Calamity Jane (grunge band)

Not to be confused with Calamity Jane (country music band).
Calamity Jane
Background information
OriginPortland, Oregon, United States
Genres
Years active1989–1992, 2010
Past members
  • Gilly Ann Hanner
  • Lisa Koenig
  • Ronna Era
  • Megan Hanner
  • Joanna Bolme

Calamity Jane was an all-female American grunge/punk band, formed in Portland, Oregon, United States, in 1989.

Gilly Ann Hanner (vocals/guitar) and Lisa Koenig (drums) started playing together as a band in 1988 along with Ronna Era (bass). After a few live appearances Hanner's sister Megan took over on bass and the band was renamed Calamity Jane the following year.[1] Their first gig was supporting Scrawl. The band then supported Fugazi on their 1990 tour.[2]

The band released three singles and an album Martha Jane Cannary[3] with their original line up, and a final single with Marcéo Martinez - later of Team Dresch) on drums and Joanna Bolme (later of Quasi and The Jicks) on bass.

The band played two support slots with Nirvana. One of these shows, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ended in Calamity Jane being booed off and thrown mud and rocks by the stage, which motivated Nirvana to intentionally sabotage their own performance.[4] This experience led to the dissolution of the band, and was Calamity Jane’s last performance for 24 years. [5]

Line-up

  • Gilly Ann Hanner (vocals, guitar)
  • Megan Hanner (bass)
  • Lisa Koenig (drums)
  • Marcéo Martinez (drums) 1992
  • Joanna Bolme (bass, guitar) 1992

Discography

  • "Hang Up"/"You Got It Rough"/"Outta Money", Brimstone Productions, 7", 1990
  • "Say It"/"Little Girl", Imp Records, 7", 1991
  • "My Spit"/"Miss Hell", SRI, 7" 1991
  • Martha Jane Cannary, SMR Records, Jealous Butcher, LP/CD, 1991
  • "Love Song"/"Believe", Tim/Kerr Records, 7", 1992

Track listing

All tracks are written by Calamity Jane

Martha Jane Cannary – Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Miss Hell"3:02
2."My Spit"3:24
3."Car/You Got It Rough"4:07
4."Hang Up"3:46
5."Shark"2:01
6."Olympia"3:46
7."Little Girl"2:28
8."Mean Song"3:12
9."Alot O'Blood"2:41
10."Say It"3:14
11."No Mirror"4:35
Total length:36:16

References

  1. ^ "Gilly Ann Hanner". Punkglobe.com. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  2. ^ "Calamity Jane Saturday, July 24". Wweek.com. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  3. ^ "Release "Martha Jane Cannary" by Calamity Jane". MusicBrainz.org. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  4. ^ "Alex Young". consequence.net. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  5. ^ Substack. "Regarding the infamous Nirvana/Argentina show. October 30, 1992". substack.com. Retrieved 2024-10-13.


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