Juned was an all female
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...
band which formed in 1993. It comprised
Dale Balenseifen and
Claudia Groom on guitars and vocals,
Leslie Hardy on bass and
Lenny Rennalls on drums.
Nalini Cheriel (
Adickdid
Adickdid was an American all-female punk rock band, started in the early 1990s in Eugene, Oregon, United States, by Kaia Wilson, Nalini Cheriel, and Sara Shelton Bellum. They toured alongside other riot grrrl bands. Their first single "All A ...
) was also a member at one point. They were signed up by
Up Records
Up Records was a Seattle based independent record label founded in 1994 by Chris Takino and Rich Jensen. Some of the label's best known artists were 764-Hero, Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, Quasi and Tad.
Chris Takino died of leukemia in 200 ...
and released "So White" (a 7" single) and the album "Juned" in 1994, the single "Possum" in 1995 and the CD "Every Night For You" in 1996.
In 1995 they toured with
Dinosaur Jr.
Dinosaur Jr. is an American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984, originally simply called Dinosaur until legal issues forced a change in name.
The band was founded by J Mascis (guitar, vocals, primary songwriter), Lou Barlo ...
featuring producer
J. Mascis which lead to their discovery by filmmaker
Allison Anders
Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American independent film director whose films include ''Gas Food Lodging'', ''Mi Vida Loca'' and ''Grace of My Heart''. Anders has collaborated with fellow UCLA School of Theater, Film and Televisio ...
. Anders was filming quasi-bio-pic ''
Grace of My Heart'' at the time and had the girls play the part of a 50's girl group including their contribution of a song ''Groovin' on You'' which appears nowhere else other than the soundtrack.
After touring with Dinosaur Jr. they broke up in 1996.
References
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All-female bands
Indie rock musical groups from Washington (state)
Musical groups established in 1993
Musical groups disestablished in 1996
Musical groups from Seattle
Up Records artists