AVRIL LAVIGNE
Anything but ordinary. That’s one way to describe Avril Lavigne. A skater-punk, a dynamic spirit, a wild child who started wowing people with her voice at age 2. A small-town kid who couldn’t sit still in class but had the confidence to take off for New York City and Los Angeles to hone her songwriting skills. An upfront 17-year-old determined to reach stardom - on her own terms. “I’m just coming out and I’m going to clearly be myself - I write what I feel, and I never worry what others think,” Avril says. “I’m gonna dress what’s me, I’m gonna act what’s me and I’m gonna sing what’s me.” Avril does exactly that on her debut CD, Let Go, which combines sassy vocals, a crystal-clear voice and real-girl lyrical style. “Anything But Ordinary” is a rockin’ ode to individuality, while the guitar-driven first single, “Complicated,” is a simple song that kicks pretenders to the curb.Apparently, Avril was born for such insanity. A middle child who “always wanted to be the center of attention,” she was bound to bust out of Napanee, Ontario (population 5,000). “I always knew this was what I had to do,” she says. “I remember when I was really young, standing on my bed like it was a stage, singing at the top of my lungs and visualizing thousands of people surrounding me.”On a writing trip to New York, Avril caught the attention of Antonio “L.A.” Reid, who signed her to Arista. At 16, she moved to Manhattan and began work on her debut CD.
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