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Throwing Muses

Band, 1981-1991 US, Newport, Rhode Island
Rock

Throwing Muses is an alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island, that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects. The group was originally fronted by two lead singers, Kristin Hersh, and Tanya Donelly, who both wrote the group's songs. Throwing Muses are known for performing music with shifting tempos, creative chord progressions, unorthodox song structures, and surreal lyrics. The group was set apart from other contemporary acts by Hersh's stark, candid writing style; Donelly's pop stylings and vocal harmonies; and David Narcizo's unusual drumming techniques eschewing use of cymbals. Hersh's hallucinatory, febrile songs occasionally touched on the subject of mental illness, more often drawing portraits of char

Members

	Kristin Hersh voc, g *1966 US
	Tanya Donelly voc, g *1966 US
	Leslie Langston b *1964 US
	David Narcizo dr, perc *1966 US
	Bernard Georges b, eb *1965 US
	Fred Abong b US
	Elaine Adamedes US