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Corin Tucker
The Woods promotional photo of Corin, circa 2005.
Background information
Birth name	Corin Tucker
Also known as	Kissy (when performing with Cadallaca.)
Born	November 9, 1972
Origin	Eugene, Oregon
Genre(s)	Alternative rock Punk Riot Grrrl
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar
Label(s)	Chainsaw Kill Rock Stars Sub Pop
Associated acts	Heartless Martin Heavens to Betsy Sleater-Kinney Cadallaca

Corin Tucker (born November 9, 1972) is a singer and guitarist, best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney. In the early 1990s she attended Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Although Sleater-Kinney was formed in Olympia, Washington and later relocated to Portland, Oregon, Tucker still describes herself as "a small-town girl" from Eugene, Oregon. Tucker is married to filmmaker Lance Bangs. They have one child together, Marshall Tucker Bangs.

Before forming Sleater-Kinney, Tucker played in Heartless Martin with Becca Albee of Excuse 17. Heartless Martin would release one EP, entitled Tonight. Corin was also a founding member of Heavens to Betsy, an influential Riot Grrrl band. Becca's bandmate from Excuse 17, Carrie Brownstein would later form Sleater-Kinney with Corin and Lora McFarlane. Heavens To Betsy recorded a split single with Bratmobile, and a number of singles for independent record labels. They frequently played shows with Excuse 17, and the two bands both appeared on the compilation LP Free to Fight. Heavens to Betsy would release one album, Calculated in 1993. During her time with Sleater-Kinney, Corin worked on a side project, Cadallaca, with Sarah Dougher and sts of The Lookers. In 1998 Cadallaca released their first album, introducing Cadallaca. They released an additional EP on Kill Rock Stars, Out West, in 2000.

Contents 1 "The Tool" 2 Trivia 3 Gear List 4 External links

Corin Tucker's voice is arguably one of the most distinct in contemporary punk rock music. In operatic terms, her voice can be described as Spinto Soprano or perhaps more appropriately, Dramatic Soprano, given her startling attack and highly pronounced vibrato. Tucker developed her singing style while feeling out her voice in her first band, Heavens to Betsy, and on early recordings with Sleater-Kinney. After the Call The Doctor tour in 1996, she began having trouble keeping her voice healthy on the road. Corin sought help in a local opera singer and voice coach named Alice English. In lieu of paying a lesson fee to English, Tucker did odd jobs for the opera teacher, who helped Tucker learn to breathe more efficiently and tamed her wild vibrato. When asked about her voice, Tucker has always been quite modest. Her bandmates from Sleater-Kinney often referred to her throaty warble as "The Tool".

• In response to the chant "Show Me Your Tits", popularized by male audience members to female bands and, in the case of Woodstock '99, by male bands to female audience members, Corin Tucker began wearing a shirt which reads "Show Me Your Riffs". Tucker is photographed wearing this shirt inside the cd booklet of the band's 2000 release All Hands on the Bad One.^[1]
• After an incident backstage in which Sleater-Kinney were mistaken for groupies while opening for Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Tucker made the remark, now famous among Sleater-Kinney fans: "We just want to say that we're not here to fuck the band. We are the band."^[2]
• She has a tattoo around her right ankle which reads "Heavens to Betsy", the name of her band before Sleater-Kinney.
• Studied film, political economy, and social change at Evergreen State College.

During The Woods era, Corin used the following gear^[3]:

Amplifier

• '65 blackface Fender Showman

Guitars

• Worn Cherry Les Paul Special
• Danelectro Baritone (studio only)
• Danelectro DC-3 (previous albums/tours)

Effects

• DigiTech Whammy
• DOD EQ
• Electro-Harmonix Bass Synthesizer
• Schumann Electronics Lion X
• Vox Overdrive

• http://www.sleater-kinney.com/
• http://www.sleater-kinney.net/
• Tiny Suns Infused With Sour A Sleater-Kinney news blog

Sleater-Kinney
Corin Tucker | Carrie Brownstein | Janet Weiss Lora McFarlane | Tori Gogin | Misty Farrell
Discography
Albums: Sleater-Kinney | Call The Doctor | Dig Me Out | The Hot Rock | All Hands on the Bad One | One Beat | The Woods Singles: "You 'Ain't It!/Surf Song" | "One More Hour" | "Little Babies" | "A Quarter To Three" | "Get Up" | "You're No Rock 'n Roll Fun" | "Entertain" | "Jumpers"
Related
Articles: Heavens to Betsy | Excuse 17 | Cadallaca | Quasi | Riot Grrrl | Sub Pop | Kill Rock Stars | Categories: Sleater-Kinney albums | Sleater-Kinney songs
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