JENNY ''PINEAPPLE'' MARTINELLI

Jennifer Martinelli was born in Brisbane in 1964.After several attempts from the age of 17 she finally escaped Queensland’s days of Joh Bjiekes- Petersen's tyrannical corruption at age 20. Catching a bus down south with a multi-colored 10-inch-high Stature of Liberty style Mohawk, she arrived in the city of Melbourne, the birthplace of her mother who had left Jenny at the age of three with her father to raise. Jenny was given the name ''Pineapple'' by Paul Stewart of the Painters and Dockers’ in 1985 as there were too many Jenny’s and Jenny was from the land of the pineapples.

In 1985 Jenny was an unofficial member of the Painters & Dockers singing ''Know your Product'' and joined 3CR community radio as an on-air broadcaster. Frustrated with women’s roles, or lack of, Jenny started an all-girl Punk band Plain Wrap in 1986 and also formed an eight piece all female avant guard junk percussion band for the Fringe Festival. Jenny stayed involved in Fringe as an artist and musician until 2000. Jenny’s life journey has led her to become involved in many musical and artistic endeavours including working as an official member of Painters and Dockers in 1997, design work with Pigtale Pottery in 1990 and guiding and working with Indigenous musicians and artists.