Méchant, also known as MECHANT or Mechant, is a Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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-based alternative rock/power pop band fronted by lead singer Regina Zernay

Regina Zernay

Regina Zernay Roberts is an American instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. She plays bass guitar and Moog synthesizer with Scarlet Fever, the all-female band touring with Cee Lo Green...

. Former bassist

Bass guitar

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 for rock bands Halfcocked

Halfcocked

Halfcocked was an American hard rock band. Influenced by 1970s hard rock and punk rock, along with 1980s glam metal, they started out in Boston in 1997 and signed with independent label Curve of the Earth Records...

 and Jam Balaya, Zernay formed the band in late 2002/early 2003 to showcase her own material.

Zernay is the primary songwriter

Songwriter

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 and original bassist for the band. Original band members also include Jon Hayes (producer/lead guitarist), Mike Earnhart (drums), and Jim Jet (2nd guitar). The band recorded their first demo in 2003, featuring the songs Sweet and Superhero in Training. Sweet was included in the short film Outta Moves in 2005.

The original band dissolved in the summer of 2003. In 2005, with the help of several musician friends, Zernay began recording Méchant's second CD, Fate and The Arsenal. Most of the new record was written, recorded and produced by Zernay using her home studio. Fate and The Arsenal is scheduled for release in late 2006. The band has also reformed, with new members Mark Burgess (lead guitar), Robert Hirsh (drums), and Dan Frohnen (bass).

In May 2007, Zernay replaced bassist Sonia Tetlow

Sonia Tetlow

Sonia Tetlow is an American songwriter and musician. She fronts the band Herman Put Down The Gun and plays banjo in the alterna-grass group Roxie Watson...

 in Cowboy Mouth

Cowboy Mouth

Cowboy Mouth is a rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Their name usually means "One with a loud and raucous voice". The nucleus of the band formed in the 1990s, and they have become a powerhouse live act whose performances have been likened to "a religious experience."Some of their most...

. In May 2010, Zernay joined Cee Lo Green and the all-female backing band named Scarlet Fever

Scarlet Fever (band)

Scarlet Fever is an all-female backing band touring with Cee Lo Green. Originally formed for promotional tour events, popularity of the "Fuck You" single and The Lady Killer album led to multiple television appearances reaching an audience of millions in Europe and North America...

, officially leaving Cowboy Mouth the following September.

External links

• http://www.myspace.com/mechant
• http://www.mechantmusic.com