Radio Sloan is a musician from

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. She is best known as a guitarist for

The Need The Need is an American queercore band formed by singer/drummer Rachel Carns and guitarist Radio Sloan in Portland, Oregon in the mid-1990s. After issuing a series of seven-inches on labels including Kill Rock Stars and Outpunk, The Need re ...

, the band she formed with

Rachel Carns Rachel Carns (born August 13, 1969) is an American musician, composer, artist and performer living in Olympia, Washington, U.S. Raised in small-town Wisconsin, she went on to study painting and drawing at Cooper Union for the Advancement of S ...

; her other bands include Ce Be Barns Band, The Circuit Side, Fact or Fiction, Grandpa's Ghost Stories; and

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's short-lived all-female backing band The Chelsea along with Lisa Leveridge,

Emilie Autumn Emilie Autumn Liddell (born September 22, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, author and violinist. Autumn's musical style is described by her as "Fairy Pop", "Fantasy Rock" or "Victoriandustrial". It is influenced by glam rock and ...

, Dvin Kirakosian, and

Samantha Maloney Samantha Maloney (born December 11, 1975) is an American musician best known for playing in the bands Hole and Mötley Crüe. She has also performed live with Eagles of Death Metal and Peaches. Early career Maloney received her first drum-kit a ...

. She appeared as a guest with

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band

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, with whom she played bass guitar. She is also a member of

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artist Peaches' live band, The Herms with

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and Samantha Maloney. She and singer

Kathleen Hanna Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American singer, musician, artist, feminist activist, pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. In the early-to-mid-1990s she was the lead singer of feminist punk band B ...

lived in a women's house at one time called "the Curse". Later, she played guitar on

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's 2004 album '' This Island''. Radio Sloan is interviewed and appears with The Cebe Barns Band in the 1997 movie ''

She's Real, Worse Than Queer Lucy Thane (born 1967) is a British documentary filmmaker, event producer and performer, living in Folkestone. Her films include ''It Changed My Life: Bikini Kill in the UK'' (1993) and ''She's Real (Worse than Queer)'' (1997). Life and work Thane ...

'', a documentary by

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about women involved in the

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Discography

Albums

*''Margie Ruskie Stops Time''

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with music by The Need on

Kill Rock Stars Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and Tinuviel Sampson, and based in both Olympia, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, but was originally know ...

(1996) *"Jacky O' Lantern" 7" single on

Outpunk Outpunk enjoys the distinction of being the first record label entirely devoted to queer punk bands. The label was run out of San Francisco and began as an extension of Matt Wobensmith's fanzine, ''Outpunk''. ''Outpunk'' ran for seven issues, from ...

(1997) *''The Need'' CD on

Chainsaw Records Chainsaw Records is an independent record label run by Donna Dresch that is devoted to Queercore bands. The label is in Portland, Oregon. History ''Chainsaw'' began life as a zine published by Donna Dresch in the late 1980s. Musicians and write ...

(1997) *''The Need'' 10" EP with Joe Preston and DJ Zeena on

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 ...

(1998) *''KaraNEEDoke'' double 7" collaborations with

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, Audrey Marrs, Tracy Sawyer (formerly of

Heavens to Betsy Heavens to Betsy was an American punk band formed in Olympia, Washington in 1991 with vocalist and guitarist Corin Tucker and drummer Tracy Sawyer. The duo were part of the DIY riot grrrl, punk rock underground, and were Tucker's first band be ...

) and Tamala Poljak (formerly of Longstocking) on Kill Rock Stars *''The Transfused'' by Nomy Lamm with The Need CD on Yoyo Records (2000) *''The Need Is Dead'' CD on Chainsaw Records (2000) * ''This Island'' CD on Mr. Lady Records (2004)

Compilations

*"Sam" on ''Destination'' 7" Ross Records (1996) *"Crown" on ''Yo Yo A Go Go - Another Live Record'' CD/LP Yoyo Records (1997) *"Talk Potty" on ''La Foresta Della Morte'' Soundtrack CD Toyo Records (1999) *"Girl Flavour Gum" on ''The New Women's Music Sampler'' CD

Mr. Lady Records Mr. Lady Records (or Mr. Lady Records and Video) was a San Francisco-based lesbian- feminist independent record label and video art distributor. (Press release of a 2001 art show at the Weisman Art Museum) Artists on the label included Le Tigre ...

(1999) *"Vaselina", "Crown", "Majesty" on ''Homocore Minneapolis: Live & Loud'' CD Lefty Records (1999) *"American Woman" on ''Projector'' LP Yoyo Records (1999) *"Resurrection", "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown)" on ''The Structure of Scientific Misconceptions/The System of Scientific Misconstructions'' compilation CD Toyo Records (2001)

Filmography

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Soundtrack

*''

Itty Bitty Titty Committee ''Itty Bitty Titty Committee'' is a feminist lesbian comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit. It was released on September 28, 2007. It follows the political awakening of Anna, a young, mild-mannered lesbian woman who joins a radical feminist group. ...

'' (2007) (writer: "2 Story Girl") *''Don't Need You'' (2005) (V) ("Love Thing") ... aka Don't Need You: The Herstory of Riot Grrrl (USA: DVD box title)

Composer

*''Itty Bitty Titty Committee'' (2007) *''Starcrossed'' (2005)

References

External links

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Radio Sloan.comRadio Sloan factsheet @ killrockstars.comThe Need
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