BeBe K'Roche
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BeBe K'Roche is an American all woman electric rock band with Olivia Records
. They are the first all woman band with the label which is the first woman-owned women's music label. Olivia was known to be most successful with acoustic solo acts, and at that time the decision to record an electric rock band was somewhat controversial.
Occasional members: Pat Ramseyer, Matu Feliciano, Sandi Adjida, Cyndy Mason
Personal manager: Kim Johnson
Road manager: Gioia Siciiano
Recording/Record tour members: Peggy Mitchell, Jake Lampert, Virginia Rubino, Matu Feliciano, Jerene O'Brien, Jasmin Telfair, Linda Tillery
ist/singer-songwriter
Tiik Pollet in Berkeley, California
, while playing in a duo with bassist Peggy Mitchell. Mitchell also played regularly with Bay area
jazz pianist David Alexander
. Pollet, a rocker who put her feminist politics into her music, sought kindred women rockers and found drummer/singer-songwriter Jake Lampert, who was the original drummer for the Berkeley Women's Music Collective. They were later joined by pianist/singer-songwriter Virginia Rubino, who had played with Tiik in the Venice Beach based women's band, Lizzie Tisch, and recorded with the all women's band, High Risk.
The name BeBe K'Roche was created by Pollet, inspired by the sight of a baby cockroach in a cup of coffee and an attempt to lessen the impact by making it sound exotically French.
Be Be K' Roche toured the west coast playing the San Diego Women's Music Festival, the Santa Cruz Women's Music Festival and many venues from Hollywood to Seattle. BeBe K' Roche recorded a demo tape at Blue Bear Recording in the Bay Area and later went to vinyl with Olivia Records.
Although the band officially broke up because of internal conflicts before completing the Olivia recording, in an effort to complete the recording, they regrouped, wrote new songs, and added Jerene O'Brien on electric guitar.
Song Titles: Hoodoo'd (Rubino), Gotta Make Something Of My Life (Rubino), Understand (Rubino), Kahlua Mama (Rubino), Strong and Free (Gelfand), I Got The Rhythm (Rubino), Smile (Rubino), Alone (Rubino)
Olivia Records
Olivia Records was a collective founded in 1973 to record and market women's music. Olivia, named after the heroine of a pulp novel by Dorothy Bussy who fell in love with her headmistress at French boarding school, was the brainchild of ten lesbian-feminists living in Washington, DC who wanted to...
. They are the first all woman band with the label which is the first woman-owned women's music label. Olivia was known to be most successful with acoustic solo acts, and at that time the decision to record an electric rock band was somewhat controversial.
Members
Founding members: Pamela "Tiik" Pollet, Peggy Mitchell, Jake Lambert, Virginia RubinoOccasional members: Pat Ramseyer, Matu Feliciano, Sandi Adjida, Cyndy Mason
Personal manager: Kim Johnson
Road manager: Gioia Siciiano
Recording/Record tour members: Peggy Mitchell, Jake Lampert, Virginia Rubino, Matu Feliciano, Jerene O'Brien, Jasmin Telfair, Linda Tillery
History
BeBe K' Roche was founded in 1973 by electric guitarElectric guitar
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ist/singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Tiik Pollet in Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
, while playing in a duo with bassist Peggy Mitchell. Mitchell also played regularly with Bay area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
jazz pianist David Alexander
Dave Alexander (blues musician)
Dave Alexander aka Omar Sharriff, Omar Hakim Khayam is an American Texas blues singer, and pianist.-Biography:...
. Pollet, a rocker who put her feminist politics into her music, sought kindred women rockers and found drummer/singer-songwriter Jake Lampert, who was the original drummer for the Berkeley Women's Music Collective. They were later joined by pianist/singer-songwriter Virginia Rubino, who had played with Tiik in the Venice Beach based women's band, Lizzie Tisch, and recorded with the all women's band, High Risk.
The name BeBe K'Roche was created by Pollet, inspired by the sight of a baby cockroach in a cup of coffee and an attempt to lessen the impact by making it sound exotically French.
Be Be K' Roche toured the west coast playing the San Diego Women's Music Festival, the Santa Cruz Women's Music Festival and many venues from Hollywood to Seattle. BeBe K' Roche recorded a demo tape at Blue Bear Recording in the Bay Area and later went to vinyl with Olivia Records.
Although the band officially broke up because of internal conflicts before completing the Olivia recording, in an effort to complete the recording, they regrouped, wrote new songs, and added Jerene O'Brien on electric guitar.
Discography
- The Olivia Recording (1976)
- Produced by Linda Tillery, engineered by Sandy Stone, recorded and mixed at Different Fur in San Francisco
Song Titles: Hoodoo'd (Rubino), Gotta Make Something Of My Life (Rubino), Understand (Rubino), Kahlua Mama (Rubino), Strong and Free (Gelfand), I Got The Rhythm (Rubino), Smile (Rubino), Alone (Rubino)