Bursting to the world's attention as a larger than life force of nature with a
soulful, screeching bellow of a voice, Beth Ditto's forceful music and
outrageous personality took the world by storm when she broke onto the scene in
the summer of 2007. As an unlikely mainstream celebrity, Beth grew up in
Arkansas learning to sing in a local Baptist church choir before - inspired by
punk acts like The Dicks, X-Ray Spex and Siouxsie and the Banshees - she moved
to Washington to form Gossip. After years toiling away on the underground
circuit, the band got their big break when the sing...