Two Nice Girls were a self-styled "lesbian

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 rock

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" band from Austin, Texas, featuring singer-songwriter

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 Gretchen Phillips

Gretchen Phillips

Gretchen Phillips is an American singer-songwriter known for her humorous and topical songs. Phillips has been openly gay throughout her life and her lesbianism has inspired much of her material.- Background :...

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The group's original line up (1986–1989) was

• Gretchen Phillips - guitar
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  , bass
  Bass guitar
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  , mandolin
  Mandolin
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   and vocals
• Kathy Korniloff - guitar, bass, violin
  Violin
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , vocals
• Laurie Freelove, guitar, bass, percussion & vocals.

Members each wrote songs and took turns on different instruments. Freelove left following completion of the band's first album in 1989 to pursue a solo career. She was replaced by Meg Hentges. Drummer

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 Pam Barger was added to the band just prior to Freelove's departure.

Two Nice Girls won a GLAAD Media Award in 1991. The group broke up in 1992. Hentges went on to release an EP and two full-length albums. Phillips recorded several self-released albums and formed other bands. Korniloff moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in sound design and music for motion pictures. Barger moved to Seattle and joined The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet.

Discography

• 2 Nice Girls
  2 Nice Girls
  2 Nice Girls was the self titled debut album of Two Nice Girls, released on Rough Trade Records in 1989. The album has been re-released with two extra bonus tracks. This album contains the track "I Spent My Last $10 " which gained the group some commercial success...
  
  (1989)
• Like a Version
  Like a Version (album)
  Like A Version is a 1990 EP from Two Nice Girls, the group's second release.-Track listing:#"I Feel Love" #"Bang Bang"#"Top Of The World" #"Speed Racer"#"Cotton Crown"...
  
  (1990)
• Chloe Liked Olivia
  Chloe Liked Olivia
  "Chloe Liked Olivia" was the third album by Two Nice Girls. This also proved to be their last studio effort, released on Rough Trade records in 1991.-Track listing:#Let's Go Bonding#Eleven#For The Inauguration#Princess Of Power#Throw It All Away...
  
  (1991)

External links

Official Site: Two Nice Girls' Official Site

Laurie Freelove: Laurie Freelove Artist Profile

Gretchen Phillips: The Gretchen Phillips Experience

Meg Hentges: Catalog on Amazon