13 Facts About Sleater-Kinney

Sleater-Kinney is an American rock band that formed in Olympia, Washington, in 1994.

Band released seven studio albums between 1994 and 2005: Sleater-Kinney, Call the Doctor (1996), Dig Me Out (1997), The Hot Rock (1999), All Hands on the Bad One (2000), One Beat (2002) and The Woods (2005).

Sleater-Kinney was formed in early 1994 in Olympia, Washington, by Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein.

Janet Weiss of Quasi was the band's longest lasting drummer, though Sleater-Kinney has had other drummers, including Laura MacFarlane, Misty Farrell, and Toni Gogin.

Sleater-Kinney's performed on two albums, Real Emotional Trash in 2008 and the 2011 release Mirror Traffic.

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Sleater-Kinney's left the band prior to the tour for the latter album.

The members of Sleater-Kinney announced a 2015 tour covering North America and western Europe.

In May 2019, Sleater-Kinney released a new song "Hurry on Home" along with a lyric video.

Sleater-Kinney have been compared to female singers such as Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees, Patti Smith and Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex.

Sleater-Kinney contributed the protest song "Off With Your Head" to NOFX leader Fat Mike's Rock Against Bush compilation.

In 2017, Sleater-Kinney contributed the single "Here We Come" to 7-Inches For Planned Parenthood, which is a compilation of 7-inch records and digital downloads whose proceeds went to Planned Parenthood.

In 2000, all three members of Sleater-Kinney assisted Robert Forster and Grant McLennan of the now-defunct Brisbane indie band The Go-Betweens to record the album The Friends of Rachel Worth.

In 2015, Sleater-Kinney collaborated with the makers of animated sitcom Bob's Burgers to create a video for the song "A New Wave", from their album No Cities to Love.