Lisa Marr

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Lisa Marr
Also known asMiss Marr
Born Vernon, British Columbia
Instrument(s)vocals, bass, ukulele
Years active1990-present
Formerly of The Evaporators, The Bombshells, cub, Buck, The Indecisives, The Beards, The Lisa Marr Experiment, The Here + Now, Soda & His Million Piece Band
Spouse Ronnie Barnett

Lisa Marr is a musician, songwriter, filmmaker, photographer, and educator from Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, currently based in Los Angeles, California, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She has performed as a solo artist and as a member of the Evaporators, the Indecisives, the Bombshells, Cub, Buck, The Beards, The Lisa Marr Experiment, The Here + Now, and Soda & His Million Piece Band. She is sometimes known as Miss Marr in her solo work. She has been credited as the originator of a subgenre of music known as cuddlecore.

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Music

Lisa Marr's music performing career began when she was invited to play bass for the Evaporators by Nardwuar five days before a show. She taught herself to play bass in that time by listening to Ramones records. Nardwuar and Marr, as well as the founders of Mint Records, were associated through their work at CITR-FM, the University of British Columbia's student radio station. Lisa began working at the station with her own show focused on Amnesty International. As she met friends at the station, she began to be more focused on music. [1]

cub

Marr is a founding member, primary songwriter, lead singer, and bass player for indie-pop band cub. The term cuddlecore was coined to describe their music. Destroyer guitarist Nicholas Bragg invented the term as a joke, and also produced the band's hot dog day EP. Band members have expressed mixed feelings about the label , [2] though it was included in the artwork of their second album, Come Out Come Out . Neko Case first toured playing music with cub as the drummer, after founding drummer Valeria quit the band. It was also Case's first time singing on stage. cub toured with They Might Be Giants, [3] who covered their song "New York City".

Buck

Buck (sometimes stylized as BuCk or Bu¢K) was Lisa Marr and drummer/vocalist Lisa G's band following the break-up of cub. Marr continued to sing lead vocals and play bass. The two were joined by guitarist Pepper Berry, playing in his first band. [4]

Other notable musical projects

Visual arts

Marr was a 2014 Visual Art Fellow for the California Community Foundation. [8]

Marr has made films on her own, and is currently the operations director and youth film coordinator, as well as director, at the Echo Park Film Center. [9] [10] Her first major film project was a documentary entitled Learning How to Fail, which was screened at the Darklight Film Festival. [11] She is also one of the few modern filmmakers to shoot on 3mm film. [12]

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions and community-based art

Other fellowships, grants, and awards

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Fontana, Kaitlin (2011). Fresh at twenty: the oral history of Mint Records. ECW Press.
  2. ↑ Bozza, Anthony (November 14, 1996). "On The Edge:Cub". Rolling Stone. San Francisco, CA: Rolling Stone LLC. ISSN   0035-791X.
  3. ↑ "No more cute stuff". Maclean's (Toronto). Rogers Media. January 13, 1997. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Buck Stops Here". LA Weekly. October 14, 1998.
  5. ↑ fkhttps://www.kcet.org/history-society/lisa-marr-how-the-cuddle-core-icon-came-to-la
  6. ↑ "Lisa Marr Experiment – Beyond the Vancouver Underground & Neko". No Depression. 2004-01-01. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  7. ↑ Cocksedge, Rich (January 9, 2019). "Lisa Marr with The Tranzmitors [7-inch]". PunkNews.org. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Lisa Marr | 2014 Fellowship for Visual Artists". California Community Foundation.
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