Name: Avril Lavigne
Birth Name: Avril Ramona Lavigne
Height: 5' 2"
Sex: F
Nationality: Canadian
Birth Date: September 27, 1984
Birth Place: Napanee, Ontario, Canada
Profession: musician
Relationship: Deryck Whibley (lead vocalist of Sum 41; born on March 21, 1980; engaged in June 2005)
Father: John Lavigne
Mother: Judy Lavigne
Sister: Michelle Lavigne
Brother: Matt Lavigne
Avril Lavigne, a small-town kid who couldn't sit still in class, started amazing people with her voice and character at around age 2. A wonderfully up-front and outrageous 17-year-old with everything it takes to reach stardom-completely on her own terms. "I'm just coming out and I'm going to clearly be myself-I write what I feel, I never worry what others think, " Avril declares. "I'm gonna dress what's me, I'm gonna act what's me and I'm gonna sing what's me."
A middle child who "always wanted to be the center of attention," she was bound to bust out of Napanee, Ontario, population 5,000. "I always knew this was what I had to do," she says. "I remember when I was really young, standing on my bed like it was a stage, singing at the top of my lungs and visualizing thousands of people surrounding me."
"I love writing," she explains. "When I get upset and really need to get it out of me I go to my guitar. Sometimes I feel like my guitar is my therapist."
Now that her album is done, Avril can't wait to get out and play. She jokes, pointing out that touring with her own sk8er punk band of rocker boys probably won't be all that different from her childhood, "I was always a tomboy and I guess I still am. I played hockey during the fall /winter and baseball in the summer. I loved playing with the boys.
Birth Name: Avril Ramona Lavigne
Height: 5' 2"
Sex: F
Nationality: Canadian
Birth Date: September 27, 1984
Birth Place: Napanee, Ontario, Canada
Profession: musician
Relationship: Deryck Whibley (lead vocalist of Sum 41; born on March 21, 1980; engaged in June 2005)
Father: John Lavigne
Mother: Judy Lavigne
Sister: Michelle Lavigne
Brother: Matt Lavigne
Avril Lavigne, a small-town kid who couldn't sit still in class, started amazing people with her voice and character at around age 2. A wonderfully up-front and outrageous 17-year-old with everything it takes to reach stardom-completely on her own terms. "I'm just coming out and I'm going to clearly be myself-I write what I feel, I never worry what others think, " Avril declares. "I'm gonna dress what's me, I'm gonna act what's me and I'm gonna sing what's me."
A middle child who "always wanted to be the center of attention," she was bound to bust out of Napanee, Ontario, population 5,000. "I always knew this was what I had to do," she says. "I remember when I was really young, standing on my bed like it was a stage, singing at the top of my lungs and visualizing thousands of people surrounding me."
"I love writing," she explains. "When I get upset and really need to get it out of me I go to my guitar. Sometimes I feel like my guitar is my therapist."
Now that her album is done, Avril can't wait to get out and play. She jokes, pointing out that touring with her own sk8er punk band of rocker boys probably won't be all that different from her childhood, "I was always a tomboy and I guess I still am. I played hockey during the fall /winter and baseball in the summer. I loved playing with the boys.
