The Need 1516548 210561300 2008-05-06T13:26:25Z Kbdankbot 6505923 Robot - remove category per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 April 27|2008 April 27]] {{unreferenced|date=September 2007}} {{for|the 1992 novel by [[Andrew Neiderman]]|The Need (novel)}} '''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 (bassist)|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 (band)| King Cobra]], while Radio Sloan has been in the bands [[Circuit Side (band)|The Circuit Side]], [[Fact Or Fiction (band)|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 (bassist)|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] [[Category:1990s music groups|Need, The]] [[Category:All-women bands|Need, The]] [[Category:American punk rock groups|Need, The]] [[Category:Kill Rock Stars|Need, The]] [[Category:Punk rock groups|Need, The]] [[Category:Post-punk|Need, The]] [[Category:Queercore groups|Need, The]] [[Category:Washington musical groups|Need, The]]