Teresa Taylor
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Teresa Taylor (born 1962),[1] also known as Teresa Nervosa, is an American musician and actor. She is best known as being a drummer for the American punk band Butthole Surfers.
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[edit] Brief biography
Taylor was born in Arlington, Texas.[2] She began drumming by playing for various high school marching bands in Texas' Fort Worth and Austin areas. King Coffey, another Surfers drummer who remains with the group to this day, was one of her fellow performers in high school.[3]
Taylor was one of two Surfers drummers from 1983 through 1989 (the other being Coffey), with the exception of a brief leave of absence from late 1985-1986. In that band, she and Coffey would drum in unison on separate, stand-up drum kits. Her drumming can be heard on a number of key Surfers albums, including Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac, Rembrandt Pussyhorse, Locust Abortion Technician, and many others (see "Discography" section).
Shortly after leaving the band for good in 1989, Taylor was diagnosed with an aneurysm and subsequently underwent brain surgery. She also started to suffer from strobe light-induced seizures.[4] It is possible the latter resulted from her career as a Butthole Surfer, as the band has long made use of strobe lights in their live performances.
Additionally, Taylor had a small role in director Richard Linklater's 1991 film, Slacker. She played a woman who was trying to sell a pap smear from Madonna.[5] Taylor's character, listed as "Papsmear Pusher" (sic), also appeared on the movie's poster (see image).
In 1995, Coffey indicated that Taylor was employed at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and was working on a book about her experiences touring with the Butthole Surfers.[6]
[edit] Family controversy
During her time with the Butthole Surfers, Taylor and Coffey repeatedly referred to themselves, and were referred to, as siblings.[7][8][9] However, in his 2001 book on the American punk movement, Our Band Could Be Your Life, author Michael Azerrad asserts that the two only presented themselves as brother/sister due to their similar appearances, and were not actually related.[10]
The fact that Taylor and Coffey have different surnames (Coffey's birth name is Jeffrey Coffey) adds further doubt to their claim, but does not necessarily preclude them from being related. Regardless, based on their reports of shared high school band experiences, it is certain that they at least knew each other since late adolescence, if not earlier.
[edit] Discography
All albums released by the Butthole Surfers.
- 1984 Live PCPPEP
- 1984 Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac
- 1985 Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis
- 1986 Rembrandt Pussyhorse
- 1987 Locust Abortion Technician
- 1988 Hairway to Steven
- 1989 Double Live (Butthole Surfers album)
- 1995 The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt
- 2002 Humpty Dumpty LSD
- 2003 Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP
[edit] Filmography
- 1988 Bar-B-Que Movie
- 1991 Slacker
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Teresa Taylor's page at IMdB.com
- ^ Teresa Taylor's page at IMdB.com
- ^ Interview, Flipside #46, conducted September 22, 1984, archived at Butthole Surfers fan website, Negro Observer
- ^ Joe Nick Patoski and John Morthland, "Feeding the Fish: An Oral History of the Butthole Surfers," Spin Magazine, 1996, archived at Butthole Surfers fan website, Negro Observer
- ^ Slacker page at IMdB.com
- ^ King Coffey interview, SonicNet.com, conducted February 22, 1995, archived at Butthole Surfers fan website, Negro Observer
- ^ Interview, Flipside #46, conducted September 22, 1984, archived at Butthole Surfers fan website, Negro Observer
- ^ Butthole Surfers article at Trouser Press
- ^ King Coffey interview, SonicNet.com, conducted February 22, 1995, archived at Butthole Surfers fan website, Negro Observer
- ^ Michael Azerrad; Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991; Little, Brown; 2001
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