The Soviettes

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Soviettes


Img_capt = Left to right: Susy, Danny, Annie, Sturgeon.
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Background = group_or_band
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Origin = Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Genre = Punk rock
Years_active = 2001–2006
Label = Adeline, Fat Wreck Chords, Dirtnap, Crustacean, Pop Riot
Associated_acts = Awesome Snakes, International Robot
URL =
Current_members =
Past_members = Annie Holoien
Susy Sharp
Maren "Sturgeon" Macosko
Danny Henry
Lane Pederson

The Soviettes were a four-person punk band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded in 2001. The group was composed of Annie (guitar), Sturgeon (guitar), Susy (bass guitar), and the sole male in the band, Danny (drums), all of whom switched off singing duties.

History

Annie and Susy, both natives of Fargo, North Dakota, moved to Minneapolis around 2000 where they met Bill Morrisette of Dillinger Four. He suggested that they start a band with his girlfriend, Sturgeon, and were practicing with Dillinger Four's Lane Pederson filling in on drums by 2001.Citation
last = Scholtes
first = Peter
author-link =
title = Red, White, & Blonde: The Liberty, Equality, and Sorority of the Soviettes
newspaper = City Pages
volume = 24
issue = 1175
pages =
year = 2003
date = 11 June 2003
url = http://citypages.com/databank/24/1175/article11309.asp] The name originates from when Annie was serving coffee at a previous job, a customer offered "your band should be called The Soviettes" instead of a tip.Citation
last =
first =
title = The Soviettes
date =
year =
url = http://www.fatwreck.com/band/index/44
accessdate = 2007-10-20] The band recorded their first EP, "T.C.C.P.", the same year. Soon Annie found Danny Henry to play with them permanently.

In 2003, The Soviettes released the first LP entitled "LP" on Adeline Records of Oakland, California.

In 2004, the band released their second LP entitled "LP II", again on Adeline Records. The band was then noticed by Fat Wreck Chords in San Francisco, California and was shortly after signed with the label. The band released the song "Paranoia! Cha-Cha-Cha" for the compilation album "Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1".

On June 28, 2005, the band's third LP entitled "LP III" was released on Fat Wreck Chords.

The members of The Soviettes have maintained a friendship with rapper P.O.S., and are referenced in "Crispin Glover" from his 2005 single "P.O.S. Is Ruining My Life". They also gained an association with the Minnesota RollerGirls with the single "Roller Girls" about the organization with backing vocals from some of the girls. [cite web
url=http://minnesota.rollergirls.org/vinyl
title=Vinyl
accessdate=2007-11-07
work=Minnesota Rollergirls Online Store]

They toured the United States extensively at the end of 2005 with Fat Wreck label-mates Against Me!, the Epoxies, and Smoke or Fire.

After April 2006 the band went on hiatus indefinitely and the members doubt the band will reform at all. Susy has since moved to Los Angeles, California.Citation
last =
first = Ian
last2 =
first2 = Pete
title = Awesome Snakes - Venom
journal = Sliver
volume =
issue =
pages =
date = 29 October 2006
year = 2006
url = http://www.slivermagazine.com/features/2006/10/awesome-snakes-venom.html]

Since The Soviettes' hiatus, Annie and Danny have continued playing music together as the punk rock duo The Awesome Snakes.

Discography

Albums

External links

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* [http://www.fatwreck.com/band/index/44 Biography at Fat Wreck Chords]
* Jessica Grose (July 5, 2005). [http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2005/07/050705_soviettes/ Band of the Day: The Soviettes.] "SPIN"
* Citation
last=White
first=Jason
publication-date=August 2004
year=2004
title=The Soviettes
periodical=Thrasher
volume=
issue=
pages=
url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JSE/is_284/ai_n6095642
accessdate=2007-11-01.

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