Sex Stains was an American
punk rock band from
Los Angeles formed in 2014 by
Allison Wolfe
Allison Wolfe (born November 9, 1969) is a Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, writer, and podcaster. As a founding member and lead singer of the punk rock band Bratmobile, she became one of the leading voices of the riot grrl movement.
Wolfe ...
, alongside David Orlando, Sharif Dumani, Francisco "Pachy" Garcia, and Mecca Vazie Andrews.
Wolfe was a former member of
Bratmobile and other bands; Orlando came from
Warpaint and Garcia from Prettiest Eyes; Dumani had played with
Cody Chesnutt and
Alice Bag
Alicia "Alice" Armendariz (born November 7, 1958) is an American punk rock singer better known as Alice Bag. She is the lead vocalist and co-founder of the Bags, one of the first punk bands to form in Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. Her first bo ...
; and Andrews came with a background as a professional dancer and choreographer.
In 2016, the band released their debut album, eponymously titled ''Sex Stains''.
The album was recorded at Station House Studios in
Echo Park, and produced by Mark Rains.
A music video for the song "Period. Period." was filmed in the bathroom of the longstanding Los Angeles punk venue The Smell.
Wolfe said she had long been fascinated by the building's colorfully decorated facilities, "though I'm a little afraid to actually go to the bathroom there".
In a 2016 interview, Wolfe described the band as a more casual endeavor than her previous ones: "We’re not a younger band where we’re all just hanging around and trying to make it – we all have our lives already and we’re a little bit older and just kind of like, 'Yeah, we’ll do the band when we can'."
In December 2016, months after performing at
Comet Ping Pong, the band was targeted by individuals who believed in the
Pizzagate conspiracy theory; this was also due to the band allegedly featuring the "Boy Lover" symbol in their music video on
YouTube. The band responded by closing the comments on their YouTube channel, writing in the description in one of their videos: "There was absolutely NO PLOT to purposefully use offensive symbols or to mess with peoples heads. There was/is ZERO interest in anything having to do with children. No one in the band had any knowledge of the triangle/spirals horrid symbolism. We're shocked & disgusted by the theory that we are somehow linked to Pedophelia rings or Satanic cults, and also by the hateful comments & accusations we've been receiving. WE ARE NOT pedophiles and do NOT support or promote it. Period. Again, we are just a punk rock band."
From summer 2017, Wolfe led a modified lineup of the band, dubbed Ex Stains. This outfit performed for approximately a year, disbanding in summer 2018.
Discography
* ''Sex Stains'' (2016)
References
External links
* {{Official, https://sexstains.bandcamp.com/
Musical groups established in 2014
Punk rock groups from California
Musical groups from Los Angeles
2014 establishments in California