The White Trash Debutantes are an

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band from

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, United States, active since 1986.

Origins

White Trash Debutante deals with issues of gender equality and transcendence. The band's original line-up featured thirteen musicians, including lead vocalist Ginger Coyote, vocalists Ariana Uptime and Cindy Uptime, vocalist Roy Wonder, bassist

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, drummer Michael Crawford, guitarist Jay Crawford, trumpet player Terra Leong, harmonica player Jon Sugar, as well as Jennifer Blowdryer, Dean Thomas. White Trash Debutante played its first show on August 30, 1986 at The Stone in San Francisco, opening for Devine. One critic wrote: "Punk rock has always had its socio-political agitators as well as bands that simply wanted to entertain; White Trash Debutantes are a perfect example of the latter." Perhaps the political underpinnings of White Trash Debutantes message are not so obvious. A careful listening to their music may betray a commitment to mindless rebellion, sexual deviance, and solipsism: Their music abuts head-on with the rush toward fascism, the lack of compassion, and the aimless goals of the 'American Dream.' The White Trash Debutantes played an early show at San Francisco's Covered Wagon Saloon on October 18, 1989 for a birthday party for

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Editor and Debutante Ginger Coyote.

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invited them to partake in his "Circus Of the Perverse" party in New York City playing with the likes of

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, Lemmy (

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) and the

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in 1990.

Film work

George Michalski, the Musical Director for the hit CBS Drama, "

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" began using their material on the show's soundtrack. White Trash Debutantes was featured in the full-length movie " Blast Off.. Shonen Knife" by filmmaker

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. Appeared in the documentary film " A Regular Frankie Fan" about fans of the cult film "

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." Appeared in the feature film "

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", shot in San Francisco; directed by Eric G. Johnson. The band's music also was used in the film's soundtrack.

Awards

The White Trash Debutantes won the Rockies award for "Best Punk Band 2003" and the "Best Punk Band 2004" at the ''Rock City News'' Awards. White Trash Debutantes were named "Best 2004 Underground Punk Band" and Ginger Coyote "Best 2004 Underground Diva" by Demons In Exile.

Noteworthy events

Ginger Coyote and

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recorded two songs together in June 2006--"Rock n Roll Republikkkan (renamed from "Punk Rock Republican")," in which Jayne and Ginger name some well known 'Republikkkans' in the music industry; "Trans-Generation," a song written by

as an anthem for those with gender identity issues. White Trash Debutantes played a memorial tribute for the late Dirk Dirksen "The Pope Of Punk" at The

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along with

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and many others. The band has toured the United States, Canada, Mexico and Japan playing with such notables as Rancid, the

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, Blondie and

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. The band generated a lot of publicity when they invited notorious former Olympic skater

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to join the band.''Village Voice'', "La Dolce Musto: NY Mirror," by Michael Musto, March 7, 2000 At one time, they also had, as a member, an 85-year-old, Patty Pierce (who is featured in the book, ''Ring Master'', by

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). The band has also been featured on many television programs such as ''

'', ''E Gossip,'' ''Inside Edition,'' ''Late Night With Conan O'Brien,'' ''MTV News'' and ''Entertainment Tonight.''

Discography

* 1991 - ''San Francisco'' (

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) * 1994 - ''Crawl For It'' (Desperate Attempt Records) * 1994 - ''The McRackins/White Trash Debutantes'' (Helter Skelter Records) * 1996 - ''It's Raw... But You Live For It'' (206 Records) * 1997 - ''My Guy's Name Is Rudolf'' (206 Records) * 1998 - ''Rock On Sister Friends'' (Beer City Records) * 1999 - ''Split'' with PSY-9 (PSY-9 Records) * 2001 - ''What's It All About?'' with Cell Block 5 (Orange Peal Records) * ''Cheap Date'' (Teen Rebel Records) * ''A Prom Night Gone Bad'' (WTD Records)

Compilations

References

External links

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PunkGlobe.com
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''s official website
Band's purevolume

WTD at Garage Band
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