BIOGRAPHY:

Autumn was born on September 22, 1979 in Malibu, California. At the age of four, Autumn commenced her training on the violin. Six years later, she enrolled at the Colburn School of Performing Arts where she began to experiment with improvisational playing, inspired by the renowned violinist Nigel Kennedy. In 2003 she would state that she "ate, slept, and breathed his recordings, much to the great and oft' noted chagrin of [her] teachers." She later left the school due to harassment.

At fifteen, Autumn won a place at the prestigious Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana but left after two years due to clashes with university authorities over her unorthodox musical and clothing tastes. By then Autumn already sported the brightly-colored long hair (beginning with purple at age seventeen; it was not until later that her hair became the flamboyant pink and red colors for which she is well known), corsets and combat boots that would characterize her "Opheliac" era.

Though an active performer and recording artist with a cult following of her own, Autumn first gained widespread notoriety in 2003 when she was discovered by former Hole frontwoman Courtney Love, who brought Autumn to France to work on Love's debut solo album, America's Sweetheart (2004). Autumn then toured with Love as part of the all-female band The Chelsea, along with guitarists Radio Sloan, Lisa Leveridge, bassist Dvin Kirakosian, and drummer Samantha Maloney [5], making appearances on The Tonight Show and the Late Show with David Letterman.

Autumn was finally able to return to working on her own album in September 2005. She began the full-time recording of Opheliac at Mad Villain Studios in Chicago.

In late 2005 she added a backup band to her live line-up, to whom she refers as "The Bloody Crumpets". Autumn and the Bloody Crumpets performed the new material on the WGN Morning Show on January 12, 2006, followed by a sold-out performance at Double Door in Chicago on January 13. A limited edition EP, containing eight tracks from the final version of Opheliac, was released in spring 2006 under her own label. On August 18, 2006, Autumn announced that she was releasing a double-disc deluxe edition of her Opheliac album, having signed a distribution deal with Trisol Music Group.

In August 2007 Autumn re-released limited deluxe editions of her debut album Enchant and a compilation of previously unreleased or out of print tracks entitled A Bit O' This & That.

In the winter of 2007, Autumn embarked on another European tour, with concerts and festivals in Belgium, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Italy, and more. In the spring of 2008, she returned to England. She continued to be accompanied by Vecona, Lady Aprella, Veronica Varlow, and Lucina. On February 15, on her official website, Autumn announced a new addition to The Bloody Crumpets: alternative fashion model Ulorin Vex. Apnea did not tour with the group while in the UK. Lady Joo Hee also toured with Autumn in the UK, as a cellist.

She also has her own company called WillowTech House, where she sells clothing that bears the company's logo, the perfume scent "Mistress" (which was sold as an eau de parfum or body wash among other options), along with accessories and fairy wings, both of which are handmade by Autumn herself. WillowTech House is co-owned by fLee, Queen of Tarts. Autumn and fLee are the company's two designers. The company's website is currently on hiatus for an indefinite amount of time.