Janet Weiss
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- Janet Weiss is also the name of a character (played by Susan Sarandon) in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Janet Weiss (born September 24, 1965 ) is the drummer of Sleater-Kinney and Quasi. Janet was born in Hollywood, California. She attended San Francisco State University and graduated with a degree in photography. While in college, she started playing drums. At the age of 22 she went on tour as a drummer, even though she had only been playing for two weeks.
She moved to Portland, Oregon in 1989 and soon after began playing with Sam Coomes (her ex-husband and Quasi bandmate).
Janet started playing with Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein in Sleater-Kinney in 1997, after seeing them play a show and thinking to herself, "I could be in this band". She reportedly took her cymbals to Carrie and Corin's house, played "Call the Doctor" with them, and according to Carrie, "hit so hard you got a lump in your throat." Carrie and Corin then played Janet a new song they were working on at the time, "Dig Me Out." She hit so hard, and made up a beat so solid "you could practically bang your head against it." It was then, four drummers later, that a new Sleater-Kinney was born.[1]
She has also played for Junior High, The Shadow Mortons, The Go Betweens, All Smiles, Sarah Dougher, Elliott Smith, and one Gold Card song and recently announced to have joined The Jicks, Stephen Malkmus' band.
[edit] Equipment
Janet plays a vintage Ludwig kit (ca. 1973) in natural maple finish. Specs. as follows[2]:
- 5 1/2x14 Craviotto Snare
- 9x13 rack tom
- 16x16 floor tom
- 14x22 bass drum
Cymbals: Zildjian
Hardware: DW
Heads:
Sticks:
- Zildjian 5A with nylon tips
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- http://www.sleater-kinney.com/
- http://www.sleater-kinney.net/
- http://www.theequasi.com/
- http://www.quasi2x2.com/
- Tiny Suns Infused With Sour A Sleater-Kinney news blog
| Sleater-Kinney | |
| Corin Tucker | Carrie Brownstein | Janet Weiss Lora McFarlane | Tori Gogin | Misty Farrell |
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| 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" |
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| 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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