Kira Roessler

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Kira Roessler
Kira Roessler performing as part of Dos, 2002(Mike Watt in background)
Kira Roessler performing as part of Dos, 2002
(Mike Watt in background)
Background information
Also known as Kira
Born June 12, 1961, New Haven, CT
Genre(s) Punk/Alternative
Occupation(s) dialogue editor (when not playing music)
Instrument(s) bass, vocals, songwriting
Years active 1975–present
Label(s) SST Records
New Alliance Records
Kill Rock Stars
Associated
acts
Twisted Roots, Sexsick, Black Flag (band), Dos
Website Dos' homepage at Mike Watt's Hoot Page

Kira Roessler (b. June 12, 1961) replaced Chuck Dukowski as bass player in Black Flag. She is sister to The Screamers' keyboardist Paul Roessler. She joined when the band heard her sitting in with L.A. punk group DC3. Before joining Black Flag, she was majoring in applied engineering at UCLA (subsequent tours were worked around her school schedule, which was a condition for her to join the band). Her bass playing was featured on five of Black Flag's studio albums. She remained in the band until completing touring behind their In My Head album in the autumn of 1985, then graduated UCLA in 1986.

After Black Flag, she formed the two-bass duo Dos with Mike Watt (to whom she was married between 1987 and 1994), and contributed material to what would be the Minutemen's final album, 3-Way Tie (For Last), and to Watt's post-Minutemen band fIREHOSE. She later contributed some artwork to Watt's first solo album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?.

Roessler now works as a dialogue editor on theatrical films in Los Angeles. She has a credit (as kira) on Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002). She appeared on the Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three tribute album in 2003 along with other musical artists, including other Black Flag veterans.

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Dos
Mike Watt | Kira Roessler
Discography
Dos | Numero Dos | Uno Con Dos | Justamente Tres
Black Flag
Greg Ginn
Vocals: Chavo Pederast | Keith Morris | Dez Cadena | Henry Rollins
Bass: Raymond Pettibon | Spot | Chuck Dukowski | Kira Roessler | C'el Revuelta
Drums: David Horvitz | Brian Migdol | ROBO | Emil Johnson | Chuck Biscuits | Bill Stevenson |Anthony Martinez
Discography
Albums: Damaged | My War | Slip It In | Family Man | Loose Nut | In My Head
Extended plays: Nervous Breakdown | Jealous Again | Six Pack | TV Party | The Process of Weeding Out | Minuteflag | I Can See You
Live: Live '84 | Who's Got the 10½? | Annihilate This Week
Other releases: Everything Went Black | The First Four Years | Wasted...Again | The Complete 1982 Demos Plus More | Spray Paint EP
Related articles
Rollins Band | Dos | State of Alert | Gone | SST Records | Spot | October Faction | Joe Cole