Gina Birch

Musician and founding member of The Raincoats

Gina Birch is a British musician and artist, best known as the founding member and guitarist of the post-punk band The Raincoats. Born in 1955 in London, England, Birch grew up in a musical family and began playing music at a young age. She met her future bandmates, Ana da Silva and Viv Albertine, at art school, and the three formed The Raincoats in 1977. The band's music was characterized by its experimental and ava...