Palo Alto

The Donnas, seen in 2004, carry on the tradition of smart, sassy women's rock bands who rock with a vengeance while having fun inverting gender types.  The Palo Alto, Calif., quartet's name is a playful twist on the Ramones' own naming strategy: Until 2004, they all adopted stage... more names with Donna as their first name followed by the first initial of their actual last names.

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