The Soviettes | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
Genres | Punk rock, pop punk [1] |
Years active | 2001–2006, 2010-2011 |
Labels | Adeline, Fat Wreck Chords, Dirtnap, Crustacean, Pop Riot |
Members | Annie "Sparrows" Holoien Susy Sharp Maren "Sturgeon" Macosko Danny Henry |
Past members | Mikey "Erg" Yannich Lane Pederson |
Website | The Soviettes on Facebook |
The Soviettes were a punk rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded in 2001. The group is composed of Annie "Sparrows" Holoien (guitar), Maren "Sturgeon" Macosko (guitar), Susy Sharp (bass guitar), and Danny Henry (drums), all of whom share singing and songwriting duties.
Annie, originally from Fargo, North Dakota, met Sturgeon when she moved to Minneapolis in 1995. They started writing songs in 2001 and were joined by Susy shortly afterward with Lane Pederson on drums. The name originates from when Annie was serving coffee at a previous job, a customer offered "your band should be called The Soviettes" instead of a tip. [2] The band recorded their first EP, T.C.C.P. , the same year. Soon Annie asked Danny to play with them permanently. [3]
In 2003, The Soviettes released the first LP entitled LP on Adeline Records of Oakland, California.
In 2004, the band released their second LP entitled LP II , again on Adeline Records. The band was then noticed by Fat Wreck Chords in San Francisco, California and was shortly after signed with the label. The band released the song "Paranoia! Cha-Cha-Cha" for the compilation album Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 .
On June 28, 2005, the band's third LP entitled LP III was released on Fat Wreck Chords.
The members of The Soviettes had an association with the Minnesota RollerGirls with the single "Roller Girls" about the organization with backing vocals from some of the girls. [4]
They toured the United States extensively. Their final tour was a 50 state tour at the end of 2005 with Fat Wreck label-mates Against Me!, the Epoxies, and Smoke or Fire.
In 2006 the band went on hiatus indefinitely. "I don't know why we broke up," said Danny Henry in 2007, "It was pretty natural. Bands are relationships, they're just more complicated because it's a four-way deal." [5]
Since The Soviettes' hiatus, Annie and Danny have continued playing music together as the punk rock duo The Awesome Snakes and later in Green/Blue. Sturgeon played in The Gateway District with Carrie (who also played with Sturgeon in The Salteens), as well as Nate from Banner Pilot and Brad from Dear Landlord (both of whom also played in Rivethead), and later formed Partial Traces also with Brad and Nate. Annie also performs with Bermuda Squares and the God Damn Doo Wop Band, and sometimes performs with Sturgeon in Partial Traces.
In 2019, the online magazine Consequence named the Soviettes No. 93 on its list of the best 100 pop-punk bands of all time. [6]
The band reunited in 2010 for some shows. The first was on March 18, 2010 at Eclipse Records in St. Paul, MN. Next was March 19, 2010 at the Turf Club in St. Paul, MN. Both shows were record release shows for their Rarities album, released for free on Red Sound Records. [7] [8]
They also played at the Soda Bar in San Diego, CA on Sept 4th, 2010 as part of "Awesome Fest 4". [9]
On October 29, 2010 the band played at The Atlantic in Gainesville, FL as part of "Fest 9".
The band played 2 more shows in 2010, one at the Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis, MN on 11/12/2010 and another at Reggie's Rock Club, Chicago, IL on 11/13/2010, the latter opening for The Methadones on their final show.
The band was scheduled to participate in "Weasel Fest", supporting Screeching Weasel at Reggie's Rock Club, Chicago, IL on 05/29/2011 but dropped off the bill following Ben Weasel's behavior at SXSW 2011. [10] They did play at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis on 05/27/2011.
The band also played a live show at San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill Club on August 31, 2011.
ANNIE plays guitar
STURGEON plays guitar
DANNY plays drums
SUSY plays bass
everybody sings
Current members
Past members
Title | Release date | Notes | Label |
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LP | 17 June 2003 | Rereleased on vinyl in 2005 by Crustacean Records. | Adeline |
LP II | 13 April 2004 | Vinyl released by Learning Curve Records later that year. | Adeline |
LP III | 28 June 2005 | 220 albums released on pink vinyl. | Fat Wreck Chords |
Rarities | 16 March 2010 | A collection of b-sides and rarities | Red Sound Records |
Title | Release date | Notes | Label |
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T.C.C.P. | 11 May 2002 | Released as a 7" vinyl only. | Pop Riot |
"Alright" | 12 October 2004 | B-side: "Plus One" | Dirtnap |
"Roller Girls" | 23 August 2005 | B-side: "Say So" | Fat Wreck Chords |
Title | Release date | Notes | Label |
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The Soviettes/Valentines EP | 5 November 2002 | Pop Riot | |
The Havenot's/The Soviettes | 2003 | As both a four track vinyl distributed in the US and a six track CD released only in Japan on Star Jets Records | Nice & Neat |
Title | Release date | Soviettes Tracks | Label |
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No Hold Back... All Attack!!! | 2002 | Twin Cities Sound | Havoc Records and Distribution |
Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 | 04/20/2004 | ¡Paranoia! Cha-Cha-Cha | Fat Wreck Chords |
Protect: A Benefit for ... | 10/18/2005 | Middle of the Night | Fat Wreck Chords |
21st Century Power Pop Riot | 06/06/2006 | Goodbye to You (vocal by Annie) | Red Scare Industries |
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