1. Mary Timony has been a member of the bands Helium, Autoclave, Wild Flag, and Hammered Hulls, and currently fronts Ex Hex.
10 Facts About Mary Timony
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Mary Timony uses a number of alternate guitar tunings, most prominent of which is DADGAE.
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Mary Timony was born to James and Joan Mary Timony of Washington, DC, and raised in the neighborhoods of Glover Park and Wesley Heights.
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Mary Timony later relocated to Boston, where she graduated from Boston University with a degree in English literature and formed the band Helium in the summer of 1992, recording two albums and three EPs with the group between 1994 and 1997.
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Helium disbanded in 1998, whereupon Mary Timony moved back to Washington, DC and embarked on her solo career, recording albums in 2000 and 2002.
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Mary Timony released a fourth solo album, The Shapes We Make, on the Kill Rock Stars label on May 8,2007.
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In early 2009, Mary Timony formed a new band, Pow Wow, with Jonah R Takagi and Winston H Yu.
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In 1999, Mary Timony recorded a four-song vinyl EP with Carrie Brownstein of the band Sleater-Kinney, in a duo called The Spells.
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In 1995, Mary Timony recorded the song "All Dressed Up In Dreams" with Stephin Merritt, on The 6ths album Wasps' Nests.
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Mary Timony recorded vocals for a one-off alt-country project called Lincoln '65.