Kathy Valentine

Musician and songwriter born in Austin, Texas, best known as bassist for the [a=Go-Go's], whom she parted ways with in 2013. In 2018, Valentine re-joined her bandmates and began performing on tour once again. She currently lives in Austin.

In the late 1970s, she formed Austin punk band The Violators alongside [a=Carla Olson], Jesse Sublett and Marilyn Dean. She moved to Los Angeles in 1978 and co-founded [a=The Textones]. She left The Textones in 1980 and joined The Go-Gos.