RIP Screaming Females, the last of the DIY lifers
thefader.comScreaming Females announced their break-up this week by underlining the rugged determination needed to last nearly two decades as a DIY punk band. “A lot changed around us over those 18 years but at our core we operated pretty much the same throughout,” the band wrote on social media. “We funded and made the records we wanted to make.
We did our own art. We printed a lot of our own merch. We managed ourselves. Probably most importantly we loaded up our van with our gear and traveled around the world to play shows wherever you would have us.
We tried to build and celebrate community the best we could.” Screamales, as they were lovingly known, prided themselves on a self-sufficient ethos, booking all of their own shows and releasing eight studio albums through the trusted indie label Don Giovanni.
The trio, Marissa Paternoster on guitar and vocals, Jarrett Dougherty on drums, and Mike Abbate on bass, were a product of the New Brunswick punk scene and spent their time since 2005 on a trajectory that took them from playing basement shows to opening for The Breeders, working with Garbage, and making an album with Steve Albini.
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