Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Riot Grrrl, Alternative/Indie Rock Active: 90's, 2000's Formed: 1994 in Olympia, WA
Courtney Love, Kim Deal, Kim Gordon, The Pretenders, Nirvana, Joan Jett, Chrissie Hynde, Bratmobile, Bikini Kill, PJ Harvey, Mo Dettes, Delta 5, The Au Pairs, The Slits, The Fall, The Raincoats, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Sonic Youth Elastica, L7, Walking Bicycles, Operation Makeout, Sarah Dougher, The Butchies, Joydrop, Sarge, Third Sex, Team Dresch, Huggy Bear, Girl in a Coma The Dials, Operation Makeout, Marnie Stern, The Kills, The Vibration, Walking Bicycles, Land of Talk, Love of Diagrams, Beezus, Vancougar, Demander, Sick Of Sarah, Murder Mystery, Awesome Wells, Bellafea, Sarge, Boyskout, Gossip, The Catch |  |
The anthemic Olympia, WA-based punk trio Sleater-Kinney formed from the ashes of Heavens to Betsy and Excuse 17, a pair of groups that rode the first wave of the riot grrrl movement. Singer/guitarists Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein first met in 1992, when Tucker was one half of the duo Heavens to Betsy; Brownstein, a classically trained pianist, was so inspired by Tucker and other grrrl musicians like Bikini Kill and Bratmobile (not coincidentally Tucker's own influences) that she formed her own band, Excuse 17, a year later. Sleater-Kinney, which earned its name from a local freeway off-ramp, initially began as Tucker and Brownstein's side project; in late 1994, Australia-born Lora MacFarlane signed on as the group's first permanent drummer, and over the course of the following two weeks, the trio recorded its self-titled 1995 debut for Team Dresch bassist Donna Dresch's Chainsaw label.
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Release: May 30, 2005
Label: Pony Canyon Records (Japan), Sub Pop Records
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Release: August 20, 2002
Label: Kill Rock Stars
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