- The Butchies
The Butchies are a
lesbian queercore band fromDurham, North Carolina , that existed from 1998 to 2005, and are currently on ahiatus .Made up of
guitarist and frontwomanKaia Wilson ,bassist Allison Martlew , anddrummer Melissa York , The Butchies has been referred to as "queercore crusaders" by the Toronto-based publication "Now" [ [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2003-04-24/music_feature4.php "Sexy Butchies?", Now, April 24, 2003] ] . The band has been performing together since the recording of their firstalbum , "Are We Not Femme? " in 1998. Since then, the trio has recorded three subsequent albums, "" in 1999, "3" in 2001, and "Make Yr Life " in 2003. In 2005 the band announced a hiatus.The first three albums were released by the now-defunct
Mr. Lady Records , run by Kaia Wilson andTammy Rae Carland . It was named after Wilson's first solo LP, "Ladyman", created after leavingTeam Dresch . The label also released the first twoLe Tigre recordings. "Make Yr Life" was released byYep Roc . The track, "Sex (I'm a Lesbian)" appeared on Mr. Lady's 1999sampler 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
Adickdid and thequeercore bandTeam 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 twohardcore punk bands,Vitapup andBorn Against , before the two women joined with Allison Martlew to form The Butchies.The Butchies also played on the 2001
Amy Ray (of theIndigo Girls ) album "Stag" onDaemon Records and backed her up on tour.References in Popular Culture
*The song 'Send Me You' of the album "Make Yr Life" was featured in a season two episode of
The L Word .References
ee also
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List of all-women bands External links
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_1999_Nov_9/ai_57155937 "Meet The Butchies", The Advocate, 9 November 1999]
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