{{Short description|Mexican singer and bassist}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jessy Bulbo | image = JESSY_BULBO_2021.jpg | caption = Jessy Bulbo in 2021 | image_size = 250px | birth_name = Jessica Araceli Carrillo Cuevas | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|10|10|df=y}} | death_date = | origin = Mexico City, Mexico | instrument = Voice, bass guitar | genre = Punk rock, indie rock, alternative rock, reggaeton<ref name="eldeforma"/> | occupation = Singer, songwriter | years_active = 1996–present | label = {{hlist|Nuevos Ricos/EMI (2006–2008)|Grabaxxiones Alicia (2010)|Masare Records (2015)}} | associated_acts = Las Ultrasónicas | website = [https://www.instagram.com/jessybulbooficial instagram.com/jessybulbooficial] }} '''Jessy Bulbo''' (born '''Jessica Araceli Carrillo Cuevas''' on 10 October 1974 in Mexico City<ref name="seminario"/><ref name="biorock111">{{cite web |title=Jessica Araceli Murillo Cuevas (Jessy Bulbo) |url=https://www.rock111.com/biografias/292/Jessy%20Bulbo |website=Rock111 |access-date=8 January 2022 |language=Spanish |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412165303/https://www.rock111.com/biografias/292/Jessy%20Bulbo |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="JBmilenio">{{cite web |last1=González |first1=Víctor |title=Jessy Bulbo: "Crecí con tristeza y gastritis" |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/jessy-bulbo-creci-con-tristeza-y-gastritis |website=Milenio |publisher=Grupo Multimedios |access-date=14 January 2022 |location=Mexico City |language=Spanish |date=29 March 2015}}</ref>) is a Mexican singer, bassist and composer, commonly associated with the riot grrrl movement.<ref name="NCMshow">{{cite web |last=Benavides |first=Jose Luis |title=Preview: Jessy Bulbo/Ruido Fest |url=https://music.newcity.com/2015/07/07/preview-jessy-bulboruido-fest/ |website=Newcity Music |access-date=8 January 2022 |date=7 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="NPRranchero">{{cite web |last1=Reyes |first1=Carlos |title=Jessy Bulbo: Mexico's Riot Grrrl Does Ranchero |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/altlatino/2011/01/21/133024469/jessy-bulbo-mexico-s-riot-grrrl-does-ranchero |website=NPR |access-date=13 January 2022 |date=20 January 2011}}</ref>
Jessy began her career around the turn of the century in the punk rock band Las Ultrasónicas, in which she sang and played the bass. Later, she started a solo career. After leaving the group in the early 2000s, she released her first solo single, "Maldito", in 2006.<ref name="eldeforma">{{cite web |title=¿Te quieres sentir bien maldito maldito maldito? Así luce Jessy Bulbo a sus 45 años |url=https://eldeforma.com/2020/01/15/jessy-bulbo-cantante-mexicana-instagram-como-luce/ |website=El Deforma |access-date=8 January 2022 |language=Spanish |date=10 January 2020}}</ref> The song was featured in East Los FM, one of the fictional radio stations in the 2013 action-adventure game ''Grand Theft Auto V''.<ref name="metroGTA">{{cite web |last1=Hooton |first1=Christopher |title=Get a taste of the GTA 5 radio stations: From Fly LoFM to Vinewood Boulevard Radio |url=https://metro.co.uk/2013/09/02/get-a-taste-of-the-gta-5-radio-stations-from-fly-lofm-to-vinewood-boulevard-radio-3946262/ |website=Metro |publisher=DMG Media |access-date=8 January 2022 |date=2 September 2013}}</ref>
== Early life == Bulbo was born at the Hospital Fernando Quiroz in Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City and grew up in Tlalnepantla de Baz.<ref name="biorock111"/><ref name="seminario"/> Her parents were young activists who, due to her mother's pregnancy of her eldest brother, left a demonstration early and escaped the Tlatelolco massacre. Her mother, a Marxist and Sociology undergraduate at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, raised her and her three brothers under equal conditions.<ref name="biorock111"/><ref name="seminario"/> She recalls feeling discriminated at school for her non-religious upbringing.<ref name="seminario"/>
Bulbo wanted to be a dancer, but went to Journalism School at National Autonomous University of Mexico. Around the age of 17, she started attending live shows and in one of them, she met Carlos Pérez, bassist of Los Psicóticos, with whom she became engaged. He encouraged her to play the bass and introduced her to other punk and garage bands.<ref name="biorock111"/><ref name="seminario"/> She eventually dropped out of college amidst a general strike in the institution.<ref name="seminario"/>
Also when she was 17, her parents divorced. Her mother would later move to California and her father became an economist for the federal government.<ref name="seminario"/>
== Career == === Las Ultrasónicas === As she got to know different bands, she was introduced to Tere Farsissa and Ali Gua-Gua, who invited her to their newly formed band Las Ultrasónicas in 1996.<ref name="biorock111"/><ref name="seminario">{{cite web |last1=Zazueta |first1=Oliver |title=Bulbos, Punk y Amor Libre |url=http://nuevasrutas.fnpi.org/docs/taller01/taller01_-_trabajo06.pdf |website=Nuevas Rutas para el Periodismo Cultural |access-date=23 January 2022 |language=Spanish |date=2011 |archive-date=23 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123191942/http://nuevasrutas.fnpi.org/docs/taller01/taller01_-_trabajo06.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
