An obscure, L.A.-based new waver with strong rockabilly/roots rock leanings, Dyan Diamond showed a lot of promise as both a singer and a composer in the late 1970s but never broke through commercially. Diamond had some prominent figures in her corner, including producer/manager/songwriter Kim Fowley (known for his work with everyone from the Hollywood Argyles to The Runaways) and the L.A.-based DJ Rodney Bingenheimer (who was playing punk and new wave at a time when most commercial radio DJs wouldn't go near either one). But even so, she fell through the cracks. Diamond was only 14 when, in 1976, she auditioned for Venus the Razor Blades, a punk-oriented band that Fowley was putting together. Performing Kiss' Do You Love Me during the audition, Diamond sounded older than 14--in fact, those who heard Diamond's lead vocals on such Venus the Razor Blades recordings as Finer Things in Life and Workin' Girl could have easily assumed that she was in her early 20s. After Venus the Razor Blades' breakup in 1977, Diamond went solo and continued to work with Fowley. In 1978, she signed with MCA and recorded her promising, Fowley-produced debut solo album, In The Dark--regrettably, the LP didn't sell, and Diamond was dropped by MCA. The singer continued to play the Hollywood/L.A. rock circuit for a few years after that, performing a lot of original material that wasn't on In The Dark. But Diamond never signed with another label or recorded a second album. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi