bite the dust--Becca Jones-Starr

Becca Jones-Starr, the creator of Bite The Dust, was born on January 19th 1985 in San Diego County California. Although she was born generations to late, she very soon connected with the biggest passion of her life: rock and roll music. Throughout her life she performed often as David Bowie, attended numerous concerts standing in the front row, and dedicated just about every aspect of her life to rock music.
"My life was saved by rock and roll" says Starr, who created the name "Becca Jones-Starr" after "the two people she would take to the prom"; Davy Jones and Ringo Starr. "I knew in order to create my own identity, I had to change my name. I liked the sound of 'Jones Starr' because it sounded like 'lone star' which I always felt like I always did my own thing." she continues "I've been going by that name since the age of 15." Becca Jones-Starr is considered by some to be the new Riff Randell. Not only is she totally into rock and roll, she is also totally in love with Joey Ramone.
Some know Becca for having a Joey Ramone tattoo with angel wings on her back. All of the tattoos Becca has are rock and roll related. Concerts and events are a big part of Becca's life, she constantly goes to local SF Bay Area shows and travels to New York every year for Joey's Ramone's annual Birthday Bash. In 2003 Becca opened Bite-the-dust.com, a music site to meet more like minded people. Since 2003 Bite The Dust has connected with over a 1,000 fans and most importantly Dylan Overstolz and Sean King, whose music knowledge and young age earned the respect of Becca. She quickly made them contributors to the site and all related projects.

Then in 2011 Becca started Rockast: The Rock and Roll Podcast after discovering there weren't many rock themed podcasts on the internet. She also claims to have been "really dissapointed by terrestrial radio" and decided to make her own station. "I reached a point where I wasn't seeing things that interested me. So I decided to simply make my own."
After returning

to school in early 2010, Becca graduated with honors from graphic design school in the Bay Area. She soon got a job as an Art Director for a corporate lender and became the designer for the packaging and web work for an organic baby clothing boutique. In the fall of 2011, Becca became a regular performer with the drag king troup "The Rebel Kings." Her drag name "Lou Weed" is obviously taken after Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground. "Lou Weed's two favorite things are rock and roll and smokin' a doobie" All the performances are rock and roll themed, including The Jam's "Going Underground", David Bowie's "Watch that man", and Billy Joel's "It's still rock and roll to me." During this time, Becca came out to her friends as transgender, admitting "This has been something I have been burrying down deep out of fear and fear of judgement. For years I watched Rebel King shows and sat in the back and cried. Because I was fighting with myself on a daily basis about who I really was. One day I snapped, and I couldn't deal with the horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach. I signed up, and was warmly welcomed by the Queer community, which gave me the courage to speak up finally." says Becca.
Since late 2011, Becca has been performing, attending shows and plans to start the new season of Rockast in February 2012. Currently Becca is really into rock and roll tribute bands, which the Bay Area is full of. Making a lot of new friends and getting to experience almost every Club/venue in the SF Bay Area. "Too bad I can't substitute music for air and water."

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