Bianca Halstead
American musician
Intro | American musician | |
Places | United States of America | |
was | Musician | |
Work field | Music | |
Gender |
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Genres: | Rock music | |
Instruments: | Guitar | |
Birth | 5 May 1965, The Bronx, USA | |
Death | 15 December 2001New Orleans, USA (aged 36 years) | |
Star sign | Taurus |
Bianca Halstead (May 5, 1965 – December 15, 2001), also known as Bianca Butthole, was an American rock musician, born in Bronx, New York. She was the bassist and lead singer of the bands Betty Blowtorch and Butt Trumpet.
She was killed when she accepted a ride from a drunk driver on December 15, 2001 in New Orleans. She was 36. Halstead is interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California.
A substance abuse center called The Bianca Center for Substance Abuse, which opened in November 2008, is named in her honor.