The story of CocoRosie is about as unique as the members who make up the duo. Bianca “Coco” and Sierra “Rosie” Casady formed their musical group back in 2003 in Paris. But they’re both American. Sierra was born in Iowa, and Bianca in Hawaii. Their parents separated at a young age, and both daughters ended up living with their mother, Christina. She believed that a formal education was holding the girls back and that experiencing the real world was the best education her daughters could receive. So neither Bianca nor Sierra ended up finishing high-school.
Instead, the two girls spent summers with their father, a former Iowa farmer, who had become fascinated with Native American culture and religion. Bianca and Sierra would join him while he visited Native American reservations and participated in vision quests.
At age 18, Sierra moved to New York, then Paris where she pursued a career as an opera singer. Bianca was back in Brooklyn studying linguistics, and being a world apart, lost contact with her sister. But by 2003, Bianca was growing restless in her small Brooklyn apartment and decided she would travel the world. First stop: an unexpected visit to Sierra’s Paris apartment. Her trip around the world suddenly transformed into an opportunity to communicate with her sister again and, of course, record CocoRosie’s debut album, La maison de mon rêve.
Since then, the sisters have been inseparable.
A unique quirk of this duo is their apparent admiration for facial hair. During live performances, in music videos and in pictures, both Sierra and Bianca will sport fake mustaches. Interesting…
One of their most memorable songs is titled, Lemonade from their 2010 album, Grey Oceans. Their music video for this track is especially bizarre:
