{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{COI|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Mandi Perkins | image = Of Verona, Rehearsal at Swing House Studios, Hollywood, CA.jpg | caption = Mandi Perkins, 2012 | birth_date = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|pop|electro|indie}} | occupation = Singer, songwriter | instrument = Vocals | years_active = 2003—present | label = Sony Music/RCA Victor, BMG, Sony/ATV | associated_acts = of Verona | website = {{URL|ofverona.com}} }} '''Mandi Perkins''' is a Canadian songwriter and lead singer of the band of Verona.
==Biography== Mandi Perkins was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<ref name=amg>Steve Leggett, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170405235338/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mandi-perkins-mn0000447179/biography Mandi Perkins] at AllMusic (Wayback Machine archive).</ref> She attended UC Berkeley where she graduated with a degree in English literature.<ref>Christian John Wikane, [http://www.popmatters.com/feature/mandi-perkins/ Mandi Perkins]. ''Pop Matters'', September 16, 2008.</ref> Following graduation, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music while attending law school.<ref name=amg/>
Perkins toured the country and performed regularly on the Sunset Strip, Silverlake and in Echo Park at such venues as The Roxy, The Viper Room, The Satellite, The Echo and The Troubadour. She completed her first independent full-length album, ''bleeding the line ...,'' in 2007 with producer Warren Huart.<ref name="popmatters.com">[http://www.popmatters.com/feature/mandi-perkins// Through the Looking Glass With Mandi Perkins]. Pop Matters, September 16, 2008.</ref>
She then began working with music producer Jeff Rosen, who introduced her to executives at Sony Music, which signed her to a record deal.<ref name=amg/> Mandi immediately began work on her major label debut album, ''Alice in No Man's Land.''<ref name="popmatters.com"/> All the lyrics on ''Alice in No Man's Land'' were written by Perkins and the album was produced by Warren Huart and mixed by Michael Brauer. After the collapse of the RCA Victor label and the firing of her label head,<ref>[https://archive.today/20120723060625/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/news/e3i120e70a153d46e4bba87f42167e6f224 Billboard]</ref> ''Alice in No Man's Land'' only saw a limited digital release.
In the first half of 2009, Perkins played the South by Southwest festival<ref>[http://www.nbclosangeles.com/the-scene/events/Hitting-the-Right-Note.html Hitting the Right Note] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014034656/http://www.nbclosangeles.com/the-scene/events/Hitting-the-Right-Note.html |date=October 14, 2013 }}. NBC Los Angeles, April 2, 2009.</ref> and did a club tour in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popdirt.com/tag/mandi-perkins/ |title=Mandi Perkins |publisher=popdirt.com |accessdate=August 10, 2014 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327121433/http://popdirt.com/tag/mandi-perkins/ |archivedate=March 27, 2014 }}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4fUqyzM5GygC&pg=PT24 Mandi Perkins]. ''Billboard'', May 30, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CERB&p_theme=cerb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=129CD8FEF6854E50&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Seductive Canadian singer takes over the Blue Room stage]. ''Chico Enterprise-Record'', June 30, 2009.</ref> Perkins asked for a release from her contract with Sony in June 2009<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131014104834/http://popdirt.com/mandi-perkins-parts-ways-with-sony-music/74262/ Mandi Perkins Parts Ways With Sony Music]}}. Pop Dirt, June 30, 2009.</ref> and started a new band named of Verona in July 2011.
==Discography==
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Release date ! Title ! Label |- | 2003 | ''Mandi Perkins'' (EP)<ref name=amg/><ref name=mtv>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151203163827/http://www.mtv.com/artists/mandi-perkins/ Mandi Perkins biography], MTV.com. (Wayback Machine archive dated December 3, 2015.)</ref> | Self-released Demo |- | 2003 | ''The Mandi Perkins Band'' (EP)<ref name=amg/> | Self-released Demo |- | May 18, 2005 | ''Broken Window'' (EP) | Self-released Demo |- | August 14, 2007 | ''Bleeding the Line'' | De Novo Music |- | August 4, 2008 | ''Alice in No Man's Land'' | Sony BMG |- | 2009 | ''Everybody Knows EP'' | De Novo Music |}
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