Lacey Conner
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Lacey Conner is a musician
and reality television
participant best known for her appearance as a contestant on Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
and Rock of Love: Charm School. She was also the lead singer of industrial rock band Nocturne
and the Belgium new beat band Lords of Acid
.
who has toured the country with such bands as Pigface
, Genitorturers
and King Diamond
. After forming in 1999, the band has released five studio albums under two separate record labels.
In 2006, they went on indefinite hiatus, due to the band members becoming involved in other projects. In 2007, on the Rock of Love
reunion show, they performed their single "Shallow" from Guide to Extinction. They have also done a few shows in Southern California
, but have not toured since the break.
Lacey is currently working on a solo album, which she has stated was influenced by artists such as Gwen Stefani, Pink, and Madonna
. On her website, she describes the album as having an edgy feel to it, combined with hooky melodies, taut synthesizer arrangements, and punchy, driving programming, and features sound clips of three solo songs: "That's Just the Way Things Go", "This Thing Called Love", and "Get In".
band, Lords of Acid
, taking over for former member Deborah Ostrega Her membership with the band lasted only for the Sextreme Ball Tour 2010 and she was replaced by DJ Mea.
. Lacey was the center of quite a few controversies, and had been labeled the "villain". Some examples of her "villainous" behavior includes pulling another contestant into the pool, trying to get another contestant to hit her (which would cause the contestant to be kicked off the show) and harassing contestants to make them "break" so that they will be eliminated. Bret
eliminated Lacey for having two sides and thinking that in the end the bad side would win, leaving her in third place.
where she along with the LA Derby Dolls were to play the defensive by trying to obtain "Baby Bret" from the contestants in one of Bret
's challenges.
, where she and the University of Illinois Women's Hockey Club were to assist Bret
with a challenge, similar to that of second season, by trying to capture Baby Bret from the contestants.
. Throughout the first half of the season, Lacey maintains the role of the reality villain trying to antagonize the other girls.
She ultimately did express remorse for at least some of her actions, claiming that she thought she was simply making them angry, and didn't know her behavior affected them "on an emotional level". Some of the other contestants questioned whether or not her transformation was real or a strategy. She was expelled in the final episode because headmistress Sharon
ultimately did not believe Lacey had changed, and in her exit interview she admitted that her transformation was both real and strategy.
, as well as Jenkins' suicide.
and environmentalism
. In the spring of 2007, she created a charity New Dawn Pet Rescue, now Heroes K9 Rescue, which adopts dogs and cats who are scheduled to be put down at Los Angeles
' city animal shelters and finds homes for them.
Lacey is also a supporter of many human rights groups, including those that fight against genocide in Darfur, Sudan
, as well as those that help bring food and basic needs to the world's most impoverished children and families.
Lacey was also sought out by two separate production companies for a hosting position on two different tv pilots earlier this year.
In early January 2009, Conner became a spokesmodel for Dean Guitars
, and hosted a webcast live from NAMM
(the National Association of Music Merchandisers). The webcast was viewed by thousands of people, and because of the positive response, Lacey has been asked to come back next year to the host the webcast for Dean Guitars once again.
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
participant best known for her appearance as a contestant on Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is an American reality television dating game show. It stars Bret Michaels, the lead singer from the band Poison. The show closely resembles its sister show Flavor of Love. The first season featured 25 women competing to be Michaels' girlfriend. Each week, the women...
and Rock of Love: Charm School. She was also the lead singer of industrial rock band Nocturne
Nocturne (band)
Nocturne is an industrial rock band that was formed in 1999 in Dallas, Texas. The band is formed of two core members, Lacey Conner and Chris Telkes, and several touring musicians, usually Ben Graves of the Murderdolls and "Rotten" Rotny also guitar player of the industrial/metal band Psyclon Nine...
and the Belgium new beat band Lords of Acid
Lords of Acid
Lords of Acid is a Belgian-American post-industrial/techno band, led by musician Praga Khan. They debuted with the controversial new beat single "I Sit on Acid" in 1988...
