Calamity Jane (grunge band)

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Calamity Jane
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Background information
Origin Portland, Oregon, United States
Genres
Years active1989–1992, 2010
Past members
  • Gilly Ann Hanner
  • Lisa Koenig
  • Ronna Era
  • Megan Hanner
  • Joanna Bolme

Calamity Jane was an all-female American rock band, formed in Portland, Oregon, United States, in 1989.

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Gilly Ann Hanner (vocals/guitar) and Lisa Koenig (drums) started playing together as a band in 1988 along with Ronna Era (bass). After a few live appearances Hanner's sister Megan took over on bass and the band was renamed Calamity Jane the following year. [1] Their first gig was supporting Scrawl. The band then supported Fugazi on their 1990 tour. [2]

The band released three singles and an album Martha Jane Cannary [3] with their original line up, and a final single with Marcéo Martinez – later of Team Dresch) on drums and Joanna Bolme (later of Quasi and The Jicks) on bass.

The band played two support slots with Nirvana. One of these shows, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ended in Calamity Jane being booed off and thrown mud and rocks by the stage, which motivated Nirvana to intentionally sabotage their own performance. [4] This experience led to the dissolution of the band, and was Calamity Jane's last performance for 24 years. [5]

Line-up

Discography

Track listing

All tracks are written by Calamity Jane.

Martha Jane Cannary– Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Miss Hell"3:02
2."My Spit"3:24
3."Car/You Got It Rough"4:07
4."Hang Up"3:46
5."Shark"2:01
6."Olympia"3:46
7."Little Girl"2:28
8."Mean Song"3:12
9."Alot O'Blood"2:41
10."Say It"3:14
11."No Mirror"4:35
Total length:36:16

References

  1. ↑ "Gilly Ann Hanner". Punkglobe.com. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Calamity Jane Saturday, July 24". Wweek.com. July 21, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Release "Martha Jane Cannary" by Calamity Jane". MusicBrainz.org. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Alex Young". consequence.net. January 28, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ Substack. "Regarding the infamous Nirvana/Argentina show. October 30, 1992". substack.com. Retrieved October 13, 2024.


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