Slant 6 was an American
punk rock trio based in
Washington, D.C. affiliated with early
riot grrrl
Riot grrrl is an underground feminist punk movement that began during the early 1990s within the United States in Olympia, Washington and the greater Pacific Northwest and has expanded to at least 26 other countries. Riot grrrl is a sub ...
.
Slant 6 consisted of
Christina Billotte
Christina Billotte is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, known for her involvement in the punk music scene in Washington DC, as a performer and organizer. She is included in Venus Zine's list ''The Greatest Female Guitarists of All T ...
(electric guitar and vocals), Myra Power (electric bass guitar and vocals), and Marge Marshall (drum set and trumpet). The group formed in July 1992 following the 1991 breakup of
Autoclave, in which Billotte had played. The group took their name from an
in-line six-cylinder engine produced in the 1960s and 1970s by the
Chrysler Corporation.
Slant 6 recorded for the
Dischord label and toured the United States several times, and England once. The group released two albums, 1994's ''
Soda Pop-Rip Off
''Soda Pop * Rip Off'' is the first full-length album by American punk rock band Slant 6. It was released in 1994 by Dischord.
Reception
AllMusic rated the album favorably, although it noted that it "works almost like a retrospective of a perio ...
'' and 1995's ''
Inzombia''.
[}] Evelyn McDonnell and
Elisabeth Vincentelli, writing for the ''
New York Times
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'' in 2019, considered ''Soda Pop-Rip Off'' "arguably the best album of the riot grrrl era."
, writing for ''
Rolling Stone
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'' in 2020, considered ''Soda Pop-Rip Off'' an essential LP of the nineties.
The band made an appearance in the 1994
cult
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road movie ''
Half-cocked''. Slant 6 broke up in November 1995 while on tour in England.
Discography
Albums and EPs
* 1993 - ''What Kind of Monster Are You'' EP (
Dischord Records)
* 1994 - ''
Soda Pop * Rip Off'' (Dischord)
* 1995 - ''
Inzombia'' (Dischord)
Singles
* 1995 - "We're Having A Baby/ This Is... Young Vulgarians" split single with
The Make-Up (Time Bomb Records)
Compilation appearances
*1993 - "Alien Movie Stars" on ''Julep'', Yoyo Recordings
*1993 - "Nights X 9" on ''
Stars Kill Rock'',
Kill Rock Stars
*1995 - "Time Expired" on ''Half-Cocked OST'',
Matador Records
*2002 - "What Kind of Monster Are You?" and "Are You Human?" on ''20 Years of Dischord'', Dischord Records
References
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All-female punk bands
Musical groups established in 1992
Dischord Records artists
Punk rock groups from Washington, D.C.
Riot grrrl bands
1992 establishments in Washington, D.C.
Musical groups disestablished in 1995