Teri gender bender biography of william
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For the uninitiated, Le Butcherettes are athree-piece punk rock band based in El Paso, by way of LA and the streets of Guadalajara, founder and front-woman Teri Gender Bender has alluded to, her grounding in a deeply religious city, where &#;humble hard-working people&#; live on the same streets as &#;violent kidnappers&#; had a profound impact on her juxtaposition of good and evil would act as her musical education, informing image, lyrics and sound.
Through a process of cultural osmosis Gender Bender drew inspiration from many sources, be it Mexico&#;s &#;raw corruption&#; or American punk music &#; thanks to her father&#;s relocation to Denver for was punk that would provide an outlet for her own emotions when she formed the band around They built a formidable reputation for themselves in Mexico, with a mixture of onstage theatrics &#; making use of blood and meat alongside feather dusters and pearls &#; and a raw unadulterated punk garage the course of three records (the la
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When Teresa Suárez Cosío was a young girl she dreamed of owning a guitar. “It was PTSD from wanting a guitar really bad,” the singer, guitarist and primary creative force behind Le Butcherettes tells me over the phone.
Cosío is probably better known by her stage name Teri Gender Bender. “I would have the dream over and over again,” she says. In the dream, she had a guitar, but every time she strummed, “I wouldn’t be able to get that strum. The guitar strings would melt. I wouldn’t get that satisfaction,” she says.
In real life she would take rubber bands and strum them instead, but she soon grew sick of that. “You want the real thing,” she says.
Cosío saved up her lunch money, and with a little help from her dad, she got her guitar.
This all led Cosío to where she is today, fronting Le Butcherettes. Formed in Guadalajara, Mexico, but now based in L.A., Le Butcherettes come through Eugene supporting their latest release, bi/Mental, with themes addressing duality and contracti
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Le Butcherettes’ Teri ‘Gender Bender’ Suaréz dares you
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The singer taps her inexhaustible rage onstage. Offstage, she’s reflective as the band’s debut album ‘Sin Sin Sin’ lands Tuesday, with a Bootleg Theater gig following Wednesday.
When Teri Suaréz sings a line like “you take my pretty dress off,” consider it a gauntlet thrown. Not at men, but at any institution or societal norm that would stand in her way. Her 21 years split between Denver and stad, Mexico, she possesses a röst that needs few instrumental adornments. “Dress Off” is delivered only with a snarl and an intensely aggressive rhythm, and Suaréz’s vocals are full of bravado and cultural confusion.
“It’s a threat,” she said during a recent conversation. “I dare you to come here and man me yours. That’s not just directed toward a man. It’s directed toward anyone. I’m not tryi