Joyce Linehan
Joyce Linehan worked as Chief of Policy for then-Mayor of Boston Marty Walsh. She previously managed rock bands and a record label. She was born and lives in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Education
Joyce Linehan is the daughter of John J. Linehan and Yvonne Linehan. As a Dorchester native, Linehan graduated from the Notre Dame Academy and the University of Massachusetts Boston where she received her bachelor's degree in Media and American Popular Culture and a Masters in American Studies. She received the Dr. Robert W. Spayne Research Grant for study at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Her master's thesis — The Day My Mama Socked it to the Harper Valley PTA: Country Music Womanhood in the Second Wave of Feminism — received the American Studies Book Award from UMass Boston.Career
Band manager
Linehan first worked in Boston's underground rock scene, booking bands into small local clubs. Eventually this led her to becoming a manager. She managed the Smithereens, Six Finger Satellite, and the Lemonheads.Record labels
In the 1990s, Linehan took a job as promotions director and talent scout at Sub Pop, a Seattle label that was later acquired by Warner Brothers and launched the grunge band Nirvana into mainstream stardom. Linehan's Dorchester home served as the East Coast offices of Sub Pop.When Linehan left Sub Pop, she became the manager of the Pernice Brothers. Linehan and Joe Pernice later decided to create their own label, called Ashmont Records. Their label released numerous records including Yours, Mine and Ours, by the Pernice Brothers, released in 2003. The two also co-wrote the book Pernice to Me: a chronicle of disagreements between Linehan and Pernice, most of which has appeared on Twitter.
She owned a house on Burt Street in Dorchester, Massachusetts, which the Phoenix once called the "most famous and best-loved rock-and-roll crash pad in Boston history." Bikini Kill, Smashing Pumpkins, Elliott Smith, The Jesus Lizard, and Stereolab all stayed there over the years.