Instruments Drums, percussion Role Drummer | Years active 1990–present Name Melissa York | |
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Born February 22, 1969 (age 55) ( 1969-02-22 ) Associated acts Albums Are We Not Femme?, Personal Best, Nine Patriotic Hymns fo, Battle Hymns of the Race, The Rebel Sound of Shit and | ||
Amy Ray - Bus Bus in Nashville 10.19.08
Melissa York is a rock drummer noted for her work with iconic lesbian bands such Team Dresch, The Butchies, and Amy Ray. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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Biography
York first began drumming with the New York-based hardcore punk bands Born Against, the Manacled, and Vitapup. Following this, she moved to the West Coast to drum for Team Dresch in 1993. When Team Dresch broke up in 1998, York and band-mate Kaia Wilson, together with Alison Martlew, formed the power punk lesbian-feminist band, The Butchies (1998-2005), which put out four albums.
She has remained active in the lesbian and punk music scene, touring with the Indigo Girls' Amy Ray and playing in a band called The Ex-Members and the band Humble Tripe.
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