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Carrie Brownstein
Carrie Brownstein in 2005. (Photo by Eliah Hecht)
Background information
Also known as	Carrie Kinney
Born	September 27, 1974 (1974-09-27) (age 33)
Origin	Portland, Oregon, United States
Genre(s)	Alternative rock Indie rock Punk rock
Occupation(s)	Musician Writer
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Vocals
Years active	1993–2007
Label(s)	Villa Villakula, Chainsaw, Kill Rock Stars, K Records, Sub Pop
Associated acts	Sleater-Kinney Excuse 17 The Spells The Tentacles Tommy
Website	http://www.sleater-kinney.com/

Carrie Rachel Brownstein^[1] (born September 27, 1974), is an American musician and actress. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Chainsaw Records is an Independent record label run by Donna Dresch, devoted to Queercore bands and operating out of Portland Oregon. Kill Rock Stars is an Independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in Olympia, Washington, United States and K Records is an Independent record label in Olympia Washington, co-founded owned and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Sub Pop is an Independent record label (though funded and sharing distribution outlets with Warner Music founded by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman Sleater-Kinney was an American Indie rock band that existed from 1995 to 2006 Excuse 17 is a Queercore punk band from Olympia Washington that performed and recorded in the mid 1990s Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. She is best known for being a guitarist and vocalist in the currently-on-hiatus Portland, Oregon-based band Sleater-Kinney. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Sleater-Kinney was an American Indie rock band that existed from 1995 to 2006

1 Background
2 College
3 Sleater-Kinney
4 Side projects
5 Recent
6 Personal
7 External links
8 References

Background

Brownstein grew up in a upper middle-class home in Redmond, Washington, and attended the The Overlake School. Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management's April 1 2008 estimate the city has a population The Overlake School is a private non-sectarian co-ed college prep day school located in Redmond, Washington. She began playing guitar at 15, and received lessons from future Sunny Day Real Estate/The Fire Theft frontman Jeremy Enigk. Sunny Day Real Estate was an Indie rock band formed in Seattle Washington. The Fire Theft is an Indie rock band from Seattle Washington. Jeremy Enigk (ˈiː nɪk born July 16, 1974) is an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist known for being the front man She later said "He lived in the neighborhood next to mine, so I would just walk my guitar over to his house. He showed me a couple of open chords and I just took it from there. I'd gone through so many phases as a kid with my interests that my parents put their foot down with guitar. So [the instrument] ended up being the first thing that I had to save up my own money for -- kind of like Bryan Adams buying his "first beat-up six string" - and maybe that was the whole reason that I actually stuck with it. "^[2]

After high school, she attended Western Washington University for a short time, before transferring to Evergreen State College (where Corin Tucker, Kathleen Hanna, and Tobi Vail were also students). Western Washington University ( WWU or Western) is one of six state-funded, four-year universities of Higher education in the Corin Lisa Tucker (born November 9 1972) is a singer and guitarist best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney. Kathleen Hanna (born 12 November 1968) is an American Musician, Activist, and Zine writer Tobi Vail (born July 20 1969) is a Musician, influential DIY Punk zinester Activist, and Feminist theorist She graduated with a degree in Sociolinguistics in 1997. Sociolinguistics is the study of the effect of any and all aspects of Society, including cultural norms expectations and context on the way Language is used After graduation, she stayed in Olympia for three years before moving to Portland. She later moved to Berkeley, California for a relationship but returned to Portland after six months. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. The Sleater-Kinney song "Jumpers" is partially based on her time spent there and Tad Friend's article from The New Yorker, "Jumpers". Tad Friend is a staff writer for The New Yorker. His current focus of coverage is the entertainment industry and he often writes the "Letter from California The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry ^[3] She is currently living in Portland, OR.

