Team Dresch in Portland

Team Dresch is an American queercore punk band formed in Olympia, Washington, in 1993. Their direct songs about queer identity, relationships and exclusion are collected on the albums Personal Best and Captain My Captain; “Fagetarian and Dyke” and “She’s Amazing” are among their best-known tracks. Team Dresch toured punk clubs in North America and Europe behind those records during the 1990s. After a period apart, the band reunited for intermittent concerts in the 2000s, then toured again in 2019 around the retrospective collection Choices, Chances, Changes. That reunion run included a concert in Portland.

Heavens To Betsy is an American riot grrrl punk duo formed in Olympia, Washington, in 1991 by singer-guitarist Corin Tucker and drummer Tracy Sawyer. The band is known for the album Calculated, released by Kill Rock Stars, and songs including “Terrorist,” “Axemen” and “Nothing Can Stop Me.” Heavens To Betsy made an early appearance at the 1991 International Pop Underground Convention, performing during the “Love Rock Revolution Girl Style Now” night at the Capitol Theater. The duo subsequently toured with Bratmobile, playing with Tucker on guitar and vocals and Sawyer on drums.