ArtistInfo

Sissy Bar

Band, 1994-2000 US
Rock and Alternative

Sissy Bar is an American indie pop band. They formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994 after Joy Ray and Courtney Holt became obsessed with Snoop Dogg's then-hit Gin and Juice and recorded their own version on a friend's 6-track recorder, along with "(Our Pet Is...) Happy Pet" (both original recordings available as bonus tracks on the band's first full-length CD Statutory Grape). They sent this tape to local punk rock station KXLU and the songs started getting rotation on the Demolisten show, a show that plays "homespun, home recorded, self released recordings." The band's first performance was at a party in banjo player Brad Kluck's backyard. When drummer Patrick Simpson walked off the stage halfway through the set, the drummer from School of Fish (who was in the audience) jumped up on s

Members

	Lisa Papineau voc US
	Joy Ray voc
	Brad Kluck voc, bj
	Mary-Ellen Mason voc US
	Anne Kadrovich b
	Patrick Simpson dr
	Courtney Holt g US