Bitch and Animal, a duo consisting of musicians Bitch and Animal Prufrock, was a

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band that performed from 1995 to 2004. They became established while touring as an opening act for

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, and later launched their own highly successful tours. Their first album, ''What's That Smell'', was self-produced and featured some of their best-known songs, such as "Drag King Bar" and (on a hidden track) "Pussy Manifesto". Their next two albums were released under the record label Righteous Babe. '' Eternally Hard'', released in 2001, was co-produced by

and Wayne Schrengohst and featured "Best Cock on the Block" and "Traffic". Their last album, ''Sour Juice and Rhyme'' was produced in collaboration with

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of the ground-breaking 1970s

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Fanny. "Sour Juice and Rhyme" was nominated for the 15th

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along with

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, and

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, but lost to Rufus Wainwright. Animal wrote a musical based on the Hothead Paisan comics by

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, which was performed at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, and is now performing solo as Animal Prufrock. Bitch starred in

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's film "

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". Bitch also collaborated with

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and produced her album "Boulder", which was released on Bitch's own label, Short Story Records. Bitch also has completed a documentary about Ferron, called "Thunder", which she made with

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Discography

*''What's That Smell'' (1999) *''Eternally Hard'' (2001) *''Sour Juice and Rhyme'' (2003) Bitch solo recordings: *''Be-Sides, one take wonders and poems'' (2005) *''Make This Break This'' (2006) *''B+TEC'' (2008) *''Blasted!'' (2010) Animal Prufrock solo recordings: *''congratulations; thank you + i'm sorry'' (2010)

References

External links

Bitch and Animal at Righteous BabeBitch's Official WebsiteAnimal Prufrock's Official Website
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Bitch and Animal on Rhapsody
{{Authority control Queercore groups Righteous Babe Records artists American lesbian musicians Musical groups established in 1995 Musical groups disestablished in 2004 American musical duos