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33-480: Their first album was The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest (1984) after which Jim Sangster joined the group on bass and McCaughey switched from bass to guitar. Carroll left the group in 1988, and was replaced by Kurt Bloch from The Fastbacks . The song "Amy Grant", a comical song about Contemporary Christian music and pop music artist Amy Grant , from the album The Men Who Loved Music ,

66-518: A Sleater-Kinney album than 1,000 Years. One reviewer wrote, "This album harks somewhat to the glory days of the Riot Grrrl Olympia scene of the late ’90s, but it’s by no means retrospective or reactionary." However, another reviewer correctly predicted Kill My Blues "will inevitably go down as one of the most underrated albums of the year." This album was also supported by a nationwide tour. Alt-rock " supergroup " Filthy Friends

99-530: A lesbian , but now identifies as bisexual . She came out to her family when she was nineteen years old. She briefly dated bandmate Carrie Brownstein at the beginning of Sleater-Kinney in May 1994, a fact that was revealed to the world in a now-infamous Spin article. Tucker called the article a "pain in the ass." She said, "We weren't asked about our personal lives in the interview. We talked about things we thought were really important, and what they printed

132-651: A duet with Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam for the title track of John Doe 's EP The Golden State in 2008 . She also provided vocals for the song "Hard Sun" on Vedder's soundtrack for the 2007 film Into the Wild . In 2013, she covered the title track "Shine On," for the album released by The Jim Henson Company as part of the Fraggle Rock 's 30th anniversary celebration. Tucker has also dabbled in television and film. She appeared in two episodes of bandmate Carrie Brownstein 's television show Portlandia , portraying

165-556: A longtime friend from Eugene, Oregon . Tucker played the first public show of her career when the band performed at the International Pop Underground Convention in August 1991. Heavens to Betsy recorded a split single with Bratmobile , and several singles for independent record labels . The band released a self-titled demo in 1992, the four-song 7" record These Monsters Are Real in 1992,

198-438: A lot of different things." Although she later relocated to Portland, Oregon , Tucker still describes herself as "a small-town girl" from Eugene. Starting in 1991, Tucker has been a singer, guitarist, and songwriter in several rock bands. In 1999, Esquire wrote that Tucker "has been the most interesting singer in pop music since 1991, when she first opened her mouth in public, in a two-woman drums-and-guitar punk band with

231-464: A member of the fictional band Echo Echo. In addition, Portlandia was first filmed at Tucker's house and she was the camera crew. Tucker is in the following films portraying herself: The Punk Singer (2013), Burn to Shine 03: Portland, OR (2006), and Don't Need You: The Herstory of Riot Grrrl (2005), as well as an episode of the television show The L Word (2006) and the web series Sound Advice (2015). Tucker previously identified as

264-471: A smaller-sized Fender guitar, and I love it. It's really different, and it makes me play differently in this band, because I usually play a Gibson Les Paul and I'm usually a rhythm guitar player, almost a bass player, in Sleater-Kinney." Tucker has worked on a variety of other musical projects. She sang back-up vocals on two of Peter Buck 's solo albums, including Peter Buck (2013). She sang

297-668: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Corin Tucker Corin Lisa Tucker (born November 9, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney . Tucker is also a member of the alternative rock supergroup Filthy Friends , and previously recorded with the punk band Heavens to Betsy as well as The Corin Tucker Band. Entertainment Weekly writes, "Corin Tucker’s place in rock history

330-431: Is already set in stone, and her work in the riot grrrl era is pretty much peerless, thanks to the muscular guitar style, otherworldly wail, and knack for punchy, pounding three-minute blasts she brought to such great heights with riot queens Sleater-Kinney." Rolling Stone called her “a punk-rock heroine." In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Tucker at number 155 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. Tucker

363-515: Is another side project for Tucker, with Tucker on lead vocals and R.E.M .'s Peter Buck on guitar, along with other musician friends rounding out the band. The two met when Tucker's husband worked on a film project with R.E.M. Formed in 2014, Filthy Friends has released two albums: Invitation (2017) and Emerald Valley (2019). On both albums, Tucker wrote the majority of the lyrics to match Buck's music. On Emerald Valley , she played Buck's Fender Musicmaster guitar . Tucker said, "It's

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396-524: Is working more on visual art and design, as well as performing/recording as Chris & Tad with Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America . However, the Fellows released I Think This Is in 2009 and embarked on a tour of Spain that October. From 1994 to 2011, McCaughey was a "fifth member" of R.E.M. , playing guitar with the band both onstage and in the studio. The band

