Lynn Gunn (born March 15, 1994), born Lyndsey Gerd Gunnulfsen, is an American singer and multi-instrumentalist, best known for fronting the rock band PVRIS. She has also collaborated with artists such as Tonight Alive and A Loss for Words. Early life and education Lyndsey Gunnulfsen grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts. She attended Lowell High School, where she participated in Battle of The Bands with her classmates before graduating in 2012. She was originally going to attend Massachusetts College of Art and Design but ultimately backed out to pursue PVRIS as a full-time project. Career PVRIS
Gunn is one of the founders of the electronic alternative rock band PVRIS (pronounced "Paris") in 2012, which was then named Operation Guillotine, started in 2009. By 2013, Gunn had replaced Kyle Anthony as lead vocalist and guitarist. For legal reasons, the name of the band was officially changed to Pvris on July 26, 2013.
In 2018, Gunn opened up about vocal issues which she had been struggling with during her recent tours, and stated that she was undergoing vocal coaching to relearn how to sing. Gunn had previously acknowledged difficulties with "vocal kinks" and apologized if she had not "seemed herself" during live shows. In a 2019 interview with Kerrang!, Gunn stated that she had visited several ENT doctors who found that there was nothing physically wrong with her, and she felt that she was dealing with psychological blocks which prevented her from singing.
Other work and collaborations She has collaborated with other bands and musicians as a singer and songwriter. In 2013, Gunn collaborated with American pop-punk band A Loss for Words on the single "Distance". She co-wrote two tracks for Dissonants, the 2016 album from Australian rock band Hands Like Houses. In 2017, she was featured on the track "Lose Myself" on The Throes of Winter by Seven Lions, and on Circa Waves' album Different Creatures.
In 2016, it was rumoured that Gunn was going to collaborate on new music with her friend Jenna McDougall, frontwoman of the Australian rock band Tonight Alive. Gunn was featured on the single "Disappear" which appeared on Tonight Alive's 2018 album Underworld.
She briefly filled in for Katie Henderson of The Aces as a guitarist when the band was supporting 5 Seconds of Summer on their Meet You There Tour. In 2019, she collaborated with From Indian Lakes on the single "Did We Change".
Personal life Gunn has spoken about her lifelong fascination with graveyards, death, and the occult, stating that this was the inspiration behind many of the paranormal and macabre themes in her song-writing. Spiritually, she has said she is "into astrology and life paths and weird energetics stuff". Gunn has stated that she has struggled with depression, and that this was a major inspiration for much of her song-writing. Gunn has also cited bands such as Paramore, Radiohead, Florence and the Machine, and The Weeknd as musical influences.
In 2020, Gunn revealed that she has an autoimmune disease called Ankylosing spondylitis, which she was diagnosed with in 2018. She was also diagnosed with Crohn’s disease in October 2019.
Public image and LGBT activism
Gunn is a prominent LGBT voice in the alternative music scene. She stated in an interview for Rolling Stone that she first came out as gay to her parents when she was 18, by leaving a letter under her mother's pillow before she went on tour. "First and foremost I want to be known as is an artist and creative before anything else," she explained in an interview with Playboy. "I think my sexuality is the last thing to check off on that list." Gunn explained her decision to be vocal about her sexuality in an interview with Newsbeat in 2015: "I never had someone to look up to and be like 'oh that person is OK and they're gay.' If I can be that for someone then it's why I'm open about it."
Gunn was one of several artists invited by GLAAD and Billboard to talk about her coming-out story for National Coming Out Day in 2017. Gunn cited her family's supportiveness while she was coming out and encouraged others to reach out for the support around them.
Gunn presented the Icon Award to Laura Jane Grace of the American punk rock band Against Me! at the 2017 APMA Awards.
Discography
Studio albums with Pvris White Noise (2014) All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell (2017) Use Me (2020) Evergreen (2023)
Extended plays with Pvris + List of extended plays Title Extended play details Paris Released: March 26, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: CD, DLAcoustic Released: April 1, 2014 Label: Self-released Format: CS, DL, 10" vinylHallucinations Released: October 25, 2019 Label: Reprise/Warner Records Format: CD, CS, DL, LP
Other songs with Pvris Year Title Album2010 "It's Not That I Don't Trust You" (as Operation Guillotine)Non-album song2012 "Gemini" (featuring Kyle Anthony) "Mind Over Matter" 2013 "Rain" (Love, Robot featuring Pvris) "Follow"2014 "Chandelier"Punk Goes Pop Vol. 62017 "Are You Ten Years Ago"The Con X: Covers "Fire That Burns" (Circa Waves featuring Pvris)Different Creatures
Featured tracks +List of tracks featuring Lynn Gunn Year TitleVocalsWriterSingle Album 2013"Distance"(A Loss For Words featuring Lynn Gunn)Before It Caves 2014 "Obsessed"(TBMA featuring Lynn Gunn)Obsessed 2015 "Lose Myself"(Seven Lions featuring Lynn Gunn)The Throes of Winter2016"Degrees of Separation" (Hands Like Houses featuring Lynn Gunn)Dissonants"Motion Sickness"
(Hands Like Houses featuring Lynn Gunn) 2016 "Begin"(Elliot Middleton featuring Lynn Gunn) 2018 "Disappear"(Tonight Alive featuring Lynn Gunn)Underworld"Last Light"(Tonight Alive featuring Lynn Gunn) 2019 "Did We Change"(From Indian Lakes featuring Lynn Gunn)Dimly Lit 2024 "Girl$"(Stand Atlantic featuring Lynn Gunn and Bruses)Was Here
Awards and nominations Year Association Category Work Result2016Boston Music Awards Female Vocalist of the Year Herself 2017APMA Best Vocalist Herself 2018 Rock Sound Awards Rock Sound Icon Herself 2021Boston Music Awards Vocalist of the Year Herself
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