Editing Neko Case (section)

==Early life==
Born in [[Alexandria, Virginia]], Case is the only child of James Bamford Case<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ferndalerecord.com/m-lucille-case/|title=M. Lucille Case &#124; Ferndale Record|website=Ferndalerecord.com}}</ref> and Diana Mary Dubbs.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} Case's paternal family surname was originally [[Shevchenko]]; her great-aunt was the professional wrestler [[Ella Waldek]].<ref name=EW-Amazing>{{cite magazine|last=Berick|first=Michael|title=Department of Amazing Coincidences: Neko's Gripping Tale|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=February 7, 2005|issue=806|url=https://ew.com/article/2005/02/07/neko-cases-amazing-coincidence/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426002142/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1024590,00.html |access-date=November 7, 2013|url-status=live|archive-date=April 26, 2009 }}</ref> Her father, a [[Vietnam]] veteran serving in the [[United States Air Force]],<ref name=Furious-Thrice>{{cite web|last=Matos|first=Michaelangelo|title=Neko Case: Thrice All American|url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/nekocase.html|work=Perfect Sound Forever|access-date=November 7, 2013|format=Online music magazine}}</ref> was based in Virginia at the time of her birth. Case's parents, who were teenagers when they had her, are of [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] ancestry.<ref name=ExclaimTimeline /> Her parents divorced when Case began school.<ref name=ExclaimTimeline />  In her memoir, Case indicated that she was told that her mother died of cancer when she was in the second grade, but only two years later, she was told that this was not correct.  After that, her mother flitted in and out of her life, and eventually Case cut ties with her mother for good. As she writes in the book, she had a revelation: "Perhaps her mother had never been sick at all."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/arts/music/neko-case-the-harder-i-fight-the-more-i-love-you-memoir.html | title=Neko Case Has Sung Hard Truths. Now She's Telling Hers in a Memoir | work=The New York Times | date=January 16, 2025 | last1=Zoladz | first1=Lindsay }}</ref>

Case's family relocated several times during her childhood due to her stepfather's work as an [[Archaeology|archaeologist]]. She has lived in Western Massachusetts, Vermont, Oregon and Washington.<ref name=ExclaimTimeline /> She considers [[Tacoma, Washington]] to be her hometown.

Case left home and was legally [[Emancipation of minors|emancipated]] at age 15.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Carl|title=Neko Case's Memoir Is Haunting, Page-Turning, and Revelatory| date=January 28, 2025|url= https://slate.com/culture/2025/01/neko-case-book-memoir-songs-lyrics-new-pornographers.html |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|access-date=January 29, 2025}}</ref> By the age of 18 she was performing as a drummer for the Del Logs and the Propanes, playing in venues including a punk club called the Community World Theater.<ref name=ExclaimTimeline />