The PeeChees
{{Short description|US musical group}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The PeeChees
| image =
| caption = Left to Right: Carlos Cañedo, Molly Neuman, Christopher Appelgren, Rop Vasquez
| image_size =
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Oakland, California, U.S.
| genre = Punk, post-hardcore, post-punk
| years_active = 1994–1998
| label = Kill Rock Stars, Lookout!, Skinny Girl, Damaged Goods, Rugger Bugger, Sub Pop, Roxy
| associated_acts = Bratmobile, Rice, Beehive and the Baracudas, Bumblescrump, The Lefties, The Pattern, The Frumpies, Love or Perish
| website = [http://www.killrockstars.com/artists/peechees The PeeChees at KRS]
| current_members =
| past_members = Christopher Appelgren
Molly Neuman
Carlos Cañedo
Rop Vasquez
}}
The PeeChees (aka The PeeChee All-Season Sensations) were an American punk band formed in 1994 by Lookout! Records co-owners Christopher Appelgren (The Pattern, Bumblescrump, The Lefties), Molly Neuman (Bratmobile, The Frumpies, Love or Perish), along with guitarist Carlos Cañedo (Rice, Love or Perish, Beehive & The Baracudas), and bass player Rop Vasquez (Rice, Semi-Automatic, The Lefties).{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Brad |url= https://www.westword.com/music/everythings-peechees-5058439 |title=Everything's Peechees |work=Westword |date=March 12, 1998 |accessdate=September 27, 2020}}{{cite news |last=Pameson |first=Jenna |url= https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/avjvjj/sexy-seventeen-v8n7 |title=Sexy And Seventeen |work=Vice |date=November 30, 2001 |accessdate=September 27, 2020}}
The PeeChees released three albums on the Kill Rock Stars label,{{cite news |last=Patrick |first=April Brem |url= https://www.houstonpress.com/music/nine-bands-from-the-90s-underground-that-should-consider-reuniting-6518638 |title=Nine Bands From the '90s Underground That Should Consider Reuniting |work=Houston Press |date=January 13, 2012 |accessdate=September 27, 2020}} and singles on Kill Rock Stars, Lookout! Records, and Subpop, and were on many compilations during the mid-1990s. They toured the United States and Europe and performed with label mates Bikini Kill, Unwound, and Sleater-Kinney and performed and collaborated with Rocket From The Crypt and Rancid. They were peripherally involved in the Riot grrrl movement, with Neuman (one of the movement's founders) playing drums for the band. The band disbanded in 1998.
Band members
- Christopher Appelgren – singer
- Molly Neuman – drums
- Carlos Cañedo – guitar
- Rop Vaszquez – bass
Discography
=Albums=
class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Label !Other information |
1996
|Do The Math |First album. |
1997
|Games People Play |Final studio album. |
1998
|Life |Compilation of singles and compilation tracks. Released posthumously. |
=Singles and EPs=
class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Label !Other information |
1994
|Cup of Glory |"Cheap Fun", "Grease" b/w "Fine Watch". |
1995
|Scented Gum |"Genuine Article", "Tea Biscuit to Show" b/w "Olive Oil", "Tom Foolery". Recorded by John Reis and Gar Wood. |
1996
|Love Moods |Rugger Bugger |"New Moscow Woman" b/w "Quadruple Bypass" |
1996
|"Antarticists" |Roxy |b/w "Love Is the Law" cover, originally by The Suburbs. |
1997
|"Sing Like Me (Elliott Smith)" |b/w "Other Ice Age". Picture disc |
1998
|"Dallas" |b/w "If You Don't Know (Now You Know)". Released as part of the label's limited edition "Single of the Month" series |
=Non-album tracks=
class="wikitable"
!Year !Album/Source !Label !Song(s) !Other information |
1994
|"Patty Coahuila" |First band release. Compilation of Kill Rock Stars bands that included Rancid, Kathleen Hanna, and Team Dresch. |
1995
|Slice Of Lemon |Lookout! Records/Kill Rock Stars |"Maintenance Free" |Compilation of Lookout! and Kill Rock Stars bands that included Elliott Smith and The Mr. T Experience. |
1998
|Taking A Chance On Chances |"Second Grade" |Compilation of bands that included Monorchid. |
References
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External links
- [http://www.killrockstars.com/artists/viewartist.php?id=386 PeeChees page on Kill Rock Stars website]
- [http://www.killrockstars.com/discography/ Band Discographies on Kill Rock Stars website]
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