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Girl in a Coma is a trio of young women from San Antonio. A comment from an NPR story on them.
Girl in a Coma is a trio of young women from San Antonio who play rock music - loud rock music - in both English and Spanish. Lead singer and songwriter Nina Diaz, 23, is the youngest member of the band. Her sister Phannie plays drums, while their longtime friend Jenn Alva slaps the bass. Girl in a Coma is signed to Blackheart Records - a label owned by rocker Joan Jett - and takes its name from the song "Girlfriend in a Coma" by The Smiths.
While the members take pride in their Latino heritage, there is another thing they have in common: None of them is actually fluent in Spanish. They aren't alone: According to a national survey by the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington, D.C., 23 percent of adult Latinos in the U.S. are English-dominant. Nina Diaz says that growing up, she often felt left out in her family.