Team Dresch - Personal Best lineup reforms, plays shows!

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― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 11 May 2006 15:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Personal Best was one of my favorite albums of the 90's. We're definitely going to the Portland show.

― darin (darin), Thursday, 11 May 2006 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link

As much as I like Kaia + The Butchies (esp. the first Butchies, Are We Not Femme?), Team Dresch was operating on a whole other level. For what they did on Personal Best I put 'em in a category with Bad Brains + Minor Threat as far as social protest + tuneful guitar brutality goes. They had a personal dynamic like a hand grenade and I wouldn't be surprised if they can still rock the house.

(is anybody worried about Colonel Poo?)

― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 11 May 2006 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link

I never got around to actually grabbing Personal Best but there was a long period wherein "She's Amazing" was some sort of mixtape staple/theme song/etc, whatever. For that alone (and the rest of the record can compete based on the times I heard it) this is wonderful news. Bravo!

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 11 May 2006 16:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I loved them in high school. I'm excited to see them at Southpaw.

― CortneyH, Friday, 12 May 2006 21:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I loved them in high school. I don't really care now.

― jergins (jergins), Friday, 12 May 2006 21:36 (seventeen years ago) link

I...

was overcome with shock.

Or maybe I forgot about html and less than signs. Oops.

What I meant to say was I love Personal Best and I'm really happy this is happening but I was bemoaning that it's extremely unlikely they'll come and play the UK, cos AFAIK no-one likes them here. I could be wrong, of course.

Thanks for the concern though ;)

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 12 May 2006 23:23 (seventeen years ago) link

I got a hummer from a punk rock chick with a mohawk in high school because I said "Oh, Team Dresch, they're pretty cool" when she put a tape on.
Maybe I should buy one of their albums...

― js (honestengine), Friday, 12 May 2006 23:53 (seventeen years ago) link

i saw their show at homo-a-gogo in olympia,wa two summers ago. they hadn't played together in 10 years and they fuckin rocked the festival. it was one of the best shows i've ever seen (+ilovethem) but seriously, check them out before you miss your chance. you will not regret it.

― lola, Thursday, 25 May 2006 20:33 (seventeen years ago) link

West coast ILMers, please report!

― Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 26 May 2006 11:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Anybody?

― Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 2 June 2006 14:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I ended up having to go to a wedding shower instead. :(

― darin (darin), Friday, 2 June 2006 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Great band.
Mmmm.

― mei (mei), Friday, 2 June 2006 16:55 (seventeen years ago) link

I'd love to see this lineup if they were playing in the Bay Area. A few years back Donna opened for the Butchies with her band Dresch vs Davies. Donna also played along with the Butchies for a few songs. There is amazing creative energy when Kaia and Donna get together.

― yours fondly, harshaw. (mrgn), Friday, 2 June 2006 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link

ten years pass...

Seeing these guys on 1/28 in Portland. Super stoked.

― Darin, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 19:16 (seven years ago) link

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