Sleater-Kinney

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Template:Infobox band Sleater-Kinney is an indie rock trio originally from Olympia, Washington influenced by the riot grrrl movement of the 1990s. They currently hail from Portland, Oregon. The name "Sleater-Kinney" is derived from Sleater-Kinney Road in Lacey near Olympia, the location of one of the band's early practice spaces.

1 Band history
2 Discography
3 Clips
4 See also
5 External links

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Band history

The long-time critical darlings emerged from a series of other bands with their self-titled debut, Sleater-Kinney on Chainsaw Records in 1995 and continued with more acclaimed albums like Call the Doctor (1996) and Dig Me Out (1997). In 1998, the band recorded "Big Big Lights", the first split single (with Cypher In The Snow) in the series of recordings dealing with women's self defense entitled Free To Fight, and released on Candy Ass Records. Their next few albums pushed the band towards mainstream listeners, culminating in 2002's One Beat. The band, however, has remained fiercely faithful to their indie rock and feminist roots. Most of their albums since Call the Doctor have been released through the independent record label Kill Rock Stars. Their seventh album, The Woods, has been released on Sub Pop Records.

The band was founded by Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein. Janet Weiss (of Quasi) has played drums since "Dig Me Out". Both Carrie and Corin play guitar. Although Sleater-Kinney has no bass player, Corin does play a baritone guitar, often filling the same role as a bass guitar player would, and Carrie tunes her guitar one step down. Corin Tucker was formerly in the influential Riot Grrrl band Heavens to Betsy. Carrie was formerly in the queercore band Excuse 17. At present, as well as performing with Sleater-Kinney, Corin also performs with Cadallaca with Sarah Dougher (formerly of The Lookers). In a recent interview, however, Corin told the public "not to hold [their] breath for a new Cadallaca album."