Astrid Young is a Canadian singer/songwriter. She is the daughter of Scott Young and Astrid Mead. After her half-brother and fellow musician Neil Young

Neil Young

Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

 bought Astrid her first amp in the 1970s, she began to explore her own musical talents. After a brief run with 80's Glam metal

Glam metal

Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...

 group Sacred Child, she went on to record backup vocals on several albums through most of the 80's and 90's. Her vocals appeared on Neil Young's Unplugged, Road Rock Vol. 1 and the grammy nominated Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon (album)

Harvest Moon is the twenty-first studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released in 1992. Many of the musicians appearing on it also appeared on his 1972 album Harvest, and this album is considered by many to be a pseudo-sequel to Harvest....

 albums. In 2002, the rock band iST released a CD entitled Pokalolo Paniolo, where she performed lead vocals and played the bass guitar. Astrid has released two solo albums so far, Brainflower in 1995, and Matinee in 2002. Astrid has also co-written music with many fellow musicians, including Nancy Wilson

Nancy Wilson (guitarist)

Nancy Lamoureux Wilson is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer who, with her older sister Ann and lead guitarist Roger Fisher, became the core of the Seattle/Vancouver rock band Heart.-Life and career:...

 and the late West Arkeen

West Arkeen

Aaron West Arkeen , better known as West Arkeen, was an American musician best-known for co-writing several Guns N' Roses songs. He died in Los Angeles as a result of a drug overdose.-Biography:...

.

Discography

Year	Artist	Title	Record Label	Nature of Appearance
1984	Ohm and the Secret Sources	Exit From A Dream	Ohm Records	Bass & Background Vocals
1986	Banana Hammock	Banana Hammock'	Target	Lead Vocals
1989	Sacred Child	Sacred Child	CBS/Black Dragon	Lead Vocals
1994	Blackthorne	Afterlife	CMC International	Background Vocals
1992	Neil Young Neil Young Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...	Harvest Moon Harvest Moon (album) Harvest Moon is the twenty-first studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released in 1992. Many of the musicians appearing on it also appeared on his 1972 album Harvest, and this album is considered by many to be a pseudo-sequel to Harvest....	Reprise Records Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...	Background Vocals
1993	Ben Keith Ben Keith Bennett Keith Schaeufele , better known by his stage name Ben Keith, was an American musician and record producer...	Seven Gates	Reprise Records Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...	Background Vocals
1993	Dramarama Dramarama (band) Dramarama is a Los Angeles, California-based alternative rock/power pop band. The band was formed in New Jersey in 1982 and disbanded in 1994...	Hi-Fi Sci-Fi	Chameleon	Background Vocals
1993	Neil Young Neil Young Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...	Unplugged	Reprise Records Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...	Background Vocals
1993	Neil Young Neil Young Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...	Event of the Season	n/a (bootleg)	Background Vocals
1995	Astrid Young	Brainflower	Independent	Lead Vocals, Keyboards
1995	Nancy Wilson Nancy Wilson (guitarist) Nancy Lamoureux Wilson is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer who, with her older sister Ann and lead guitarist Roger Fisher, became the core of the Seattle/Vancouver rock band Heart.-Life and career:...	Live at McCabe's	Epic Records Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...	Background Vocals
1996	Scott Joss	Souvenirs	Little Dog Records	Background Vocals
1997	Shrubbers	National Boulevard	Independent	Background Vocals
1997	Sacred Child	Sacred Child	Must Have Records	Lead Vocals
2000	Neil Young Neil Young Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...	Road Rocks Volume I	Reprise Records Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...	Background Vocals
2002	iST	Pokalolo Paniolo	War of the Gargantuas/Inbetweens	Lead Vocals & Bass
2002	Neil Young Neil Young Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...	Are You Passionate	Reprise Records Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...	Background Vocals
2002	Astrid Young	Matinee	Inbetweens Records	Acoustic Guitar & Lead Vocals
2003	Ad Vanderveen	The Moment That Matters	Blue Rose	Background Vocals
2003	Rebecca Trujillo	Munda	Munda Music	Keyboards
2003	Various Artists	Spiders From Venus	Skipping Discs	performed a cover of David Bowie David Bowie David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s... 's song Modern Love

Videos

Neil Young & Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions (1995)

Neil Young: Friends and Relatives - Red Rocks Live (2000)

She both wrote and starred in a movie entitled "Haunted".

External links

• Inbetweens Records
• Astrid Young's Official Website