Editing Kira Roessler (section)

== Career ==

===Music===
Roessler began studying piano when she was 6<ref name="razorcake"/> but quit at 11.<ref name="fubar"/> At 14, she picked up the [[bass guitar]] and committed to learning the instrument.<ref name="fubar"/> Her first band was called Waxx and she played her first gig at 16 at [[Whisky a Go Go]].<ref name="razorcake"/> Other early bands were Sexsick, the Visitors, and the Monsters.<ref name="razorcake"/> She then joined with a post-[[Germs (band)|Germs]] [[Pat Smear]] to form Twisted Roots.<ref>{{cite web|last=Felt|first=Hunter|title=Twisted Roots: self-titled |url=https://www.popmatters.com/twistedroots-st-2496088685.html|publisher=[[PopMatters]]|date=May 20, 2004|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>

Members of Black Flag heard her playing while she was sitting in with L.A. punk group [[DC3 (band)|DC3]]. This led to her being asked to join Black Flag in 1983 to replace founding member [[Chuck Dukowski]].<ref name="prindle">{{cite web|last=Prindle|first=Mark|title=Kira Roessler – 2003|url=http://www.markprindle.com/roessler-i.htm|publisher=markprindle.com|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name="hartmann">{{cite web|last=Hartmann|first=Graham|title=Former Black Flag Bassist Kira Roessler Wins Academy Award|url=https://loudwire.com/former-black-flag-bassist-kira-roessler-wins-academy-award/|publisher=[[Loudwire]]|date=February 29, 2016|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref> Vocalist [[Henry Rollins]] later reported that [[Greg Ginn]], Black Flag's leader, guitarist and primary songwriter, had grown frustrated with Dukowski's failure to progress as a musician beyond the band's hardcore punk roots and was drawn to Roessler's more nimble and sophisticated playing.<ref name=Rollins>Henry Rollins. Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag. 2.13.61 Publications, {{ISBN|978-1-880985-24-3}}</ref> Roessler was majoring in applied engineering at [[UCLA]], and Black Flag's subsequent tours were scheduled around her classes—a condition of her joining the band. Her bass playing was featured on five of Black Flag's studio albums and two officially released live albums. During her early live performances with the band she was sometimes mistaken as male due to her androgynous appearance, and she subsequently dressed in more feminine garb.<ref name=Rollins/> She remained in the band until completing touring behind their album ''[[In My Head (album)|In My Head]]'' in the autumn of 1985. She graduated from UCLA in 1986.

After Black Flag, she formed the twin-bass duo [[Dos (band)|Dos]] with [[Mike Watt]] (to whom she was married between 1987-1994).<ref>{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Alex|title=Dos: Veteran Punks With A Low-End Theory|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/07/23/138574263/dos-veteran-punks-with-a-low-end-theory|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=July 22, 2011|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref> Dos' most recent album was released in 2011. She wrote or co-wrote songs for what would be the [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]]'s final album, ''[[3-Way Tie (For Last)|3-Way Tie]]'', and contributed lyrics to Watt's post-Minutemen band [[Firehose (band)|Firehose]]. She later contributed artwork to Watt's first solo album, ''[[Ball-Hog or Tugboat?]]''.

She appeared as a backing vocalist on the tribute album ''[[Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three]]'' in 2003, along with other musical artists, including other Black Flag veterans.<ref>{{cite web|title=HENRY ROLLINS Says He Was 'In A State Of Shock' After Learning Of West Memphis Three's Release |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/henry-rollins-says-he-was-in-a-state-of-shock-after-learning-of-west-memphis-three-s-release/|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=September 1, 2011|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>

In December 2018, Roessler joined with [[Devra Hoff]] to form the twin-bass band AwkWard and released their first album ''In Progress''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cohan|first=Brad|title=Bass Wars: A spiel with Devin Hoff and Kira from AwkWard|url=https://rockandrollglobe.com/jazz/bass-warsa-spiel-with-devin-hoff-and-kira-from-awkward/|publisher=Rock & Roll Globe|date=February 14, 2019|access-date=March 21, 2019}}</ref>

On August 13, 2021, on the Protonic Reversal podcast,<ref>{{cite web |title=Protonic Reversal Ep262:Kira Roessler |url=https://www.protonicreversal.com/ep262-kira-roessler-black-flag-dos-solo-2/ |website=Protonic Reversal |date=August 13, 2021 |access-date=23 August 2021}}</ref> Kira revealed that an album of solo material would be released on October 19 on Kitten Robot records.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sacher|first=Andrew|title=KIRA (ex-Black Flag) releasing debut solo album (watch the video for "The Ghosts")|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/kira-ex-black-flag-releasing-debut-solo-album-watch-the-video-for-the-ghosts/|work=[[Brooklyn Vegan]]|date=September 27, 2021|access-date=September 27, 2021}}</ref><ref name=bandcamp>{{cite web|title= KIRA - Kira - Kitten Robot Records|url=https://kittenrobotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kira|work=[[Bandcamp]]|date=November 19, 2021|access-date=December 10, 2024}}</ref>

===Film work===
Roessler works as a [[dialogue editor]] on theatrical films in Los Angeles, sometimes credited under her full name, sometimes simply as ''kira''. She has worked on productions including ''[[Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (film)|Confessions of a Dangerous Mind]]'' (2002), ''[[Under the Tuscan Sun (film)|Under the Tuscan Sun]]'' (2003), and ''[[The Twilight Saga: New Moon]]'' (2009), and has also appeared onscreen in the documentaries ''[[We Jam Econo|We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen]]'', ''[[American Hardcore (film)|American Hardcore]]'' and ''What Drives Us'' . She won [[Emmy Award]]s for her work on the ''[[John Adams (TV miniseries)|John Adams]]'' episode "Don't Tread on Me" and on the series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<ref name="hartmann"/>

Roessler was on the sound editing team for ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]'', which won an Oscar in 2016.<ref name="hartmann"/><ref name="Oscar">{{cite web|title=Former Black Flag Bassist Thanked For Mad Max: Fury Road's Oscar|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1862449/former-black-flag-bassist-wins-an-oscar-for-mad-max-fury-road/news/|date=February 29, 2016|publisher=[[Stereogum]]}}</ref><ref name="Former Black Flag Bassist Kira Roessler Won an Oscar Last Night">{{cite web |title=Former Black Flag Bassist Kira Roessler Won an Oscar Last Night |url=https://www.spin.com/2016/02/black-flag-oscar-kira-roessler-academy-award-bassist-mad-max-fury-road/ |website=spin.com |date=February 29, 2016 |access-date=23 August 2021}}</ref>