College

While attending the Evergreen State College, Brownstein was in the band Excuse 17. Excuse 17 is a Queercore punk band from Olympia Washington that performed and recorded in the mid 1990s Around this time, she met and later dated Corin Tucker, who was in the band Heavens to Betsy. Corin Lisa Tucker (born November 9 1972) is a singer and guitarist best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney. Heavens to Betsy was a punk band from Olympia Washington. The members were Tracy Sawyer on Drums and occasionally Bass guitar, and The two bands toured together and both contributed to the Free to Fight compilation. Free to Fight is a project consisting of a 1995 double album and booklet jointly released by Chainsaw Records and Candy Ass Records and a single later They formed Sleater-Kinney as a side project, and released the Free to Fight split single with Cypher in the Snow. Sleater-Kinney was an American Indie rock band that existed from 1995 to 2006 Cypher in the Snow were an all women Queercore band from San Francisco.

Sleater-Kinney

After both Excuse 17 and Heavens to Betsy split up, Sleater-Kinney became Brownstein and Tucker's main focus. They recorded their first self-titled album during a trip to Australia in early 1994, where the couple were celebrating Tucker's graduation from Evergreen^[4] (Brownstein still had three years of college left). It was released the following spring. They recorded and toured with different drummers, until Janet Weiss joined the band in 1996. Janet Weiss is also the name of a character (played by Susan Sarandon) in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Following their eponymous debut, they released six more critically acclaimed albums before going on indefinite hiatus in 2006.

Side projects

Brownstein created The Spells with Mary Timony, who released one EP titled The Age of Backwards. Mary Timony (born in Washington DC, 1970 is an American Indie rock singer guitarist keyboardist and violist. She had a short lived project with Lois Maffeo called Tommy. She also had a role in the short film Fan Mail, as well as Group and the Miranda July film Getting Stronger Everyday. Miranda July (born February 15, 1974) is a Performance artist, musician writer actress and film director

Recent

Since the hiatus of Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein briefly worked at Portland ad agency Wieden+Kennedy. Sleater-Kinney was an American Indie rock band that existed from 1995 to 2006 Wieden+Kennedy (W+K earlier spelled Wieden & Kennedy) is an independently owned American Advertising agency best known for its work for Nike ^[5] Her former bandmate Janet Weiss worked there before she joined Sleater-Kinney,^[6] and has called the company "an evil advertising empire," saying she "quit and washed her hands of it. Janet Weiss is also the name of a character (played by Susan Sarandon) in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Sleater-Kinney was an American Indie rock band that existed from 1995 to 2006 "^[7] Brownstein has also started a comedy team with SNL castmember Fred Armisen, titled "ThunderAnt". Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Fred Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American Musician, Comedian, and Actor, best known for his work as a cast member The two film comedic shorts that are posted on their website, thunderant. com. ^[8] In addition, Brownstein writes a blog for NPR called "Monitor Mix". Brownstein says of the blog, "My hopes for Monitor Mix are that it will be descriptive as opposed to merely prescriptive. I would rather discuss and examine what it is that people actually consume than to tell you what you should be listening to. " ^[9]

Personal

Brownstein's sexual orientation was infamously outed to her family and the world by Spin magazine when she was 21 years old. Spin is a Music Magazine that reports on Music for Life Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr The article discussed the fact that she had dated bandmate Corin Tucker in the beginning of Sleater-Kinney (the song "One More Hour" is about their breakup^[10]). Corin Lisa Tucker (born November 9 1972) is a singer and guitarist best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney. After the article was out, she said, "I hadn't seen it [the Spin article], and I got a phone call. My dad called me and was like, 'The Spin article's out. Um, do you want to let me know what's going on?' The ground was pulled out from underneath me. . . My dad did not know that Corin and I had ever dated, or that I even dated girls. "^[11]^[12]^[13]

She later said "It was something that I’d been planning [to tell them] when it felt like the right time. The process was rapidly sped up for me with the aid of a national magazine. It’s fine now, and my family is very supportive . . . it’s just not the way I wanted to go about doing it. "^[14]

Since the early days of Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein has kept her personal life and sexual orientation private. ^[15] ^[16]

References

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