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The Butchies were a punk rock band from Durham, North Carolina, that existed from 1998 to 2005. They reuinted from their hiatus to tour with Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls promoting Ray’s solo album Stag. In their later tours, The Butchies collaborated with lesbian folk icon Amy Ray,

Kaia Wilson had previously performed in Adickdid and the queercore band Team Dresch,

Made up of Team Dresch guitarist and frontwoman Kaia Wilson, bassist Alison Martlew, and drummer Melissa York, The Butchies The band has been performing together since the recording of their first album, Are We Not Femme? in 1998. Since then, the trio has recorded three subsequent albums, In 2005 the band announced a hiatus.

The first three albums were released by the now-defunct Mr. Lady Records, run by Kaia Wilson and Tammy Rae Carland. It was named after Wilson’s first solo LP, Ladyman, created after leaving Team Dresch. ,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpyeq-umnu0

From the Album – Make Yr Life