As she joined the band, she adopted the nickname "Bulbo" ("bulb" in Spanish) due to her obsession with valve amplifiers, which often had bulb-like tubes.<ref name="seminario"/>
In 2000, the band went on hiatus and Bulbo went to Xalapa, where she formed Bulbo Raquídeo. The following year, she returned to Mexico City to record ''Oh sí, más más!!!'' with Las Ultrasónicas, but left the group the year after, in November,<ref name="biorock111"/> following several conflicts and arguments.<ref name="seminario"/>
=== Solo career === ==== First solo works: ''Saga Mama'', ''Taras Bulba'' (2001-2010) ==== Bulbo considered going solo after leaving the group, but she felt unmotivated and fell into depression.<ref name="seminario"/><ref name="biorock111"/> After recovering, she started attending shows again and in one of them, she met Alexis Ruiz, vibraphonist of Pathé de Fuá, and started working on musical ideas with him.<ref name="biorock111"/>
Ruiz encouraged her to resume her musical career and they formed a duo named Bulberizer, which later changed its name to Jessy Bulbo y La Chen-Chachón until she started using only her name in 2006. She group's line-up was completed with Aarón Bautista (guitar, keyboards), Damián Pérez (guitar, drums) and Héctor Salazar (organs and effects).<ref name="biorock111"/>
After signing with Nuevos Ricos, she released her first demo, "Maldito", and later (2007) released her debut solo album, ''Saga Mama'', with distribution by EMI.<ref name="biorock111"/>
In 2008, she released her second effort, ''Taras Bulba'', also with Nuevos Ricos.<ref name="biorock111"/> She then switched for Grabaxxiones Alicia and in 2010 she released her third solo album, ''Telememe + Greatest Tits'', a double album featuring new material (''Telememe'') and a compilation (''Greatest Tits'').<ref name="biorock111"/> ''Telememe'' was preceded by the Chava Flores-inspired, ranchera single "La Cruda Moral".<ref name="NPRranchero"/>
==== Further albums (2010-) ==== In 2011, she guest performed on "Dolor en los huevos", a song off ''Conejo en el sombrero'' by La Gusana Ciega; and "Buenas chambas", off Veo Muertos's ''Huele fresa''.<ref name="biorock111"/>
In 2015, she released ''Changuenonium'' via Masare Records, exploring different, Latin styles.<ref name="biorock111"/> She also guest performed again, this time on "Influenzombie", off El Monstruo son los Otros' ''Yo no soy el monstruo''.<ref name="biorock111"/>
On 13 August 2020, she performed the first of a series of shows on rooftops around Mexico City in order to support independent artists that were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="azoteas">{{cite web |title=Con 'toquines' Jessy Bulbo, Silver Rose… harán vibrar azoteas |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/con-toquines-jessy-bulbo-silver-rose-haran-vibrar-azoteas/1398840 |website=Excélsior |publisher=Grupo Empresarial Ángeles |access-date=14 January 2022 |location=Mexico City |language=Spanish |date=9 August 2020}}</ref>
== Other interests and works == In 2010, Bulbo starred in ''El lenguaje de los machetes'', by Kytzia Terrazas, and wrote its original motion picture soundtrack.<ref name="NCMshow"/><ref name="biorock111"/> For her role, she was nominated for an Ariel Award for Best Actress.<ref name="biorock111"/><ref name="JBmilenio"/>
She has also authored a book, ''Rock Doll'', published by Ediciones B.<ref name="JBmilenio"/>
In 2017, Bulbo started nurturing an interest for baseball after watching the World Series.<ref name="mileniobaseball">{{cite web |last1=Hernández |first1=Yair |title=¿Dejó la música? Salud mental y beisbol, los nuevos caminos de Jessy Bulbo |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/musica/jessy-bulbo-salud-mental-beisbol-facetas |website=Milenio |publisher=Grupo Multimedios |access-date=14 January 2022 |location=Mexico City |language=Spanish |date=13 July 2021}}</ref> In 2021, she performed at Béisbal Rock!, a championship involving artists.<ref name="mileniobaseball"/><ref name="gritarock">{{cite web |title=Entrevista: Jessy Bulbo nos platica sobre su nuevo disco y su participación en Béisbol Rocks! |url=https://gritaradio.com/entrevista-jessy-bulbo-nos-platica-sobre-su-nuevo-disco-y-su-participacion-en-beisbol-rocks/ |website=Grita Radio |access-date=13 January 2022 |language=Spanish |date=17 March 2021}}</ref> She mostly plays as first basewoman.<ref name="mileniobaseball"/>
== Personal life == As of 2012, Bulbo resides in San Miguel Chapultepec with her former drummer and current partner Alexis Ruiz.<ref name="seminario"/>
== Discography == ===Studio albums=== * ''Saga Mama'' (2007) * ''Taras Bulba'' (2008) * ''Telememe'' (2010) * ''Changuemonium'' (2015)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{instagram|jessybulbooficial}}
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