Margarita Monet is the founder and lead singer/songwriter of the hard rock/heavy metal band Edge of Paradise. Born in Yerevan, Armenia, she moved to Russia at a young age, where she began her musical training and quickly became an award-winning pianist. After moving to Houston with her family at the age of 11, she attended High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She then later moved to New York to become accepted into New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and majored in Theater and minored in Music. On moving to LA in 2010, Monet met Dave Bates and formed a musical collaboration that lead to the forming of Edge of Paradise, which has now released 5 full-length studio albums and 2 EPs.
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