Tia Sprocket

While she never achieved stardom, Tia Sprocket was an uncompromising musician and songwriter who earned the respect of an impressive and diverse group of her peers; she is likely the only musician in history who worked with Luscious Jackson, Ministry, and Shooter Jennings in the course of her career. She was born Tia Palmisano in Hoboken, New Jersey on April 5, 1968. Sprocket developed a fierce passion for music in her teens, and took up the drums, quitting lessons after a few months once she felt she'd learned what she needed to know. Sprocket's first band was Gut Bank, a noi...