Johanna Fateman
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| Johanna Fateman | ||
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 Fateman (left) on the cover of This Island
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| Background information | ||
| Also known as | Jo, The Zine Queen | |
| Genre(s) | Indie | |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, Vocalist, Zinester, Journalist | |
| Years active | 1998-Present | |
| Associated acts |
Le Tigre | |
Johanna Fateman (b.1974) is a writer, zine editor and musician who performs with the feminist post-punk rock band Le Tigre. She grew up in Berkeley,California. At the age of seventeen Fateman moved to Portland, Oregon to attend Reed College, which she later left for art school in New York.
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[edit] Background and Career
Fateman first met bandmate Kathleen Hanna at a performance of Hanna's band Bikini Kill where Fateman gave Hanna a copy of one of her zines. As Hanna has related in interviews, she was impressed and inspired by Fateman's writing and the two kept in touch. Later, when Bikini Kill broke up, Kathleen Hanna moved to Portland, Oregon, where she and Fateman co-habitated with several other women in a house known as The Curse. Radio Sloan, who also lived at the Curse, taught Fateman how to play her first songs on a bass guitar she bought for $60. Around this time, Hanna and Fateman formed their first band together, The Troublemakers, named after the film of the same name by G.B. Jones. The band played at house parties in Portland but broke up when Johanna moved to New York. Kathleen soon followed her to the east coast and the two women joined forces with filmmaker Sadie Benning to form Le Tigre. After their first CD Sadie Benning left the band to return to making films. JD Samson joined the line up for Feminist Sweepstakes, their next release. The band's most recent recording is called This Island. [1] As of January 2007, Le Tigre is no longer performing together as a band. [2] While working with Le Tigre, Fateman started her own solo project called Swim With the Dolphins, named after a book by the same title with the subtitle "How Women Can Succeed in Coporate America on Their Own Terms". She made a 5 song cassette entitled "the struggle for the full exercise of woman's equality" during the winter of 1999.
[edit] Recent
Johanna Fateman continues to write, often for Art Forum magazine. In a 2006 interview with the vegan-oriented magazine Herbivore, Johanna mentioned that she has become partial owner of a New York hair salon called Seagull. Johanna recently contributed a track to IFAW's Whale Remix Project. [3]
[edit] Trivia
- Johanna Fateman is the daughter of computer scientist Richard Fateman.
- Sometimes referred to as the "zine queen", Johanna has written and produced many zines including My Need To Speak on the Subject of Jackson Pollock; ArtaudMania!!! The Diary of a Fan; The Opposite and The Opposite Part II; and Snarla, which she co-edited with Miranda July. Her work is notable for its unique blend of art criticism, politics and the personal.
- Johanna's first pop-music performance was at a 5th grade talent show where she lip-synched Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
- On the "Herstory" page on the official Le Tigre website, Johanna refers to performance artist Miranda July as being her "best friend from high school". The two grew up together in Berkeley.
- Johanna appears in Kill Rock Stars spoken-word artist Juliana Luecking's series of videos People are a Trip. [4]
- Johanna is vegetarian. [5]
[edit] References
- ^ Jo's Herstory
- ^ [1] Le Tigre Split
- ^ [2] Busygrrrl's Le Tigre News
- ^ [3] "What Does God Look Like?"
- ^ [4]PETA Interview
