Belinda Carlisle was born on August 17, 1958 as Belinda Jo Kerzcheski Carlisle in Hollywood, California.  Her father was a carpenter, and her mother a seamstress.  She was the eldest of seven children and went through many problems when she was in high school.  She had a lot of problems with her weight, and was nicknamed "Ber-limpa."  An interesting tidbit about Belinda was that she was the first girl to play on a boys basketball team in California.

She was a tomboy for most of her high school life.  Towards the end of high school, she changed her image and figure and was part of the cheerleading team.

Once completed high school, Carlisle left her home and got involved with the L.A. punk scene.  She got into drugs, and was discovered by an L.A. punk band called "The Germs."  In 1978 she started her own band with two other girls called "The Misfits."  A year later they changed their name to the "The Go-Go's," and
also added two more band members.

In the beginning, the band did not do that well, but in 1981 when they released their first album "Beauty and the Beat," it did quite well.

In 1982 they were nominated for a Grammy for their second album called, "Vacation."  The band was doing great but not all was what it seemed.  The members of the band were heavily involved in drugs.  Carlisle admitted to taking every drug on the planet.

Carlisle also came to realize the band was not what they once were, and she then decided to split up from "The Go-Go's, and went to a rehabilitation center and quit doing drugs.

In 1986, she married Morgan Mason who was an assistant to President Ronald Reagan. In 1987, she came out with the album, "Heaven on Earth," which was a great success.

Carlisle had succeeded from being a drug addict to solo superstar.  During the same time, three of her other songs were also doing well on the charts.  "I Get Weak, Circle in the Sand, and I Feel Free."  She  came out with another album in 1989 called "Runaway Horses," which did not do as well as "Heaven On Earth," and that is when Carlisle's appeal started to diminish in the U.S.

Belinda then got involved in PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals).  She became quite involved in this cause and did a lot of campaigning.  In 1992, she gave birth  to a baby boy,  James Duke Mason.

In 1993, she was involved in the AIDS movement.  Also during this time, she recorded an album in 1991 called "Live Your Life Be Free."  It did not do well in the U.S., but did well in other countries.

Carlisle then moved to France in 1993 after coming out with a fifth solo album which also did not do well on the charts.  She then moved to the UK.

She also did many Go-Go reunions throughout the 1990's.  In 2001, Carlisle once again garnered attention when she agreed to pose in Playboy magazine.

Recently she released her solo album called Collection in 2002, and she has been touring the United States.