429-519: The Tall Birds . Nashville Pussy 's song "Fried Chicken and Coffee", produced by Bloch, was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. He is a member of Thee Sgt. Major III (earlier known as Sgt. Major), along with ex- Posies drummer Mike Musburger, The Young Fresh Fellows bassist Jim Sangster, and Cantona singer and guitarist Leslie Beattie. Bill Coury (ex- Visqueen ) previously shared lead vocal duties, but has since left

462-520: The No Threes label. Also in 2017, Bloch joined Corin Tucker of Sleater Kinney , Peter Buck of R.E.M. , Scott McCaughey and Linda Pitmon to form the band Filthy Friends and release their album Invitation . Bill Rieflin has also been cited as a drummer in the band. See Fastbacks discography See The Young Fresh Fellows discography This United States musical biography article

495-532: The album Calculated in 1994, and the 7" four-song Direction in 1994. The band broke up in 1994. Rolling Stone wrote, "Heavens to Betsy [was] one of the standout acts connected to the riot-grrrl movement." Heartless Martin was Tucker's "one-off collaboration" with Becca Albee of Excuse 17 . Heartless Martin released a five-song EP, Tonigh . After Heavens to Betsy split in 1994, Tucker formed Sleater-Kinney with Excuse 17 member Carrie Brownstein and friend Lora McFarlane . Tucker wrote most of

528-550: The album is "definitely more of a middle-aged mom record, in a way. It's not a record that a young person would write... There's some sadness, some reinvention, some rebirth." She cited post-punk acts like the English Beat , The Raincoats , The Slits , and Sinead O'Connor's The Lion and the Cobra as influences for 1,000 Years. Most reviews of the album were positive. Rolling Stone wrote, "She's not shredding

561-454: The album's songs "sound scrapbooked from other ’90s-centric acts ( Liz Phair , Pavement ) but never take on a form of their own." The band toured on both U.S. coasts to support 1,000 Years , in addition to a few festival dates in other parts of the country. The Corin Tucker Band's second album, Kill My Blues , was released on September 18, 2012, and contained twelve songs. In an interview, Tucker said, "For this record, we really bonded,

594-544: The awesome vocal cords so much, but she gets fierce in other ways, trying on cellos and piano ballads. When she finally cranks it up Sleater-Kinney-style on 'Doubt,' it feels earned: a cry of self-determination , as inspiring as ever." Pitchfork said, "This album's strengths—its intimacy, its containment, its subtlety—are not the qualities that made Sleater-Kinney great, but it would be ungenerous to dismiss this because it's not as thrilling, confrontational, or exuberant." However, an Entertainment Weekly reviewer wrote that

627-464: The band reunited and recorded No Cities to Love in 2015, followed by The Center Won't Hold in 2019, and Path of Wellness in 2021. While in Sleater-Kinney, Tucker worked on a side project, Cadallaca , with organist Sarah Dougher and drummer STS of The Lookers . In 1998, Cadallaca released their first album Introducing Cadallaca . They released an EP, Out West , on Kill Rock Stars in 2000. In April 2010, Tucker announced she

660-603: The band. Bloch plays guitar for and produces Seattle-based prog-rock band The Beltholes, who released the 2007 album "For Whom the Beltholes" on the Burn Burn Burn label. The band also includes Kwab Copeland and Fred Speakman (lead vocals), and Anthony Clementi (bass). 2017 saw the release of the self-titled debut by The Yes Masters, featuring Kurt Bloch (lead vocals, electric guitar, production, engineering), Rick Foundation (drums), and Matt Scientist (bass, vocals) on

693-446: The four of us, being on tour and playing music together, so in writing this record, we all worked together in the practice space, writing these songs and just enjoying the writing process and everything that came out of it." The resulting songs cover "the finite nature of existence, the stalemate of our political climate, a moment in the transition from girlhood to womanhood…[and] love of different kinds." This album also sounded more like

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726-500: The lyrics, sang lead vocals, and played second guitar to Brownstein's lead, with the duo collaborating on music. Janet Weiss eventually replaced McFarlane on drums. In 1999, Esquire said Sleater-Kinney was "the best band in the world." They released seven albums over eleven years before going on hiatus in 2006. On August 12, 2006, the band played what was supposed to be their final show at Crystal Ballroom in Portland. However,

