 She first moved to Cleveland-Akron, Northeast Ohio area and fronted Phizzy Lager and then the alternative hard-rock Kent, Ohio band Hate Dies Hard, and released with them in 2006 an album entitled "Neverending Sundown" and engineered by Bill Korecky (Mushroomhead's Producer).After the album's release and promotion, Roquelin was introduced to producer Sean Bilovecky (Disengage), who infused the sounds of trip hop with a piano riff in their collaboration song "I Saw You".Later that year, Roquelin moved to New York City.