Clarice Tufnel

Clarice Miloslavsky Tufnel (née Preobrazhensky; born May 7, 1979) is a Russian-born American musician, known for her work for the American pop and rock band The Rock-afire Explosion. She joined the band when she was 13, making her one of the youngest members of the band at the time.

History
Clarice was born in Tushino, northwest Moscow. Although she was born in the Soviet Union (now Russia), her family then moved to the United Kingdom and later to the US. She attended several different schools and began her music career in 1989 after seeing Devo perform at Calamity Jayne's Nashville Nevada in Las Vegas. She was influenced by Devo, various Golden Book Records, hard rock and heavy metal artists, and Big Little Daddy Coleman.

In 1993, her autism made band-leader Fatz order her to leave, then after briefly dating Pasqually of Munch's Make Believe Band, she went back to the band in a fury and violently attacked Fatz, and also reportedly nearly gave Mitzi a concussion. In shock, the band realized they had been discriminating against Clarice, and Fatz was fired from the band. In response, Billy Bob and Looney Bird left.

In April 2007, then 29-year-old Clarice received widespread media attention after marrying Spinal Tap member Nigel Tufnel, who was in his 50's at the time.