.
Nocturne
Lacey is the singer of industrial rock band NocturneNocturne (band)
Nocturne is an industrial rock band that was formed in 1999 in Dallas, Texas. The band is formed of two core members, Lacey Conner and Chris Telkes, and several touring musicians, usually Ben Graves of the Murderdolls and "Rotten" Rotny also guitar player of the industrial/metal band Psyclon Nine...
who has toured the country with such bands as Pigface
Pigface
Pigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin.-History:Pigface was formed from Ministry's The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste tour, which produced the In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up live album and video. For the tour, Al Jourgensen brought...
, Genitorturers
Genitorturers
The Genitorturers are an industrial metal/industrial rock band from the United States, with influences extending into the 1990s hardcore punk and electronic music. They proclaim themselves to be "The World's Sexiest Rock Band".-History:...
and King Diamond
King Diamond
Kim Bendix Petersen , better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Grammy Award nominated Danish heavy metal musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his extensive vocal range, in particular his usage of falsetto. He is the lead vocalist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond...
. After forming in 1999, the band has released five studio albums under two separate record labels.
In 2006, they went on indefinite hiatus, due to the band members becoming involved in other projects. In 2007, on the Rock of Love
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is an American reality television dating game show. It stars Bret Michaels, the lead singer from the band Poison. The show closely resembles its sister show Flavor of Love. The first season featured 25 women competing to be Michaels' girlfriend. Each week, the women...
reunion show, they performed their single "Shallow" from Guide to Extinction. They have also done a few shows in Southern California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, but have not toured since the break.
Solo career
In 2006, Lacey recorded her first solo music video for single "This Thing Called Love," which was produced and directed by her father Otis Conner.Lacey is currently working on a solo album, which she has stated was influenced by artists such as Gwen Stefani, Pink, and Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
. On her website, she describes the album as having an edgy feel to it, combined with hooky melodies, taut synthesizer arrangements, and punchy, driving programming, and features sound clips of three solo songs: "That's Just the Way Things Go", "This Thing Called Love", and "Get In".
Lords of Acid
In 2010, Conner joined the Belgium new beatNew Beat
New Beat is a term that was used in the 1980s to refer to two different genres of electronic dance music. It also refers to an underground 1980s Belgian music style.- Terminology :...
band, Lords of Acid
Lords of Acid
Lords of Acid is a Belgian-American post-industrial/techno band, led by musician Praga Khan. They debuted with the controversial new beat single "I Sit on Acid" in 1988...
, taking over for former member Deborah Ostrega Her membership with the band lasted only for the Sextreme Ball Tour 2010 and she was replaced by DJ Mea.
Season 1
Lacey appeared on Rock of LoveRock of Love with Bret Michaels (season 1)
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is a competition-driven reality television series starring Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the band Poison. The 12-episode series, which premiered July 15, 2007 on VH1 , was created by Cris Abrego and Mark Cronin .-Overview:Filmed at locations in and around...
. Lacey was the center of quite a few controversies, and had been labeled the "villain". Some examples of her "villainous" behavior includes pulling another contestant into the pool, trying to get another contestant to hit her (which would cause the contestant to be kicked off the show) and harassing contestants to make them "break" so that they will be eliminated. Bret
Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels is an American musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison. Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single...
eliminated Lacey for having two sides and thinking that in the end the bad side would win, leaving her in third place.
Season 2
Lacey made a cameo appearance in the third episode of Rock of Love 2Rock of Love with Bret Michaels (season 2)
The second season of Rock of Love with Bret Michaels was confirmed by VH1 in October 2007. On December 8, 2007, VH1 started playing advertisements for Rock of Love 2 with Bret Michaels...
where she along with the LA Derby Dolls were to play the defensive by trying to obtain "Baby Bret" from the contestants in one of Bret
Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels is an American musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison. Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single...
