current_members years_active notable_instruments label article_title past_members background genre origin name
courtney brad kluck patrick simpson holt joy ray anne kadrovich mary ellen mason 1994 -- 2000 synthesizers , banjo , guitar , bass , drums sugar fix , mootron , love kit sissy bar
 lisa papineau group_or_band indie pop , rock , lo fi los angeles , california , united states sissy bar
sissy bar

sissy bar is an american indie pop band .
they formed in los angeles , california in 1994 after joy ray and courtney holt became obsessed with snoop dogg 's then-hit gin and juice and recorded their own version on a friend 's 6-track recorder , along with '' -lrb- our pet is ... -rrb- happy pet '' -lrb- both original recordings available as bonus tracks on the band 's first full-length cd `` statutory grape '' -rrb- .
they sent this tape to local punk rock station kxlu and the songs started getting rotation on the demolisten show , a show that plays `` homespun , home recorded , self released recordings . ''
the band 's first performance was at a party in banjo player brad kluck 's backyard .
when drummer patrick simpson walked off the stage halfway through the set , the drummer from school of fish -lrb- who was in the audience -rrb- jumped up on stage and helped finish the set .
the band 's first release was 1995 's magic bunny ep on love kit records , a vinyl-only release that quickly sold out and garnered unsolicited reviews by publications including details magazine .
taz did the eye-catching artwork .
their 1996 debut full-length album was `` statutory grape '' and was produced by mickey p. original synth player and backing vocalist lisa papineau left the band partway through recording the debut album to pursue a major label deal with her other band , pet , and was replaced by mary ellen mason .
sugar fix recordings released this cd , which was named after a mopar paint color from the 1950s and featured a purple target on the cover .
sissy bar played at south by southwest , north by northwest and poptopia in support of this album and gained in notoriety .
they played with artists including sukia , tsunami , and dirty three and were part of the `` silverlake scene '' that spawned artists such as beck , geraldine fibbers and possum dixon .
they competed -lrb- tongue-in-cheek -rrb- in a battle of the bands that offered a major label deal to the winner , and narrowly lost to save ferris .
sissy bar 's style varies because they `` play whatever they feel like '' .
joy ray describes their songs as `` cute '' .
one of their songs , `` bellman '' featured on 1996 compilation album , `` pop american style '' .
another , `` trailer song '' featured on the soundtrack of 1999 comedy film `` but i 'm a cheerleader '' .
