Three Dollar Bill
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Three Dollar Bill is a band founded by Jane Danger and Chris Piss in Chicago, Illinois in 1998. The name comes from the expression "Queer as a three dollar bill". The Bureau of Engraving and Printing has never been authorized to print a $3 note. However, during the early 1800's, banks operating under Federal or State charters issued notes of that denomination. These notes were printed by private contractors and were not obligations of the federal government.[citation needed]
Jane Danger previously played in Chicago's first queercore band Heterocide in the late 1990's. In Three Dollar Bill, Jane and Chris Piss both play guitar and sing, while the rhythm section is provided by G. Rex on bass and backing vocals and Chip Lash on drums. Their influences run the gamut from punk, metal, grunge, goth, indie rock and the queercore scene. The band have self-released four CDs on their own independent label and have appeared on a variety of compilations including the tribute to The Breeders, Hellbound, which also features other queer performers such as Gentleman Reg. The band tour and play throughout the east coast and the midwest of the U.S.. Their latest recording, Parody of Pleasure, has been nominated for album of the year by the 2006 Out Music Awards.
The band performs in Scott Berry's movie Gay Shame '98, filmed at the first Gay Shame event held at D.U.M.B.A. in Brooklyn, New York, documenting this alternative to Gay Pride. Three Dollar Bill appear along with other performers such as Penny Arcade. Three Dollar Bill also appear on the soundtrack of the film Hellbent, released in 2005, which is self-described as "the first gay slasher movie".
They are featured in the book Homocore: The Loud and Raucous Rise Of Queer Punk, released in 2005.
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[edit] Albums
- Getting To Know You EP (1998)
- Insurrection on Stereotype Records (2000)
- American Dream on Stereotype Records (2001)
- Parody Of Pleasure on Stereotype Records (2005)
[edit] Compilations
- "Girl-O-Matic" on Matriarchs of the Midwest, Elegant Discourse (1999)
- "Girl-O-Matic" on High Risk: LCCP Cancer Survivor Benefit CD, Materville (1999)
- "Retarded Drag Queen" on Kathie Bergquist Relocation CD, Frooty (2000)
- "U.F.I." on Bitch Nation Top Secret Cassette Swapping Club, Bitch Nation (2000) (Jane Danger solo song)
- "Metal Man" on Hellbound: A Tribute To The Breeders (2001)
- "Make You Cry" on Coalition To Rock Chicago (2001)
[edit] Soundtracks
- Hellbent directed by Paul Etheredge-Ouzts, 2005
- Gay Shame '98 directed by Scott Berry, 1998
[edit] References
- Ciminelli, David and Knox, Ken, Homocore: The Loud And Raucous Rise Of Queer Rock, Alyson Books, 2005
