Here we go, axemen, here we go! Before Sleater-Kinney existed, elemental American indie rock howler Corin Tucker was one half of Heavens To Betsy, a duo that didn’t last long but left a deep impression. Tucker and her childhood friend Tracy Sawyer started Heavens To Betsy when Tucker was a student at Evergreen in Olympia, Washington, and they played their first show at K Records’ International Pop Underground festival in 1991. They went on to do some DIY touring and to release a few 7″ singles, as well as one album, the sick-ass 1994 feminist punk classic Calculated. In 1994, Heavens To Betsy broke up, and Tucker started Sleater-Kinney with her Excuse 17 tourmate Carrie Brownstein. The rest is history.
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