Michelle Shocked (born February 1962 as Michelle Karen Johnston) is an American singer-songwriter.
In 1984, she starting using the name Michelle Shocked, a contraction of "Miss Shell Shocked". She told Green Left Weekly: "The term 'Miss Shell Shocked' is a direct reference to the 1000 yard-stare which was a term that they first used to describe the victims of shell-shock in World War One. These people from outward appearances had survived the war quite well when in fact inside their minds were blown. I first used that name in 1984 at the Democratic Convention in San Francisco where I was arrested for protesting and demonstrating against corporations who contribute money to both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party campaigns."
Shocked received her first international exposure in Europe, particularly Britain, with her debut album The Texas Campfire Tapes (1986).
Her first US success came with the release of her 1988 album Short Sharp Shocked on college radio rotations around...... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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