Sleater-Kinney

Sleater - Kinney was an American indie rock band from Olympia ( Washington). The female trio formed in connection with the riot grrrl movement of the 1990s and announced in June 2006 its resolution. The band's name refers to the Sleater Kinney Road, the exit of the U.S. Federal Highway 5 ( I-5) between the cities of Seattle and Portland.

Band History

Sleater - Kinney was founded by Corin Tucker (vocals, guitar) and Carrie Brownstein (guitar, vocals). Since 1997, Janet Weiss (of the band quasi ) drummer. Brownstein was a member of the queercore band Excuse Seventeen. Tucker played earlier in the riot grrrl band Heavens to Betsy. Before the release of their debut album Sleater - Kinney on the label Chainsaw Records ( 1995) the members of the band had played in various other bands. The first album was well received by the critics, as well as the following publications Call the Doctor (1996, Matador Records) and Dig Me Out ( Matador Records, 1997). Dig Me Out is a dynamic rock album, simple, yet appeal to the texts ambiguous and determined. Dig Me Out earned the band offers a bigger labels. Sleater - Kinney, however, recollected to your roots in the scene community with close personal contact with the audience and refused. The follow-up album, The Hot Rock (1999, all Matador Records / Kill Rock Stars ) was characterized by a greater musical maturity, but could - as well as the following albums All Hands on the Bad One and One Beat (both Kill Rock Stars Records ) - not build on the success of Dig Me Out.

The band always maintained a strong connection to her roots in the independent music and the feminist ideas which she coined. For this, they were honored by Le Tigre song Hot Topic as a driving force of the former women's movement. All albums since Call the Doctor ( 1996) were released on the independent label Kill Rock Stars, during their seventh and final album The Woods appeared on Sub Pop.

On 27 June 2006, the band announced on their website that the project Sleater - Kinney would be put indefinitely on hold.

After Sleater - Kinney

Currently plays Tucker in the band Cadallaca with Sarah Dougher. In 2010 she published with the Corin Tucker Band Album 1000 Years. Janet Weiss played until 2011 as a drummer for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, the band of Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus. Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss play since 2010 with Mary Timony ( Helium ) and Rebecca Cole ( The Minders ) in the band Wild Flag. Brownstein interacts with Fred Armisen instrumental in the comedy series Portlandia with, is represented in the Corin Tucker with a guest appearance ( as a band member of Echo Echo, Ep 5/1).

Discography

Albums

  • Sleater - Kinney (1995 )
  • Call the Doctor ( 1996)
  • Dig Me Out ( 1997)
  • The Hot Rock (1999)
  • All Hands on the Bad One ( 2000)
  • One Beat (2002)
  • The Woods (2005)
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