Team Dresch is an American punk band that performed and recorded in the 1990s and made a significant impression on the DIY punk movement queercore, as well as on the independent music scene. The band reformed in the early
... Team Dresch is an American punk band that performed and recorded in the 1990s and made a significant impression on the DIY punk movement queercore, as well as on the independent music scene. The band reformed in the early 2000s and continues to perform.
Donna Dresch, founder of the band, had been involved in the queercore scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s as creator of her own fanzine Chainsaw and, in addition to contributing to other zines such as Outpunk and J.D.s, she contributed to and was featured on the cover of issue five of Homocore and appeared in the girl-gang film The Yo-Yo Gang by G.B. Jones.
In the summer of 2004, Jody, Donna, Kaia, Marci and Melissa came together to headline the homocore festival Homo-a-Go-Go in Olympia, Washington. In the summer of 2006, the same members played shows in the Northwest, New York City, San Francisco, California, Los Angeles, California and Chicago and continue to tour. A review of a June, 2007 show in Washington, D.C. quoted a fan as saying "You sound so much better now!"[1]
Team Dresch has announced that it will release a new album, its first in 13 years, in 2008.
