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Dig Me Out Remastered (Album) by Sleater Kinney

Biographie de l'artiste pour Sleater Kinney

Olympia Washington And Portland Oregon United States 1995 – 2006 Sleater-Kinney A Trio Of Unrepentant Feminists Who Made Waves With Their 1997 Release Dig Me Out Grew Out Of Both The Riot-Grrrl Movement And The Punk/indie Scene In The Pacific Northwest. Consisting Simply Of A Drummer And Two Guitarists The Band Has Earned Both Sincere Praise And Fawning Press. According To Rolling Stone Writer Evelyn McDonnell Sleater-Kinney "is Poised To Become The First Band To Emerge From The Feminist-Punk Riot-Grrrl Movement Of The Early 1990s And Cross Over To A Broad Rock Audience."
As A Child Sleater-Kinney's Co-Founder Guitarist And Frontperson Corin Tucker Lived In Both Eugene Oregon And North Dakota. Her Father Was A Folk Singer And She Grew Up Listening To His Velvet Underground Records. Co-Founder And Fellow Guitarist Carrie Brownstein Was A Native Of The Seattle Area And During Her Formative Years Became A Fan Of English Punk Acts Like The Jam And The Buzzcocks. By The Mid-1990s Tucker Was A Student At Evergreen State College And Member Of A Band Called Heavens To Betsy Which Grew Out Of The Riot-Grrrl Scene That Originated In The Pacific Northwest. Riot-Grrrl Politics And Culture Involved A Wave Of Radical Young Feminists Like Brownstein Who Was Running A Feminist Network Group Booth When She Met Tucker. The Riot-Grrrl Movement Was Well Organized And Its Participants Often Relied On Thought-Provoking Street Art Or Action To Get Their Messages Across. Many Of Them Picked Up The Instruments Of Previous Oppression--Inherently Sexist Rock And Roll--To Further Explore New Avenues Of Communication. "Riot Grrrl Suddenly Made Feminism Something I Could Embrace And Utilize And Be Empowered By " Brownstein Explained To McDonnell In Rolling Stone.
Brownstein Was Also A Musician Who Played In The Band Excuse 17. She And Tucker Became Romantically Involved And One Day During The Summer Of 1994 Sat Down And Wrote A Few Songs. They Found A Rehearsal Space In Nearby In Lacey Washington And In Need Of A Band Name One Day Simply Adopted The Street Names At The Nearest Intersection. They Had A More Difficult Time However Finding A Permanent Drummer. In Their First Two Years Of Existence Sleater-Kinney Went Through Drummers At An Alarming Rate First Came Australian Lora Macfarlane Who Stayed Until 1995 She Was Replaced By Toni Gogin For Part Of 1996 Finally Janet Weiss Joined That Year.

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