We were raised in Arkansas by women, wolves and cassettes. We formed in 2000 in a cold basement in Olympia, Washington. Our last lp ’Standing in the way of Control’ was recorded in Seattle with help from Guy Picciotto + Ryan Hadlock. We have two other lps, one ep and a few 7"s and 12"s under our belt. We have also been remixed by Arthur Baker, MSTRKRFT, Playgroup, Tiga, Tronik Youth, Headman, Rory Phillips and Soulwax. We have toured with No Bra, Panther, Pre, Les Georges Leningrad, Chromatics, CSS, Le Tigre and Cyndi Lauper. We have interviewed Yoko Ono and recorded a Peel Session (R.i.p. John Peel). We are feminists, artists, disc jockeys and writers. We have collectively spent 80% of our lives in airplanes (just to sweat on you). We love flowers and we believe firmly in raw power. We all currently reside in Portland, Oregon. We believe in the power of Divine. We believe the best thing Elvis ever did was buy Bessie Smith a washing machine and the best thing Henry Rollins ever did (besides the ’Damaged’ lp) was buy Roky Erickson a set of teeth. We are currently busy working on our new lp and we have a live record/dvd coming out soon called ’Live in Liverpool’.
Band Members
BEN + BRACE + HANNAH
Influences
GRACE JONES + OOIOO + MARINE GIRLS + TELEPATHE + COMET GAIN + HUGGYBEAR + FRUMPIES + A CERTAIN RATIO + CHRIS AND COSEY + THE FALL + THE KNIFE + THE SLITS + LYDIA LUNCH + THE LONG BLONDES + DONNA SUMMER + ISLAJA + PYLON + MISSY ELLIOT + AALIYAH + KLEENEX + FRUMPIES + YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS + MARS + SMITHS + SY + UT + TG + ARTHUR RUSSELL + ELECTRELANE + THE YUMMY FUR + NO BRA + THESE NEW PURITANS + EFFI BRIEST + GANG GANG DANCE + CHRISMA + YOKO ONO + SUICIDE + SALLY SHAPIRO + ORANGE JUICE
