Radio Sloan
Radio Sloan | |
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Radio Sloan in 2006. | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Shannon Sloan |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Guitar |
Labels |
Yoyo Records Mr. Lady Records Kill Rock Stars Chainsaw Records |
Associated acts |
The Need Ce Be Barns Band The Circuit Side Courtney Love and The Chelsea Scarling. The Herms |
Radio Sloan is a musician from Olympia, Washington.
She is best known as a guitarist for The Need, the band she formed with Rachel Carns; her other bands include Ce Be Barns Band, The Circuit Side, Fact or Fiction, Grandpa's Ghost Stories; and Courtney Love's short-lived all-female backing band The Chelsea along with Lisa Leveridge, Emilie Autumn, Dvin Kirakosian, and Samantha Maloney.[1] She appeared as a guest with Los Angeles band Scarling., with whom she played bass guitar. She is also a member of Electroclash punk artist Peaches' live band, The Herms with JD Samson and Samantha Maloney.
She and singer Kathleen Hanna lived in a women's house at one time called "the Curse".[2] Later, she played guitar on Le Tigre's 2005 album This Island.
Radio Sloan is interviewed and appears with The Cebe Barns Band in the 1997 movie She's Real, Worse Than Queer, a documentary by Lucy Thane about women involved in the Queercore scene.[3]
Discography
Albums
- Margie Ruskin Stops Time Miranda July with music by The Need on Kill Rock Stars (1996)
- "Jacky O' Lantern" 7" single on Outpunk (1997)
- The Need CD on Chainsaw Records (1997)
- The Need 10" EP with Joe Preston and DJ Zeena on Up Records (1998)
- KaraNEEDoke double 7" collaborations with Slim Moon, Nomy Lamm, Audrey Marrs, Tracy Sawyer (formerly of Heavens to Betsy) and Tamala Poljak (formerly of Longstocking) on Kill Rock Stars
- The Transfused by Nomy Lamm with The Need CD on Yoyo Records (2000)
- The Need Is Dead CD on Chainsaw Records (2000)
- This Island CD on Mr. Lady Records (2004)
Compilations
- "Sam" on Destination 7" Ross Records (1996)
- "Crown" on Yo Yo A Go Go - Another Live Record CD/LP Yoyo Records (1997)
- "Talk Potty" on La Foresta Della Morte Soundtrack CD Toyo Records (1999)
- "Girl Flavour Gum" on The New Women's Music Sampler CD Mr. Lady Records (1999)
- "Vaselina", "Crown", "Majesty" on Homocore Minneapolis: Live & Loud CD Lefty Records (1999)
- "American Woman" on Projector LP Yoyo Records (1999)
- "Resurrection", "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown)" on The Structure of Scientific Misconceptions/The System of Scientific Misconstructions compilation CD Toyo Records (2001)
Filmography
Jump to filmography as: Soundtrack, Composer
Soundtrack
- Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007) (writer: "2 Story Girl")
- Don't Need You (2005) (V) ("Love Thing")
... aka Don't Need You: The Herstory of Riot Grrrl (USA: DVD box title)
Composer
- Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)
- Starcrossed (2005)
References
- ↑ IGN Music (2004-10-07), Courtney Love & The Chelsea Tour, retrieved 2011-01-14
- ↑ Kathleen Hanna Herstory
- ↑ Answers.com article
External links
- Radio Sloan at the Internet Movie Database
- Radio Sloan.com
- Radio Sloan factsheet @ killrockstars.com
- The Need