FinallyPunk

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FinallyPunk
@ Cake Shop NYC - July 2006
Background information
Origin	Austin, Texas United States
Genre(s)	Punk Art punk
Years active	2005 – present
Label(s)	ABL, Wonk
Associated acts	The Carrots, Dumb Haircuts, The Tigers
Members
Erin Budd, Stephanie Chan, Elizabeth Skadden
Former members
Veronica Ortuno

FinallyPunk are an all-female punk quartet based in Austin, Texas formed in 2005.

Their demo CD-R titled, Get Serious, was released the same year which included various lo-fi one-minute long punk tracks recorded in true D.I.Y. tradition---on a 4-track in their livingroom. Notably, their Nirvana cover for Negative Creep and aesthetic of rotating instrument and vocal duties, quickly gained attention by Pitchfork Media and Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), among others. Following their demo release, they assembled 12 songs onto their debut Self-Titled 7" LP released in June 2006, and was distributed by Rough Trade and Kill Rock Stars, due to constant support of Tobi Vail (Bikini Kill) who stated:

“

This is the band Bikini Kill was trying to inspire with all that riot grrl stuff. Four girls from Austin, TX playing their own style of punk that sound like equal parts Mika Miko, Lung Leg and Meltdown. Hilarious, true and liberating. This is just as fresh-sounding as those Kleenex 7"s you are hunting for, and it's happening today!

”

That Summer, they embarked on an extensive two-month U.S. national tour with queercore punk band Kiosk from Australia.

In June 2007, Finally Punk released their Primary Colors EP on the Atlanta based label Army of Bad Luck run by Josh Fauver (Deerhunter). In support of their EP, they did a second national U.S. tour with all-female punk band, New Bloods of Portland, Oregon.

Over the course of two years as a band, they have gained many positive reviews. They were featured on the cover of Maximum Rocknroll issued November 2007, which includes an interview given by Gene Defcon and introductory by Layla Gibbon of Skinned Teen. As of Fall 2007, former member Veronica Ortuno no longer plays in the band, and they continue to write music and play shows as a three-piece with friends filling in on instrument duties.