Bad Cop/Bad Cop

Bassist Jen Carlson founded the band in January 2011{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bad-cop-bad-cop-mn0000471941/biography|title=BCBC bio|website=AllMusic|language=en|access-date=2015-06-12}}{{cite web|url=https://milwaukeerecord.com/podcast/my-first-band-stacey-dee-and-jennie-cotterill-bad-cop-bad-cop/|title=My First Band: Stacey Dee and Jennie Cotterill (Bad Cop/Bad Cop)|website=Milwaukeerecord.com|date=May 17, 2019}} together with her longtime colleague Stacey Dee (vocals / guitar) as well as Myra Gallarza (drums) and Jennie Cotterill (vocals / guitar).{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} The band name is an allusion to the idiom "Good Cop, Bad Cop". The band initially started touring locally and expanded their reach to the East coast of the United States. In 2012 the first demo Get Rad appeared, followed by a self-titled 7’’. Carlson left the band shortly after the recordings, but introduced the group to their successor Linh Le.{{cite web|url=https://radioradius.ch/badcopbadcop|title=BCBC interview|website=Radioradius.ch|language=en|access-date=2018-07-12}}

Having recorded, since then, their EPs independently in 2013 Dee convinced friend Fat Mike to come to see the band perform at the Lilith Bear Womyn's Festival in San Francisco. He signed them within a week on his label Fat Wreck Chords and released the EP Boss Lady. Their debut album Not Sorry was released in June 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.bythebarricade.com/bad-cop-bad-cop-interview/|title=By the Barricade|website=Bythebarricade.com|date=March 19, 2015}} The band was allowed to play on Fat Wreck's subsequent 25th Anniversary Tour, though problems connected with Stacey Dee's drug addiction negatively affected the band until they chose to leave the tour. Fat Mike supported Stacey Dee in her recovery and the band claims to have grown closer going through this experience.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/55009/interviews-stacey-dee-bad-cop-bad-cop|title=Stacey Dee interview|website=Punknews.org|language=en|access-date=2019-06-06}}

After overcoming this negative moment, the band start recording their second album Warriors {{cite web|url=https://www.beat.com.au/bad-cop-bad-cop-are-breaking-societys-mold/ |title=Bad Cop/Bad Cop are breaking society's mold - Beat Magazine |website=Beat.com.au |date= 8 March 2018|accessdate=2020-04-01}} in which Fat Mike was involved as a producer together with Warsop and also contributed to some ideas. The album finally appeared in June 2017, exactly two years after their debut album. The band then took part in the Vans Warped Tour. For the European Tour 2019 of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Stacey Dee filled in for Joey Cape on few dates.https://web.archive.org/web/20230929023812/https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/stacey-dee-of-me-first-and-the-gimme-gimmes-performs-on-news-photo/1158942593 The band released their third full-length album via Fat Wreck Chords in June 2020, entitled The Ride.

In October 2022, it was recognised that Alexandra Windsor had been engaged as a second guitarist.{{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bad-copbad-cop/2022/the-beehive-salt-lake-city-ut-1bb13d5c.html|title=Substitution Note on Setlist|website=setlist.fm|language=en|access-date=2023-04-19}} Winsor is a professional musician from Los Angeles who can be booked for live performances, sessions and lessons.{www.instagram.com/alexnicolewindsor/}

Jennie Cotterill has explained in several interviews that leaving the band was disappointing and one-sided for her. The band focussed on commercial success and the resulting peer pressure took the fun out of music-making and creativity.

{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeONx6Kde8Y&t=679s}

{https://razorcake.org/razorcake-podcast-854-with-jennie-cotterill/}

In 2024 Cotterill founded the LA-based band Reckoner.https://www.punknews.org/article/83141/jennie-cotterill-forms-new-band-reckoner The band released their first single on Double Helix Records.https://www.instagram.com/doublehelixrecords/p/DAbOcjuvGed/

The single ‘Shattered’ by Bad Cop/Bad Cop was released on Fatwreck on 13 October 2023.{https://fatwreck.com/collections/all-releases/products/shattered}

The single is said to be the first release from the band's latest album. The band members have mentioned the new album several times in Instagram comments. The original release date was supposed to be in fall 2024, but has been spared several times and has still not been announced.

The rumours surrounding the sale of Fatwreck to Hopeless Records suggest that the album will be released on Hopeless Records later in 2025.

{https://www.punknews.org/article/83939/hopeless-in-discussions-to-buy-fat-wreck-chords}

{https://www.reddit.com/r/punk/comments/1fz6i55/new_noise_magazine_fat_wreck_to_be_sold_to/}

In March 2025, the band gave an interview to the German fanzine Plasticbomb about the upcoming album. It is due to be released on 11 July and the first singles will be released in April, May and June. It is unclear whether the album will be released by Fat Wreck or Hopeless Records. The band explained that Fat Mike was no longer involved as a producer. In terms of content, the band deals with very personal topics such as age and health. Interview with German fanzine Plasticbomb, May 2025: https://www.plasticbombshop.de/Fanzines-Buecher/Plastic-Bomb-Fanzine/Plastic-Bomb-131::30065.html

Current members

• Stacey Dee – guitar, vocals (2011–present)
• Alexandra Windsor – guitar, vocals (2022–present)
• Linh Le – bass, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals (2013–present)
• Myra Gallarza – drums, backing vocals (2011–present)

Former members

• Jen Carlson – bass (2011–2013)
• Jennie Cotterill – guitar, vocals (2011–2022)

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• Not Sorry {{cite web|url=https://fatwreck.com/collections/bad-cop-bad-cop|title=Bad Cop/Bad Cop|website=Fatwreck.com|accessdate=2020-04-01}} (2015)
• Warriors (2017)
• The Ride (2020)

• Get Rad (2012)
• Bad Cop/Bad Cop (2013)
• Boss Lady (2014)
• Don (2016)
• Shattered (2023)
• Safe and Legal (2023)

• Fat Music Vol. 8 - Going Nowhere Fat (2015 - Fat Wreck Chords)

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• [https://www.badcopbadcopband.com/ Official website]
• [https://fatwreck.com/collections/bad-cop-bad-cop?view=artist// Fat Wreck Chords Artist page]

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