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Micky Metts founded the punk band The Phantoms which were together from 1976 to 1987. She sang, and played lead guitar. They released one single “Anyday/Alien” in 1982. Metts has been noted as being one of the first Black women punk musicians in the US.

Early life

Micky Metts was born in Westport, Connecticut. Her father, John Metts was a founder of WJZZ, the first 24-hour jazz broadcast radio station, in the US. Dave Brubeck was program director.

Music

Phantoms played the WBCN Rock 'n' Roll Rumble in 1983 the year that 'Til Tuesday won, and The Alarm played as a non-competing guest band.

After the Phantoms broke up, Micky performed in an all women punk band called She's So Loud, then a punk metal band called Diabolix.

Activism

The punk scene in Boston piqued Micky's interest in political activism, where she became one of the early adopters of internet privacy and free software and has remained active in this movement for almost thirty years. She has contributed to the Drupal community as a writer and has shared her experiences as a contributing author in the book "Ours to Hack and to Own," which is considered the handbook for the Platform Cooperativism Movement. The book was initiated by Trebor Scholz and Nathan Schneider at the New School in NYC and was listed as one of the top tech books of 2017 by Wired magazine.