Education
She graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1983, after which she moved back to New York City to become a cartoon animator.
She graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1983, after which she moved back to New York City to become a cartoon animator.
She is widely known for the song "Chick Habit", which was featured in the films But I"m a Cheerleader and Quentin Tarantino"s Death Proof. She is also a cartoon animator, including a stint as a principal animator for the Ren and Stimpy show. She went to Parsons The New School for Design and California Institute Of The Arts for Character Animation.
As a child, Blake became fascinated with France, and in junior high participated in an exchange program in France.
March worked as an animator for Archie Comics and Pee Wee"s Playhouse. In 1986 she worked on the Madonna feature Who"s That Girl, animating the star in the title sequence and the contemporaneous music video.
Her first band, The Pussywillows, was formed in 1987. March took a year off to attend the Disney-founded Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts.
In 1991 the Pussywillows broke up and March formed The Shitbirds, which lasted until 1995.
Since then, March has recorded as a solo artist, and has appeared on some motion picture soundtracks, as well as performing the theme song for the Cartoon Network series I Am Weasel. Her albums contain songs sung in both English and French, and her style is heavily influenced by French 1960s popular music Her best known work is the English translation of the Serge Gainsbourg song, "Laisse tomber les filles", renamed as "Chick Habit." The song has since been featured in the 1999 campy teen comedy But I"m a Cheerleader, and was brought to wider audiences in Quentin Tarantino"s 2007 film Death Proof.
lieutenant was also used as the backing music to television advertisements for the Renault Twingo in the United Kingdom and in France in 2008.
lieutenant currently part of the soundtrack of immersive theatre production by Punch Drunk "The Drowned Manitoba" in London (until March 2014). The song was used as background music for a non-official trailer for The Trilogy (2007) by Dan and Dave.
Her song, Garçon Glaçon, is also featured in the American show, The O.C.
March has collaborated with many artists which include Brian Wilson, Yo Louisiana Tengo, Ronnie Spector, Andy Paley, LL Cool J, Jonathan Richman, and the Dust Brothers in the United States. and in France with Bertrand Burgalat. She has collaborated also with the garage rock band Bassholes.
Her collaboration album with Steve Hanft is titled Magic Monsters.
lieutenant became available via iTunes, Amazon.com, and other digital music distributors on 22 April 2008. The album is available on vinyl format on the label Martyrs of Population