The Butchies
The Butchies | |
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| Origin | Alison Martlew (bass) (drums)Melissa York |
The Butchies were an all-female punk rock band from Durham, North Carolina, that existed from 1998 to 2005.[1] They reunited from their hiatus to tour with Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls promoting Ray's new album in 2010.[2] The frequent focus of their lyrical content concerned lesbian and queer themes.
Made up of
Fields And Streams (Kill Rock Stars
, 2002). In 2005 the band announced a hiatus.
The first three albums were released by the now-defunct
Yep Roc.[5] The track "Sex (I'm a Lesbian)" appeared on Mr. Lady's 1999 sampler album, New Women's Music Sampler. In 2001, a live rendition of the track "Disco" appeared on another sampler album, Calling All Kings & Queens
.
Kaia Wilson had previously performed in
Alison Martlew
to form The Butchies.
The Butchies also played on the 2001
Daemon Records
and backed her up on tour.
The band's name appears in the lyrics of the
Hot Topic."[6]
Discography
- Albums
- Are We Not Femme? (1998, Mr. Lady Records)
- Population: 1975 (1999, Mr. Lady Records)
- 3 (2001, Mr. Lady Records)
- Make Yr Life (2004, Yep Roc Records)
- Singles
- "Freaks***Athletes"/"Where R We", (2001, Mr. Lady Records)
See also
- List of all-women bands
References
- ^ "Born to be Butchie". The Advocate. May 22, 2001. p. 65.
- ^ Trish Bendix (July 19, 2010). "Kaia Wilson puts The Butchies back together". After Ellen.
- ^ Sexy Butchies?, Now, April 24, 2003 Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Meet The Butchies". The Advocate. November 9, 1999. p. 90.
- ^ Doolittle, James (October 9, 2004). "The Butchies: Make Yr Life (Yep Roc)". Morning Call.
- ^ Oler, Tammy (October 31, 2019). "57 Champions of Queer Feminism, All Name-Dropped in One Impossibly Catchy Song". Slate Magazine.
External links
- The Butchies on Myspace
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130515192503/http://www.nyrock.com/reviews/2001/amyray.asp
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