[1] She was one of the founders of the L.A. punk rock band The Alley Cats.
[2] Chai formed The Alley Cats with then-husband Randy Stodola[3] and drummer John McCarthy.
[4] Chris Morris (former senior writer at Billboard, music editor at The Hollywood Reporter and critic at The Los Angeles Reader[5]), writing in John Doe's book Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A.
"[4] Violence at shows featuring bands such as the Bags and The Alley Cats caused Madame Wong's restaurant to stop featuring punk bands[1] and switch to slower tempo new wave acts.
[8] Chai eventually remarried to the manager of The Alley Cats, Marshall Berle, and began working as a travel agent in Florida.