's challenges.
Season 3
Lacey is brought back for the third episode of Rock of Love BusRock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels
Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels is the third season of Rock of Love with Bret Michaels and was confirmed by VH1's website in a blog on July 16, 2008. In the show, eligible women live on tour buses and travel with Bret Michaels, competing for his attention and affection. The show premiered on...
, where she and the University of Illinois Women's Hockey Club were to assist Bret
Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels is an American musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison. Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single...
with a challenge, similar to that of second season, by trying to capture Baby Bret from the contestants.
Rock of Love: Charm School
Lacey enters Rock of Love: Charm School the same way she left Rock of LoveRock of Love with Bret Michaels (season 1)
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is a competition-driven reality television series starring Bret Michaels, the lead singer of the band Poison. The 12-episode series, which premiered July 15, 2007 on VH1 , was created by Cris Abrego and Mark Cronin .-Overview:Filmed at locations in and around...
. Throughout the first half of the season, Lacey maintains the role of the reality villain trying to antagonize the other girls.
She ultimately did express remorse for at least some of her actions, claiming that she thought she was simply making them angry, and didn't know her behavior affected them "on an emotional level". Some of the other contestants questioned whether or not her transformation was real or a strategy. She was expelled in the final episode because headmistress Sharon
Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Rachel Osbourne is an English television host, author, music manager, businesswoman and promoter as well as the wife of heavy metal singer-songwriter Ozzy Osbourne....
ultimately did not believe Lacey had changed, and in her exit interview she admitted that her transformation was both real and strategy.
I Love Money 3
Lacey was selected and participated as a contestant on I Love Money 3. The show was set to air in January 2010, but was cancelled by VH1 due to fellow castmember Ryan Jenkins' involvement in the murder of Jasmine FioreMurder of Jasmine Fiore
The murder of Jasmine Fiore occurred on August 15, 2009. Fiore was a model from Santa Cruz, California, United States. Her body was discovered on August 15, 2009, strangled and stuffed into a suitcase. Her remains had been mutilated to prevent recognition; she was eventually identified by the...
, as well as Jenkins' suicide.
Philanthropy
Lacey is an outspoken supporter of animal rightsAnimal rights
Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...
and environmentalism
Environmentalism
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
. In the spring of 2007, she created a charity New Dawn Pet Rescue, now Heroes K9 Rescue, which adopts dogs and cats who are scheduled to be put down at Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
' city animal shelters and finds homes for them.
Lacey is also a supporter of many human rights groups, including those that fight against genocide in Darfur, Sudan
War in Darfur
The Darfur Conflict was a guerrilla conflict or civil war centered on the Darfur region of Sudan. It began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and Justice and Equality Movement groups in Darfur took up arms, accusing the Sudanese government of oppressing non-Arab Sudanese in...
, as well as those that help bring food and basic needs to the world's most impoverished children and families.
Television host
Conner has started a career in television hosting and spokes modeling. She is the host for a new, rock-and-roll related tv show that is currently in production which is expected to be picked up by a major network channel by the end of this year.Lacey was also sought out by two separate production companies for a hosting position on two different tv pilots earlier this year.
Spokesperson
In early January 2009, Conner became a spokesmodel for Dean Guitars
Dean Guitars
Dean Guitars is an American manufacturer of guitars. It was founded in 1976 by Dean Zelinsky in Chicago, Illinois and is currently under the ownership of Armadillo Enterprises in Tampa, Florida.- History :...
, and hosted a webcast live from NAMM
NAMM Show
The NAMM Show is one of the largest music product trade shows in the world, founded in 1901. It is held every January in Anaheim, California, USA, at the Anaheim Convention Center...
(the National Association of Music Merchandisers). The webcast was viewed by thousands of people, and because of the positive response, Lacey has been asked to come back next year to the host the webcast for Dean Guitars once again.