Heavens to Betsy

Heavens to Betsy

Infobox musical artist
Name = Heavens to Betsy


Img_capt = Inset image from "Kill Rock Stars" compilation
Background = group_or_band
Years_active = 1991–1994
Origin = Olympia, Washington
Label = K Records
Chainsaw Records
Yoyo Records
Associated_acts = Cadallaca
Sleater-Kinney
Past_members = Corin Tucker
Tracy Sawyer

Heavens to Betsy was a punk band from Olympia, Washington.

The members were Tracy Sawyer on drums and occasionally bass guitar, and Corin Tucker on guitar and vocals. One of their first appearances was at the International Pop Underground Convention organized by independent record label K Records in 1991. For one night an all-female bill, dubbed "Love Rock Revolution Girl Style Now" commanded the stage with Heavens to Betsy, Bratmobile, Jean Smith of Mecca Normal and 7 Year Bitch appearing, an event that is widely considered one of the pivotal events in the inception of the Riot Grrrl movement. Their first record was a split single on K Records with Bratmobile, considered an essential Riot Grrrl recording. The band recorded three singles, produced one LP/CD, "Calculated", and contributed to many compilations while they were together. These recordings are now sought after by collectors. One of these compilations, "Free to Fight", also included a song contributed by the band Excuse 17, of which Carrie Brownstein was a member. Corin and Carrie began to play together, and when Heavens to Betsy disbanded in the mid 1990s, the two women founded Sleater-Kinney.

Discography

Albums

* Self-titled demo, cassette (1991)
* "Calculated" CD/LP. Kill Rock Stars (1993)

ingles and EPs

* Heavens to Betsey/ Bratmobile split 7", K Records (1992)
* "These Monsters Are Real" 7" EP, Kill Rock Stars (1992)
* "Direction" 7" Chainsaw Records (1994)

Compilations

*"Throw" compilation, CD, "Baby's Gone" Yoyo Recordings, (1992)
*"Julep" compilation, CD, "She's the One" Yoyo Recordings, (1993)
*"Kill Rock Stars" compilation, CD/LP, "My Red Self" Kill Rock Stars, (1994)
*"Free to Fight" compilation, double CD/ triple LP, "Get Out of my Head" (co-release on Candy Ass Records and Chainsaw, (1995)
*"Yo Yo A Go Go" compilation CD/LP, "Axemen", Yoyo Recordings, (1996)
*"Some Songs" compilation, CD, "Firefly", Kill Rock Stars, (1997)

oundtracks

* "My Secret", featured in "I Was A Teenage Serial Killer" by Sarah Jacobson

External links

* [http://www.killrockstars.com/bands/factsheets/heavenstobetsy/ Kill Rock Stars factsheet]
* [http://www.electrip.com/sleater-kinney/h2b/h2b.html Heavens to Betsy fan site]


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