Team Dresch

• Genre: Riot Grrrl
• Hometown: Portland
• Team Dresch Website

About

Hailing from Portland, Ore., the dyke-rock capitol of the Northwest, Team Dresch have been instrumental in pushing the limits of the Riot Grrrl movement. Headed by namesake and president of Chainsaw Records, Donna Dresch, this all-female quartet pumps out an explosive, supersonic sound ranging from punk-metal harangues against homophobia and sexism to slower, jangly pop songs about youth's lost loves. Jody Bleyl, who also beats the skins for Indie-rockers Hazel, picked up full-time vocal duties after singer-songwriter Kaia Kangaroo left the band to pursue her solo career. With the Vegas Beat's Marci Martinez and Amanda Kelly rounding out the current roster, Team Dresch continue to make noise in the music industry with both their thunderous Power-Punk and their fiery brand of radical feminist politics.

- Shailesh Rao