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Genres
  
Website
  
www.tribe8.com

Active from
  
1991

Years active
  
1991–2005

Active until
  
2005

Genre
  
Tribe 8 Art Doc of the Week Rise Above The Tribe 8 Documentary CraveOnline

Origin
  
San Francisco, California, United States

Past members
  
Lynn BreedloveLeslie MahFlipper (Silas)Slade BellumJen SchwartzMama TTantrumKat Buell

Albums
  
Snarkism, Fist City, Role Models For Amerika, By The Time We Get To Colorado, Roadkill Cafe

Members
  
Lynn Breedlove, Leslie Mah, Jen Schwartz, Slade Bellum, Mama T, Silas Howard, Tantrum, Kat Buell

Similar
  
Team Dresch, Anti‑Scrunti Faction, The Butchies, Pansy Division, Fifth Column

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Tribe 8 was an outspoken dyke punk band from San Francisco. Considered one of the first queercore groups, they take their name from the practice of tribadism, a "tribe eight" being a play on the word tribade, a word which was once used to refer to lesbianism.

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Band members

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The makeup of the group changed over time, but Lynn Breedlove and Leslie Mah (formerly of Anti-Scrunti Faction) were consistent members. Other members included Flipper, Slade Bellum, Jen Schwartz, Mama T, Kat Buell, and Tantrum.

Concerts

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In concert, lead singer Breedlove frequently performed shirtless, wearing a strap-on dildo, and encouraged audience members to interact with it. Their songs often deal with subjects such as S/M, nudity, fellatio, and transgender issues, and the band was the subject of controversy because of this.

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Tribe 8 toured throughout the United States, playing at venues such as DUMBA and 924 Gilman Street; they also played in Europe and Canada, and released a number of recordings on independent record labels.

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In 1996, the band made its screen debut in A Gun For Jennifer, directed by Todd Morris. The band performs live in the documentary film She's Real, Worse Than Queer by Lucy Thane, released in 1997. Members of the band are also interviewed, speaking about a range of topics including the development of the queercore music scene. In 2003 the film Rise Above: A Tribe 8 Documentary, by director Tracy Flannigan, was released, documenting not only performances by the band but the motivations and reasons behind the band and the part it plays in their lives. The movie has won many awards at film festivals throughout the U.S.

Other work

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Outside of the band, Lynn Breedlove is also the author of a novel, Godspeed, published in 2002, now translated into German as Goetterspeed, and a memoir "Lynnee Breedlove's One Freakshow" published in 2009, winner of the 2010 Lambda Award for Transgender Writing. Leslie Mah has appeared in various films including The Yo-Yo Gang by G. B. Jones; Shut Up White Boy, co-directed by Vu T. and Thu Ha; and produced her own film, Estrofemme, in 1998. Breedlove wrote, co-directed, co-produced, and starred in a short film, Godspeed, based on his novel. It debuted in festivals in 2007. It features Jillian Lauren, Adam Horowitz, Leslie Mah, and Bucky Sinister, with cameos by Meliza Banales and Jewelle Gomez. His comedy solo show on trans bodies, community and feminism, "Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show", toured worldwide from 2004-2009. he now runs Homobiles, a queer ride service.

Outside of Tribe 8, Jen Schwartz is a solo singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who released her debut album Candy from a Stranger in 2000. She also owns Rampage Productions, a service business for musicians in Los Angeles. In 2010, she formed the band Me of a Kind. Me of a Kind's debut album is slated for release in the fall of 2010 on the Rampage Productions label.

Songs

Femme Bitch TopFist City · 1995
Wrong BathroomSnarkism · 1996
LezbophobiaBy The Time We Get To Colorado · 1995

References

Tribe 8 Wikipedia


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