Made up of Team Dresch guitarist and frontwoman Kaia Wilson, bassist Alison Martlew, and drummer Melissa York, The Butchies has been referred to as "queercore crusaders".[3] The band has been performing together since the recording of their first album, Are We Not Femme? in 1998.[4] Since then, the trio has recorded three subsequent albums, Population: 1975 in 1999, 3 in 2001, and Make Yr Life in 2004. They have also appeared on a number of compilations of note, including Being Out Rocks, produced by the Human Rights Campaign (Centaur Productions, 2002), and Fields And Streams (Kill Rock Stars, 2002). In 2005 the band announced a hiatus.
butchies, were, female, punk, rock, band, from, durham, north, carolina, that, existed, from, 1998, 2005, they, reunited, from, their, hiatus, tour, with, indigo, girls, promoting, album, 2010, frequent, focus, their, lyrical, content, concerned, lesbian, quee. 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 The ButchiesOriginDurham North Carolina U S GenresPunk queercore riot grrrl alternative rockYears active1998 2005LabelsMr Lady Records Yep RocMembersKaia Wilson vocals guitar Alison Martlew bass Melissa York drums Made up of Team Dresch guitarist and frontwoman Kaia Wilson bassist Alison Martlew and drummer Melissa York The Butchies has been referred to as queercore crusaders 3 The band has been performing together since the recording of their first album Are We Not Femme in 1998 4 Since then the trio has recorded three subsequent albums Population 1975 in 1999 3 in 2001 and Make Yr Life in 2004 They have also appeared on a number of compilations of note including Being Out Rocks produced by the Human Rights Campaign Centaur Productions 2002 and Fields And Streams Kill Rock Stars 2002 In 2005 the band announced a hiatus The first three albums were released by the now defunct Mr Lady Records run by Kaia Wilson and Tammy Rae Carland It was named after Wilson s first solo LP Ladyman created after leaving Team Dresch The label also released the first two Le Tigre recordings Make Yr Life was released by 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 amp Queens Kaia Wilson had previously performed in Adickdid and the queercore band Team Dresch appearing on their first two albums Personal Best and Captain My Captain Melissa York was also in Team Dresch playing drums on the second LP and prior to that performing in two hardcore punk bands Vitapup and Born Against before the two women joined with Alison Martlew to form The Butchies The Butchies also played on the 2001 Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls album Stag on Daemon Records and backed her up on tour The band s name appears in the lyrics of the Le Tigre song Hot Topic 6 Contents 1 Discography 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksDiscography editAlbums 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 editList of all women bandsReferences edit 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 editThe Butchies on Myspace https web archive org web 20130515192503 http www nyrock com reviews 2001 amyray asp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Butchies amp oldid 1218048177, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
