Judith and Holofernes

A German musician, guitarist, and lyricist, Judith Holofernes is best known as the lead singer of the alt-pop band Wir Sind Helden (We Are Heroes). Holofernes was born November 12, 1976 in Berlin, where she lived until she was six, moving with her mother to Freiburg in Southern Germany, where she got her first taste of performing as a street musician. She returned to Berlin to study at Universitat de Kunste, majoring in communications, but left without graduating. She released a solo album, Kamikazefliege, in 1999, but it sold poorly. Recruiting keyboardist Jean-Michel Tourett...