Happy B-day to Kristen Hersh (Throwing muses)

[neww...@my-dejanews.com]

Today is the 32nd birthday of mercurial power-pop rocker Kristin Hersh, who
played guitar and sang for college-radio favorites Throwing Muses from 1983
until she disbanded the unit last year. Hersh and her half-sister,
guitarist/vocalist Tanya Donelly, formed the Muses (for which Hersh served as
principal songwriter) with high-school friends. The band released its
eponymous debut album in the U.K. in 1986. The Muses were the first American
band to be issued on the famous British label 4AD. The band's anguished
lyrics and moody music were largely a product of Hersh's bipolar disorder,
which sometimes caused hallucinations. The Real Ramona (1991), featuring the
engaging "Counting Backwards" and "Not Too Soon," was a lighter, more
pop-oriented effort than Throwing Muses' previous work. But the sisters began
to clash over musical direction and Donelly quit the band in 1992 (she went
on to the Breeders and then formed Belly). During that same year, Hersh
added drummer David Narcizo to Throwing Muses' lineup and the band released
Red Heaven, featuring "Pearl," which had an electric portion but nevertheless
was indicative of the folky rock that Hersh came to favor as a solo act.

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[K. Bruner]

On Fri, 07 Aug 1998 16:06:50 GMT, neww...@my-dejanews.com said something like:

> Today is the 32nd birthday of mercurial power-pop rocker Kristin Hersh, who
> played guitar and sang for college-radio favorites Throwing Muses from 1983
> until she disbanded the unit last year. Hersh and her half-sister,
> guitarist/vocalist Tanya Donelly, formed the Muses (for which Hersh served as
> principal songwriter) with high-school friends. The band released its
> eponymous debut album in the U.K. in 1986. The Muses were the first American
> band to be issued on the famous British label 4AD. The band's anguished
> lyrics and moody music were largely a product of Hersh's bipolar disorder,
> which sometimes caused hallucinations. The Real Ramona (1991), featuring the
> engaging "Counting Backwards" and "Not Too Soon," was a lighter, more
> pop-oriented effort than Throwing Muses' previous work. But the sisters began
> to clash over musical direction and Donelly quit the band in 1992 (she went
> on to the Breeders and then formed Belly). During that same year, Hersh
> added drummer David Narcizo to Throwing Muses' lineup and the band released
> Red Heaven, featuring "Pearl," which had an electric portion but nevertheless
> was indicative of the folky rock that Hersh came to favor as a solo act.

> For the rest of this write up go to:
> http://www.sonicnet.com

Wow. This has some major inaccuracies. First of all, Tanya and Kristin
were *step*-sisters, not related by blood. And Tanya played on _Pod_
with the Breeders as a side project, before leaving the band. And David
Narcizo has been with the band since their garage days.

-Karen