Name: The Hot Rock
Brand: Sleater Kinney

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SP1106-1

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Black

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2009-05-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Sub P­op

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

098787110616

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

SP1106-2

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2014-10-09

098787110623

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Sleater Kinney

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Sub Pop Records

Formed in Olympia, WA in 1994.
Went on "indefinite hiatus" in 2006.
Reformed in 2014.

These Portland, Oregon-native female punk rockers were in the middle of the Riot Grrrl scene in the 90s, and they were one of the few to survive the inevitable backlash (along with [a=Allison Wolfe] and [a=Kathleen Hanna]).

Sleater-Kinney (the name) is taken from a local freeway off-ramp. Originally, the band was [a=Corin Tucker] and [a=Carrie Brownstein]'s side-project. The Australian-born [a=Lora MacFarlane] became the band's first permanent drummer in late 1994. In 1997, [a=Janet Weiss] became their new drummer.

After a few albums recorded with [a=John Goodmanson] in Portland, OR (which had become their home town), they went into an unfamiliar studio with [a=Dave Fridmann] in late 2004, to record their first album for Sub Pop. What they came out with divided a lot of opinions, and was the most challenging album for them to record - countless re-takes and tearful sessions were reported at the time.

In the summer of 2006, they announced an "indefinite hiatus", and they played their final U.S. gigs in August.
The statement on their official website offers a glimmer of hope: "As of now, there are no plans for future tours or recordings."

They were in other bands before, during, and after Sleater-Kinney's 11 year run: Corin has been in both [a=Heavens To Betsy (2)] and [a=Cadallaca], Carrie was in [a=Excuse 17] and [a4589038], Laura is in [url=http://discogs.com/artist/561950-Ninetynine/]Ninetynine[/url], and Janet is in [a=Quasi (2)]. 

Weiss announced her departure from the band in 2019.

Most Recent Line-up: 
Carrie Brownstein - Guitar, Vocals 
Corin Tucker - Guitar, Vocals 
Janet Weiss - Drums, Vocals

The Hot Rock is the fourth studio album by Sleater-Kinney, originally released on February 23, 1999 by Kill Rock Stars. It was produced by Roger Moutenot and recorded at Avast studio in Seattle, Washington in July 1998. The Hot Rock reached number 181 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first Sleater-Kinney album to enter the charts. Spin placed The Hot Rock at number 18 in its list of "The Top 20 Albums of 1999". In 2002, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 17 on its list of "Women in Rock: The 50 Essential Albums.? This reissue is newly-remastered.

The Hot Rock

Music US

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