The Need

The Need

The Need is a queercore band that originated in Olympia, Washington in the late 1990s. It was formed by Rachel Carns (drums and vocals) and Radio Sloan (guitar and bass guitar); both were veterans of other indie rock bands. Rachel was previously in Kicking Giant, The Fakes, Witchypoo, Slant 6, and Ce Be Barns Band, which Radio had been a member of as well. They made their debut in Olympia, Washington, and, in the summer of 1996, they played at the Dirty Bird Queercore Festival in San Francisco.

The band's first project was "Margie Ruskie Stops Time", released in 1996 by Kill Rock Stars, on which The Need provided the music to accompany the words and vocals of Miranda July. Ms. July also performed with the band at the Dirty Bird Festival.

Their last album, recorded in 2000 was titled "The Need is Dead". On this recording they further expanded their range of instrumentation with the addition of synthesizer and samples contributed by Joe Preston of The Melvins, and theremin, played by producer Mike Lastra of Smegma.

After this the band parted ways and Rachel Carns now performs in the band Twin, formally called King Cobra, while Radio Sloan has been in the bands The Circuit Side, Fact or Fiction and Courtney Love's recent all-female backing band The Chelsea. As well, she did a guest stint with LA band Scarling., and played guitar on Le Tigre's 2005 album "This Island".

Discography

Albums

*"Margie Ruskie Stops Time" Miranda July with music by The Need on Kill Rock Stars (1996)

*"Jacky O' Lantern" 7" single on Outpunk (1997)

*"The Need" CD on Chainsaw Records (1997)

*"The Need" 10" EP with Joe Preston and DJ Zeena on Up Records (1998)

*"KaraNEEDoke" double 7" collaborations with Slim Moon, Nomy Lamm, Audrey Marrs, Donna Dresch, Tracy Sawyer (formerly of Heavens to Betsy) and Tamala Poljak (formerly of Longstocking) on Kill Rock Stars

*"The Transfused" by Nomy Lamm with The Need CD on Yoyo Recordings (2000)

*"The Need Is Dead" CD on Chainsaw Records (2000)

Compilations

*"Sam" on "Destination" 7" Ross Records (1996)

*"Crown" on "YoYo-a-GoGo - Another Live Record" CD/LP Yoyo Recordings (1997)

*"Talk Potty" on "La Foresta Della Morte" Soundtrack CD Toyo Records (1999)

*"Girl Flavour Gum" on "New Women's Music Sampler" CD Mr. Lady Records (1999)

*"Vaselina", "Crown", "Majesty" on "Homocore Minneapolis: Live & Loud" CD Lefty Records (1999)

*"American Woman" on "Projector" LP Yoyo Recordings (1999)

*"Resurrection", "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown)" on "The Structure of Scientific Misconceptions/The System of Scientific Misconstructions" compilation CD Toyo Records (2001)

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010803094047/http://www.olywa.net/need/ The Need Webpage] circa Aug. 3, 2001 by way of the [http://www.archive.org/web/web.php Internet Archive Wayback Machine]
* [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/n/need-need.shtml Review of "The Need Is Dead"]
* [http://www.killrockstars.com Kill Rock Stars]
* [http://www.plazm.com/magazine/features/archive/the-need Plazm magazine interview]


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