Sissy Bar

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Sissy Bar is an American indie pop band. They formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994 after Joy Ray and Courtney Holt became obsessed with Snoop Dogg who later beaten Gin and Juice and recorded their own version on a 6-track friend recorder, along with "(Our Pet Is...) Happy Pet "(both original recordings are available as bonus tracks on the first full-length band of Statutory Grape ). They sent this tape to the local punk rock station KXLU and the songs started playing in Demolisten, a show that played "homespun, home recording, self-released recordings." The band's first appearance was at a party in the backyard of Brad Kluck's banjar player. When drummer Patrick Simpson left the stage in the center of the stage, a drummer from the School of Fish (who was in the audience) jumped onto the stage and helped complete the set.

The band's first release was 1995's Magic Bunny EP on Love Kit Records, a fast-running vinyl-only release and garnered unpublished reviews by publications including Detailed Magazine. TAZ performs eye-catching artwork. Their first album in 1996 was Statutory Grape and was produced by Mickey P. Original synth player and backing vocalist Lisa Papineau left the band halfway through the recording of her debut album to pursue a major label deal with another. band, Pet, and was replaced by Mary Ellen Mason. Sugar Fix Recordings released this CD, named after Mopar paint colors from the 1950s and featuring purple targets on the cover. Sissy Bar played in South by Southwest, North by Northwest and Poptopia to support this album and got a bad reputation. They play with artists including Sukia, Tsunami, and Kotor Tiga and are part of "Silverlake Scene" which gave birth to artists such as Beck, Geraldine Fibbers and Possum Dixon. They compete (tongue-in-cheek) in the Battle of the Bands which offers major label deals for the winners, and narrowly lost to Save Ferris.

The Sissy Bar style varies because they "play whatever they like". Joy Ray described their song as "cute". One of their songs, "Bellman" was featured on a 1996 compilation album, Pop American Style . Another, "Trailer Song" is featured on the soundtrack of the 1999 comedy film But I'm a Cheerleader .

Video Sissy Bar

Discography

• Magic Bunny EP (1995) - Love Kit
• Statutory Grape (1996) - Sugar Fix
• Sad to say b/w Free to Become EP (You and I) (1998) - Moo-Tron
• Songs for Peeps (1999) - Moo-Tron

Maps Sissy Bar

References

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