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 * name = Dee Dee Penny

DEE DEE PENNY is a vocalist, songwriter, and musician living in New York City. She records and performs under the moniker Dum Dum Girls.

Dee Dee grew up near Berkeley, California and attended the University of California, Santa Cruz where she studied modern literary theory and German language. Upon graduation she moved to San Francisco and started singing in various bands.

After moving to southern California and eventually growing disillusioned with her previous band experiences, Dee Dee quit playing with other people and started writing and recording her own songs for the first time. These recordings became the first Dum Dum Girls songs. She secretly released her own music as a limited edition CD-R on her own label, Zoo Music. Shortly after, HoZac Records released the single, "Long Hair" b/w an Everly Brothers cover and Captured Tracks released their first 12", a Dum Dum Girls EP.

Sub Pop subsequently signed Dee Dee and she teamed up with Richard Gottehrer to produce the home-recorded songs that would make up her first album, I Will Be. She has since then added Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes to her production team. After many singles, a cassette compilation, four EPs, and two albums, Dee Dee is currently working on the third Dum Dum Girls record.

Dee Dee has also collaborated on a number of musical projects. She released a single followed by a 12" EP with Mike Sniper of Blank Dogs as Mayfair Set in 2009. She also released a cover of The Jesus and Mary Chain song "Teenage Lust" with Tamaryn in 2011. Most recently she and husband Brandon Welchez of Crocodiles (band) released a single for their new band Haunted Hearts.