Birth name Sierra Kay Kusterbeck Instruments Vocals Name Sierra Kay | Years active 2007–present Role Singer-songwriter | |
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Born December 18, 1990 (age 33) St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. ( 1990-12-18 ) Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, model Albums Fixed at Zero, Cities Built on Sand, VersaEmerge, Another Atmosphere Preview, Perceptions Profiles | ||
Music group VersaEmerge (Since 2007) | ||
Sierra Kay "Sad Cowboy" @ A House Show 4/27/19
Sierra Kay Kusterbeck (born December 18, 1990), better known as Sierra Kay, is an American singer-songwriter and model. She rose prominence as the lead vocalist of the rock band Versa.
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- Sierra Kay Sad Cowboy A House Show 42719
- Critter Sierra Kusterbeck Big World
- Early life
- VersaEmerge
- Neaux
- Other work
- Personal life
- References
Critter (Sierra Kusterbeck) - Big World
Early life
Kusterbeck was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. She began taking vocal lessons in the third grade. She attended the arts-centric PCCA Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg for three years as a Musical Theatre major, but dropped out of high school to pursue music as a career.
VersaEmerge
Kusterbeck auditioned to be VersaEmerge's lead vocalist in 2006, by sending a tape of herself singing one of VersaEmerge's songs, "The Blank Static Screen". She claimed that she was 18 in order to get an audition. She later cleared up this misunderstanding and explained that it was more of a mix-up; she was turning 17 a week from the audition, and she told Harnage on the phone that "I'm 17, my birthday is in a week". This was misconstrued to mean that she was already 17 and was turning 18, but she actually meant that she would be 17 in a week. While the other members of the band weren't too sure about her, Harnage convinced them that she was right for the job.
VersaEmerge released their first EP with Kusterbeck on vocals, Perceptions, in May 2008. They were signed to Fueled by Ramen in 2008, and they released their self-titled EP in 2009 and their debut album Fixed at Zero the following year.
Neaux
In 2016, Kay along with Nick Fit of Talk Trash started the band Neaux. Described as a Indie/post-punk band, they released their debut album "Fell Off The Deep End" in 2016.
In August 2017, they announced the release of their second album called "Chain Up The Sun" out on The Native Sounds.
Other work
Kay featured on English rapper Professor Green's album At Your Inconvenience, on the track "Avalon". The track was later used as part of an advertising campaign for the energy drink Relentless.
In mid to late 2011, Kay revealed that she was called to be the face of a line of shoes for Payless, a shoe company, called Brash. The line was released in early August.
Personal life
Kusterbeck has a tattoo of an adhesive bandage on her left kneecap, as well as a tattoo of the word "TOUR" on her right foot.