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Monday, May 25, 2015

Diesel Queens & Insaints - (1993) Diesel Queens Vs. Insaints 2x7''

The Insaints were an American punk rock group from Modesto and later San Francisco, CA, fronted by controversial vocalist Marian Anderson from 1988-1994. She was noted for her powerful, sexually charged and provocative live performances which frequently included on-stage nudity and sex acts. The Insaints made Bay Area headlines when Anderson was arrested for lewd conduct after an infamous 1993 performance at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, CA. The charges were eventually dropped after a yearlong legal battle, but the band broke up in 1994. In 2001, Anderson died of a heroin overdose at the age of 33.
A documentary about the Insaints and the life of vocalist Marian Anderson, entitled Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love, and Death of a Punk Goddess directed by Lilly Scourtis Ayers and narrated by Henry Rollins, was released in February 2011. It features interviews with Insaints guitarist Daniel DeLeon, and Bay Area musicians Tim Armstrong of Rancid, Dexter Holland of The Offspring, Texas Terri Laird, and other assorted Gilman Street veterans as well as photos and footage of the band in action.
Before their breakup in 1994, The Insaints had only one official release; Diesel Queens vs. Insaints, a split, double 7-inch EP with The Diesel Queens from San Jose, CA, released by Maximum RocknRoll in 1993.

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