759-419: The wonderful name of Heavens to Betsy ." Tucker is usually the front person and lead singer. One reviewer noted, "Her voice is enormous, with a natural swing--the sort of swing that neither Tina Turner nor Mick Jagger has ever had, the ability to take a note and ring it like a bell in a tower." Tucker was a founding member of the influential riot grrrl band Heavens to Betsy along with Tracy Sawyer ,

792-459: Was a success on college radio and arguably their biggest hit. The band are still together, although after 1996's A Tribute To Music they released no new material until Because We Hate You (2001), a split release with McCaughey's other band, the Minus 5 . McCaughey has given more attention to the Minus 5 since then, while Bloch and Sangster have formed the band Thee Sgt. Major III, and Hutchison

825-475: Was also exposed to the music scene in Olympia. Tucker said, "I was 18 when I went to a show that Bratmobile and Bikini Kill played. It was February 14, 1991...It was the first time I'd seen feminism translated into an emotional language. For young women to be doing that, basically teenagers on stage, to be taking that kind of stance, that kind of power, was blowing people's minds. And it totally blew my mind. I

858-659: Was born in State College, Pennsylvania , and spent her childhood in Grand Forks, North Dakota . There, her father was a college professor and her mother was a medical technician. Her father is also a folk singer and musician. She began studying piano when she was twelve. In high school in Eugene, Oregon , she was in a band with friends called This That. Tucker says she "grew up on the Beatles " but that "her mind

891-765: Was completely blown" when she heard R.E.M. 's album Murmur when she was eleven. Her other musical influences include the Soundtrack from The Wizard of Oz , Joan Jett & the Blackhearts ' I Love Rock 'N' Roll , The B-52's , Pat Benatar 's Get Nervous , Television 's Marquee Moon , and Bikini Kill . Her first concert was to see the band X in Eugene around 1987. In 1990, Tucker attended Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington , where she studied film, political economy, and social change. She

924-567: Was eighteen—it's the name “Heavens to Betsy” in cursive with a star on either side, on her ankle. Tucker married filmmaker Lance Bangs in June 2000 in Iceland . They have a son, Marshall Tucker Bangs (born March 8, 2001), and a daughter, Glory Bangs (born 2008). Marshall was born prematurely. Outside of music, she is in web development and interactive media for a healthcare company. In addition, she makes training and informational videos for

957-527: Was featured in " Benderama ", an episode of Futurama . Kurt Bloch Kurt Bloch (born August 28, 1960 ) is an American songwriter , guitarist , engineer and record producer . Bloch is best known as songwriter and lead guitarist of Fastbacks , and is a member of The Young Fresh Fellows . Bloch has recorded tracks and produced albums for The Presidents of the United States of America , Tokyo Dragons , Robyn Hitchcock , Les Thugs , Flop , Sicko , The Minus 5 , The Venus 3 , and more recently

990-529: Was like, 'OK, that's it. That's it for me — I'm going in a band, right now.'" The result was the band Heavens to Betsy. In her first year at Evergreen, Tucker made a documentary about women in music. The documentary included footage of early shows by Bikini Kill and Bratmobile, and interviews with Beat Happening and Nirvana . Tucker graduated from college in 1994. She says her role models are Maya Angelou , Nora Ephron , and Patti Smith . As Tucker puts its, "Women who have had really long careers and done

1023-538: Was mentioned in the They Might Be Giants song " Twisting ", and in "Big Salty Tears" by The Ziggens , which was later covered by Bradley Nowell of Sublime on the album Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends . The tribute album This One's for the Fellows (2004) features twenty covers of Young Fresh Fellows songs by artists including The Presidents of the United States of America , Robyn Hitchcock , and The Makers . The Presidents' cover

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1056-461: Was recording a solo album for Kill Rock Stars . Unwound 's Sara Lund and Golden Bear's ' Circus Lupus and Seth Lorinczi assisted Tucker with this project which was dubbed The Corin Tucker Band. The album 1,000 Years was released on October 5, 2010, and was streamed via NPR . The album's eleven songs were different from other Tucker projects—many of the songs were slower folk and Americana , and Tucker played acoustic guitar. Tucker said

1089-614: Was that we dated. It just came out as being gossip." Tucker wrote the Sleater-Kinney song " One More Hour " about her breakup with Brownstein. Tucker has been outspoken in her support of the pro-choice movement. An ardent feminist, she believes it is more important than ever for women to fight for equality. She also spoke against the Iraq War , despite offending audiences. In her songs with Filthy Friends , she has protested deforestation , U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement , and oil pipelines . She got her only tattoo when she

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