similar band, "Blood Cells" with Jonah Bergman and two new members in early 2010. After only a few shows together, Ryann left the band and moved to New York, where she started producing pop music through her own

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"The Lonely Hearts Singles Club." Ryann played similar pop music with Mark Gajadhar, drummer of The Blood Brothers as the duo "Weekend". Ryann currently lives in London, where she completed a Ph. D. at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She has recently been performing in gallery settings, providing a live soundtrack for audio visual installations. She will release an edited version of her Ph D thesis called Justify My Love: Sex, Subversion, and Music Video in April 2019 Musically, Ryann has expressed influences from singers such as

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and

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External links

Schoolyard Heroes pageTwitter AccountPlastic Surgery Hall of Fame Music Video on Vevo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Donnelly, Ryann Living people Songwriters from Washington (state) Musicians from Olympia, Washington Horror punk musicians Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American musicians 21st-century American women musicians