Hollywood Portrait: The Radio DJ into Extreme Entertainment

Shannon Gunz, 27

Location: Hollywood Boulevard and Cosmo Street

Original Hometown: Chino Valley, Arizona

What do you do? I’m a DJ for Sirius X Radio. They call me “The First Lady Of Faction.” It’s punk, heavy metal. My show is on Rock Sirius X Faction Radio Faction Channel 41 Monday through Thursday from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. EST, Saturdays from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. and on Sundays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

What draws you to Hollywood? I love the bar scene and the clubs; it’s my scene. I love the music. I live in Venice, but in Hollywood I feel freer to dress the way I want and to be me. I love that Hollywood is right in the center of my life. I can wake up at the beach, go snowboarding in the mountains, and then at night come here and hit the clubs. I’m just a chick who loves music and art and anything that I take as extreme entertainment. I like piercings, tattoos, scarification. It’s all here.

Scarification? Sounds painful. It is. It hurts like hell. But it’s hot.

What’s your motto? When you’re happy, life falls into place.