Le Butcherettes is a Mexican garage punk band formed in 2007 in

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Teri Gender Bender Teresa Suárez Cosío (born May 15, 1989), commonly known by her stage name Teri Gender Bender, is an American singer and musician, known primarily as the founding member, lead singer, and guitarist of Guadalajara-based rock band Le Butcherettes ...

History

Le Butcherettes was created by vocalist/guitarist Teri Gender Bender, who later recruited drummer Auryn Jolene to form a duo. Their live act, featuring 1950s fashions and props such as brooms, feather dusters, and bloody aprons to refer to women being slaves, quickly achieved acclaim in the Mexican underground scene. Teri Gender Bender would also use artificial blood, flour, eggs, meat, and a real pig head on stage. The band won "Best New Artist" and "Best Punk Record" in the Indie-O Awards 2009. A disagreement on direction led Auryn Jolene to abruptly leave and claim the end of the band, leading to media confusion. Teri Gender Bender later denied this. Gender Bender moved the band to Los Angeles and recruited drummer Normandi Heuxdalfo. Notable 2009 appearances include Hellow Fest in

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and opening for

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in their Mexico City and Guadalajara shows. In January 2010, Le Butcherettes opened for the

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at shows in Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta produced (as well as contributed bass guitar to) Le Butcherettes' LP, ''

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''. The first single, "Henry Don't Got Love", was released in 2010 as a free download from Le Butcherettes'

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page. The album was released in May 2011 on Rodriguez-Lopez's label. Le Butcherettes toured the U.S. with

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and

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with the new line-up of Teri, drummer Gabe Serbian (of The Locust) and bassist Jonathan Hischke; Le Butcherettes later played support for

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. They toured Europe with The Mars Volta and North America with Rodriguez-Lopez's new project Antemasque in 2014 and 2015. The record ''

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'' was released in America by

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, and gained a further following with extensive touring with the

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. In June 2015 the band announced that their album ''A Raw Youth'' would be released September 18, 2015 and produced by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez; it has guest appearances from

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and

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. Between August and September 2017, the band posted several photos on social media featuring the recording sessions for a new album, somewhere in

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. This was later confirmed to have taken place in

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. The new album was expected to be released in October 2018, but was eventually released on February 1, 2019, titled '' bi/MENTAL''. In 2018 the band appeared as a part of the Flaming Lips North America tour. Le Butcherettes also guested on the

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television series ''

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''. In 2019 the band played shows with L7 On a North American tour, as well as a show with

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Band members

– vocals, guitars, keyboards (2007–present) *Riko Rodríguez-López – bass (2015–2017), guitars,

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(2016–present), trumpet on "Your Weakness Gives Me Life" (2014) *Alejandra Robles Luna – drums (2016–present) * Marfred Rodríguez-López – bass (2017–present) Past band members * Auryn Jolene – drums (2007–2009) * Normandi Heuxdaflo – drums (2009–2010) * Casanova Vega – bass (2009–2010) * Carlos Om – bass (2010) * Jonathan Hischke – bass (2011) *

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– drums (2011)(Died 2022) *

Omar Rodríguez-López Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López (born September 1, 1975) is an American guitarist and songwriter. He has formed or played in several bands, including the Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, Antemasque, and Bosnian Rainbows. He was the bassist for the ...

– bass (2011–2013), production * Lia Braswell – drums (2011–2014) * Chris Common – bass (2014), drums (2015–2016, 2017) * Jamie Aaron Aux – bass, backing vocals (2015) Timeline

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Discography

Albums *''Sin Sin Sin'' (May 10, 2011) *''Cry Is for the Flies'' (May 15, 2014) *'' A Raw Youth'' (September 18, 2015) *'' bi/MENTAL'' (February 1, 2019) Singles and EPs *''Kiss & Kill'' EP (2008) *''iTunes Live: SXSW'' EP (2011) *''Chaos as Usual'' (split with

) EP (2015) *"Shave the Pride" 7" (2015) *''House Hunter'' flexi-disc (2016) *''spider/WAVES'' (2018) *''struggle/STRUGGLE'' flexi-disc (2018) *''Don't Bleed'' (February 14, 2020) Downloads *"Sólo Soy Pueblo (Llanto)" (2015) *"My Mother Holds My Only Life Line" (2016)

References

External links

Official site
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