EAN: 9780306833373

PEARSON TANYA PRETEND WE E DEAD

From the founder of the Women of Rock Oral History Project  an exploration of women in the '
90s rock scene  featuring original interviews by Liz Phair  Shirley Manson  Kristin Hersh 
Donita Sparks  Tanya Donelly  members of Hole  Luscious Jackson  Veruca Salt  Babes in Toyland
and more    When musician and public historian Tanya Pearson decided to go back to school at
Smith College  she was surprised to discover that there was no archive for holding the stories
of the women who had shaped the art form she loved  and so she started the Women of Rock Oral
History Project  which now houses dozens of original interviews. Though many of the interviews
provided interesting anecdotes and unique insight  one interview in particular  with Shirley
Manson (vocalist of seminal rock band  Garbage) in 2018  ended up staying with Pearson long
after the tape finished recording: "It’s a blanket fact that after September 11th 
nonconformist women were taken off the radio.” This comment  which expressed a reality Pearson
had personally witnessed as a musician and a fan  launched her into a quest to figure out just
what happened--and this book recounts the tale in full.   PRETEND WE’RE DEAD:  The Rise  Fall 
and Resurrection of Women in Rock in the ‘90s seeks to answer two big questions: First  where
did all these wildly different  politically conscious  and supremely talented women in rock
come from in the 1990s? And second  after their unprecedented breakout  did they vanish from
the mainstream by the early aughts? Along with analysis and narrative  PRETEND WE’RE DEAD
presents the unfiltered voices of legends including (but not limited to): Shirley Manson 
Melissa Auf der Maur  Patty Schemel  Kate Schellenbach  Nina Gordon  Louise Post  Josephine
Wiggs  Tanya Donelly  Kristin Hersh  Tracy Bonham  Donita Sparks  Liz Phair  Zia McCabe  Tracy
Bonham  Lori Barbero  Josephine Wiggs  and Jill Emery. Through these thought-provoking
conversations  readers learn all about how these women fell in love with music and started
bands  fought labels  their coverage in the media  and sexism  and wrote deeply political and
feminist music. Readers also learn about the effects of Woodstock ’99  the corporatization of
the music industry  the rise of Clear Channel and its ties to the Bush administration  and
finally the nationalist sentiment after 9 11. While sonically diverse  the musicians included
in this narrative all wrote fierce  socially conscious  feminist lyrics  and this book
commemorates the overlooked contributions of these trailblazing women  trans  and gender
non-conforming musicians.   Perfect for readers of Lizzy Goodman' s Meet Me in the Bathroom
and Sara Marcus'   Girls to the Front   as well as pioneering memoirs by icons like Carrie
Brownstein  Kim Gordon  and Viv Albertine  this book is a must-have for the bookshelves of
feminists and music lovers everywhere.

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