Bitch and Animal
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Bitch and Animal, a duo consisting of musicians Bitch
and Animal Prufrock
, were a queercore
band that performed from 1995 to 2004. Bitch and Animal have kept their birth names out of publication for both political and artistic reasons. They became established while touring as an opening act for Ani DiFranco
, and later launched their own highly successful tours.
Their first album, What's That Smell, was self-produced and featured some of their best-known songs, such as Drag King Bar and (on a hidden track) Pussy Manifesto. Their next two albums were released on Righteous Babe. Eternally Hard, released in 2001, was co-produced by Ani DiFranco and Wayne Schrengohst. Their last album, Sour Juice and Rhyme was produced in collaboration with June Millington
of the groundbreaking 1970s all-women band
Fanny
.
Animal wrote a musical based on the Hothead Paisan
comics by Diane DiMassa
which was performed at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
, and is now performing solo as Animal Prufrock
.
Bitch solo recordings:
Animal Prufrock solo recordings:
Bitch (performer)
Bitch, also known as Capital B, is a musician, actress, composer, and performance artist. She sings, plays acoustic and electric violin, ukulele, bass, and keyboard.- Collaboration with Animal :...
and Animal Prufrock
Animal Prufrock
Animal Prufrock is an openly lesbian and transgender singer-songwriter. S/he is best known for being the co-creator of the band Bitch and Animal....
, were a queercore
Queercore
Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid-1980s as an offshoot of punk. It is distinguished by being discontent with society in general and its rejection of the disapproval of the gay, bisexual, and lesbian communities and their "oppressive agenda"...
band that performed from 1995 to 2004. Bitch and Animal have kept their birth names out of publication for both political and artistic reasons. They became established while touring as an opening act for Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, poet, and songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums, and is widely considered a feminist icon.-Biography:...
, and later launched their own highly successful tours.
Their first album, What's That Smell, was self-produced and featured some of their best-known songs, such as Drag King Bar and (on a hidden track) Pussy Manifesto. Their next two albums were released on Righteous Babe. Eternally Hard, released in 2001, was co-produced by Ani DiFranco and Wayne Schrengohst. Their last album, Sour Juice and Rhyme was produced in collaboration with June Millington
June Millington
June Millington is a Philippine-American guitarist, who along with her sister bassist Jean Millington, drummer Alice de Buhr, and keyboardist Nickey Barclay founded Fanny, which was signed with Warner Brothers' Reprise Records in 1969 and released five albums by 1974, including Fanny, Charity...
of the groundbreaking 1970s all-women band
All-women band
An all-female band is a musical group composed of female musicians exclusively. A distinction is made here with a girl group, in which the members are solely vocalists, though this terminology is not universally followed.-1920s-1940s:In the Jazz Age and during the 1930s, "all-girl" bands such as...
Fanny
Fanny (band)
Fanny was an American girl band, led by June Millington. They were pioneers as one of the first rock bands to feature all women, and the third to sign to a major record label, after Goldie & the Gingerbreads and The Pleasure Seekers...
.
Animal wrote a musical based on the Hothead Paisan
Hothead Paisan
Hothead Paisan is an alternative comic written and drawn by Diane DiMassa. Subtitled "Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist", it features the eponymous title character wreaking violent vengeance on male oppressors...
comics by Diane DiMassa
Diane DiMassa
Diane DiMassa is an American feminist author and cartoonist. Her works include comics, illustrations, and a graphic novel. She is best known for the character Hothead Paisan, Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist.- Hothead Paisan :...
which was performed at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, called "the Original Womyn's Woodstock" and often referred to as MWMF or Michfest, is an international feminist music festival occurring every August since 1976 near Hart, Michigan...
, and is now performing solo as Animal Prufrock
Animal Prufrock
Animal Prufrock is an openly lesbian and transgender singer-songwriter. S/he is best known for being the co-creator of the band Bitch and Animal....
.
Discography
- What's That Smell (1999)
- Eternally Hard (2001)
- Sour Juice and Rhyme (2003)
Bitch solo recordings:
- Be-Sides, one take wonders and poems (2005)
- Make This Break This (2006)
- B+TEC (2008)
- Blasted! (2010)
Animal Prufrock solo recordings:
- congratulations; thank you + i'm sorry (2010)