A journalist once wrote that D'arcy didn't care about music, only make
up, so she attacked him with her lipstick.
Since leaving The Smashing Pumpkins, she has become a trained and registered masseuse.
Mother was a lounge singer.
Said that if she hadn't gotten into entertainment she always thought
she'd be "a street person."
Engaged to a bandmate, guitarist James Iha, from 1988 to 1991. They split
in the middle of the "Gish" tour.
At the very beginning, she was asked to join The Smashing Pumpkins by Billy Corgan because of her determination, and "don't care" attitude. He originally met her by having an argument after a show, when she liked the band that played, but he did not.
Is studying acupuncture having been inspired by her
sister Molly's successful acupuncture treatment to quit smoking. (December 2004)