Everything about Donna Dresch totally explained
Donna Dresch is an
American musician, perhaps best known as founder,
guitarist and
bass gutarist of
Team Dresch.
Dresch 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. Additionally, 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
1990s. Shortly after, she joined forces with
Jody Bleyle and
Kaia Wilson to form 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
1994,
Personal Best and its 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.
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).
(External Link
) Also, she temporarily replaced
Van Conner in the
Screaming Trees and had a brief stint as bassist in
Dinosaur Jr. Additionally, she's worked with
Slim Moon in the '80s Olympia-based garage band
Nisqually Delta Podunk Nightmare, played bass in Olympia grunge punk band, Danger Mouse, also,
Rastro!,
The Go Team,
Mary Lou Lord, and
Lois.
Publications
- McDonnell, Evelyn; Powers, Ann, editors: Rock She Wrote, Delta, N.Y.C., US, ISBN 0-385-31250-4 (1995)
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