April 27, 2020

JANET WEISS

By Checker Bot

Updated 05-May-2020.

Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about JANET WEISS!

Sleater-Kinney Drummer Janet Weiss Quits | Billboard: Sleater-Kinney are gearing up for the release of their next album, but they’ll be turning the page on a new chapter down a member.

Janet Weiss of the Jicks: Janet really played a powerful set, I was very impressed! Nice Ludwig Bowling Ball blue oyster drums, and a sweet Craviotto snare too – that caught my eye, but her playing really captivated me. I didn’t even know about the Jicks before I saw them – now I wonder how I missed them (being a Pavement fan of sorts especially).

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Janet Lee Weiss is a rock drummer . she is best known as a former member of Sleater-Kinney and a current member of Quasi . weiss was the drummer weiss left Hollywood at age of 17 and graduated with a degree in photography . when she was 22, she joined an all-girl trio called the Furies as their replacement drummer . with one drum lesson and about two weeks practice weiss moved to Portland, Oregon in 1989 and soon after began playing with former Donner Party leader . Tucker and Brownstein then played her a new song they were working on at the time, “Dig Me Out” weiss was the band’s drummer; she was the fourth in their history . brownstein has described Weiss as “one of the most musically intelligent people I know” she said that the band was taking a ” Wild Flag disbanded by 2013 . she occasionally performs in the duo Slang, with Drew Grow of Modern Kin . 1973) in natural maple finish. 6.5×14″ Craviotto Snare 9×13 rack tom 16×16 floor tom 14×22 bass drumShe played a similar kit at Coachella in April 2008 .