Donna Dresch
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Donna Dresch is an American musician, perhaps best known as founder, guitarist and bassist of Team Dresch.
Donna has been actively involved in the queercore scene since the 1980s, as the creator of the fanzine, Chainsaw, and contributor to several other seminal zines such as Outpunk and J.D.s, as well as contributing and being featured on the front cover of Homocore, issue five. As well, she was a contributor to Tobi Vail's influential proto-Riot Grrrl fanzine, Jigsaw and Tammy Rae Carland's zine I (heart) Amy Carter. In 1992, she appeared in the cult film The Yo-Yo Gang, by G.B. Jones.
She founded the queercore independent record label Chainsaw Records in the early nineties. Shortly after, she joined forces with Jody Bleyle and Kaia Wilson as Team Dresch. Once drummer Marci Martinez was added to the line-up, the group began recording. The first single was released in 1994 on Kill Rock Stars. Their debut album in 1995, Personal Best and it's follow-up, Captain My Captain were released jointly by Chainsaw Records and Jody Bleyle's label Candy Ass Records. Team Dresch performs live and the members are interviewed in the documentary film She's Real, Worse Than Queer by Lucy Thane.
Since its inception, Chainsaw Records has housed many well-known bands such as Tracy and the Plastics and Sleater-Kinney.
In 2004, she founded a new band, Davies vs. Dresch. In 2006, Team Dresch reunited and began touring again.
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[edit] Other appearances
Dresch has appeared on many other artists' recordings, including Amy Ray's Prom; Third Sex's Card Carryin' (as producer, engineer and mixer); Phranc's Goofyfoot EP (bassist); Some Velvet Sidewalk's Shipwreck (guitarist and bassist); Hazel's Are You Going to Eat That? (producer) and Fifth Column's 36-C (guitarist). [1] Also, she temporarily replaced Van Conner in the Screaming Trees when he left to tour with Dinosaur Jr. (Whom Donna has also worked with) Additionally, she has worked with Danger Mouse, Rastro!, The Go Team, Mary Lou Lord, Nisqually Delta Podunk Nightmare and Lois.
[edit] Publications
- McDonnell, Evelyn; Powers, Ann, editors: Rock She Wrote, Delta, N.Y.C., US, ISBN 0-385-31250-4 (1995)
[edit] See also
- Chainsaw Records
- Davies vs. Dresch
- Team Dresch
[edit] External links
| Screaming Trees |
| Mark Lanegan | Gary Lee Conner | Van Conner | Barrett Martin | Mark Pickerel |
| Donna Dresch | Joshua Homme |
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| Studio Albums: Clairvoyance | Even If and Especially When | Invisible Lantern | Buzz Factory | Uncle Anesthesia | Sweet Oblivion | Dust |
| EPs: Other Worlds | Change Has Come | Something About Today | Winter Songs Four Track |
| Compilations: Anthology: SST Years 1985-1989 | Nearly Lost You | Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1989-1996 |
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