Erase Errata
Left to right: Ellie Erickson, Jenny Hoyston, Bianca Sparta
Background information
Origin	Oakland/San Francisco,California, U.S.
Genre(s)	Post-punk revival Alternative Noise rock Indie Rock
Years active	1999–present
Label(s)	Troubleman Unlimited Kill Rock Stars Lungcast
Associated acts	California Lightening Anxious Rats Paradise Island
Website	www.eraseerrata.com
Members
Jenny Hoyston Ellie Erickson Bianca Sparta
Former members
Sara Jaffe Archie McKay

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History

Erase Errata formed in 1999 and quickly earned national attention via tours with electro grrl band Le Tigre and Japanese noise rockers Melt Banana. Riot grrrl was an underground Feminist punk movement that started in the early 1990s and is often associated with Third-wave feminism (it Le Tigre ( French for "The Tiger" is an American Dance-punk band formed by Kathleen Hanna (formerly of Bikini Kill Melt-Banana is a Japanese Noise rock band that is known for playing extremely fast andnoisy music mixed with experimental Electronica that might be described They released their highly acclaimed debut album Other Animals in 2001, followed by At Crystal Palace in 2003, both on the Troubleman Unlimited label. Other Animals is the first album by the band Erase Errata, released in 2001. At Crystal Palace is the second album by the band Erase Errata, released in 2003. Troubleman Unlimited Records is a Record label specializing in Indie rock and similar genres

After founding guitarist Sara Jaffe left Erase Errata in 2004, singer Jenny Hoyston switched to guitar and the group drafted a male vocalist named Archie McKay, a move that alienated many fans. The group eventually settled on a three-piece lineup, with Hoyston handling both guitar and vocal duties, and joined the Kill Rock Stars roster for the 2006 album Nightlife. Kill Rock Stars is an Independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in Olympia, Washington, United States and Nightlife is the third album by the band Erase Errata, released in 2006 on Kill Rock Stars, and first not to feature former member Sara Jaffe

Personnel

Current members

• Jenny Hoyston - vocals, guitar, trumpet, keyboards
• Ellie Erickson - bass
• Bianca Sparta - drums

Former Members

• Sara Jaffe - guitar (1999-2004, with sporadic live appearances since)
• Archie MacKay - vocals (for one month in 2004)

Discography

• Other Animals CD/LP (2001)
• At Crystal Palace CD/LP (2003)
• Nightlife CD/LP (2006)

Erase Errata have also released a number of split singles with various other groups including Black Dice, The Need, Numbers and Sonic Youth. Jenny Hoyston is the lead vocalist of the internationally loved political punk and no wave band Erase Errata. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Other Animals is the first album by the band Erase Errata, released in 2001. At Crystal Palace is the second album by the band Erase Errata, released in 2003. Nightlife is the third album by the band Erase Errata, released in 2006 on Kill Rock Stars, and first not to feature former member Sara Jaffe Black Dice is an experimental Electronica group currently based in Brooklyn, New York, USA. The Need is a Queercore band that originated in Olympia Washington in the late 1990s Sonic Youth is an American Alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981

External links

• Official site
• Factsheet from Kill Rock Stars
• interview by Kim Gordon for Index Magazine
• PUNKCAST#1062 live video from Syrup Room, Brooklyn, Nov 3 2006. Kill Rock Stars is an Independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in Olympia, Washington, United States and Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953) is an American musician vocalist and artist Index Magazine was a prominent New York City based publication for Art and Culture. (RealPlayer,mp4)