Calamity Jane (grunge band)

Calamity Jane
Background information
OriginPortland, Oregon, United States
Genres
Years active1989–1992, 2010, 2016
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.

History

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 their first album on 12", Martha Jane Cannary, in 1991. At the time it received positive critical reception in the specialist music press, including a review in Maximum Rocknroll that highlighted the "driving rock riffage".[3][4] Calamity Jane released three singles 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.[5][6][7]

In 2014 a grunge retrospective album, No Seattle: Forgotten Sounds of the North-West Grunge Era 1986-97, which included Calamity Jane song "Magdalena", was released. A review in the City Arts Magazine highlighted the groups significance as "riot grrrl pioneers" and lamented their demise.[8] In 2011 they were named as one of the "best proponents of Grunge" in an article published by the Journal of Popular Culture, and in 2022 Will Russell, writing in music magazine Hot Press, named Calamity Jane as one of Grunge music's "sublime all-female outfits".[9][10]

Line-up

  • Gilly Ann Hanner (vocals, guitar)
  • Megan Hanner (bass)
  • Lisa Koenig (drums)
  • Marcéo Martinez (drums) 1992
  • Joanna Bolme (bass, guitar) 1992

Discography

  • "Hang Up" / "You Got It Rough" / "Outta Money", Brimstone Productions, 7", 1990
  • "Say It" / "Little Girl", Imp Records, 7", 1991[11]
  • "My Spit" / "Miss Hell", SRI, 7", 1991
  • Martha Jane Cannary, SMR Records, Jealous Butcher, LP/CD, 1991
  • "Love Song" / "Believe", Tim/Kerr Records, 7", 1992[12]

References

  1. ^ "Gilly Ann Hanner". Punkglobe.com. Retrieved April 23, 2015.[non-primary source needed]
  2. ^ Carson, Nathan (July 20, 2010). "Calamity Jane Saturday, July 24". Willamette Week.
  3. ^ "Reviews - CALAMITY JANE". Flipside. No. 77. April 1992. p. 108.
  4. ^ "Record Reviews - Calamity Jane". Maximum Rocknroll. No. 106. March 1992. p. 59.
  5. ^ Young, Alex (January 28, 2015). "Watch Nirvana's infamous 1992 concert in Buenos Aires (during which they repeatedly mocked the audience)". consequence.net. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  6. ^ Frechoso, Kiko (November 7, 2022). "Una infamia, una venganza y un robo: la historia de Nirvana en Argentina". Mallorca Music Magazine (in Spanish).
  7. ^ "Saiba por que Kurt Cobain odiou o show do Nirvana em Buenos Aires". O Globo (in Portuguese). February 20, 2020.
  8. ^ Reighley, Kurt (September 26, 2014). "Album of the Month: No Seattle: Forgotten Sounds of the North-West Grunge Era 1986-97". City Arts Magazine.[self-published source?]
  9. ^ Russell, Will (July 29, 2022). "Every Breaking Wave: Grunge – "Most artists don't particularly care for labels, but practically all artists tagged as grunge loathe it"". Hot Press.
  10. ^ Strong, Catherine (March 28, 2011). "Grunge, Riot Grrrl and the Forgetting of Women in Popular Culture". The Journal of Popular Culture. 44 (2). doi:10.1111/j.1540-5931.2011.00839.x.
  11. ^ "CALAMITY JANE". Flipside. No. 71. April 1991. p. 71.
  12. ^ "CALAMITY JANE Love Songs/Believe". FOE. No. 21. 1993. p. 13.
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