Biography

One of the quietly great college bands from the 1980s, [roviLink="MN0000925528"]Throwing Muses was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist [roviLink="MN0000774660"]Kristin Hersh and her half-sister guitarist/vocalist [roviLink="MN0000167561"]Tanya Donelly. In 1986 the group's debut album was put out by the prestigious British label 4AD; [roviLink="MN0000925528"]Throwing Muses was the first American band to be released on that label. [roviLink="MN0000925528"]Throwing Muses' angular, anguished, mercurial sound had much to do with [roviLink="MN0000774660"]Hersh's mental illness (she suffered from a form of bipolarity that caused her to hallucinate), especially on the early albums like House Tornado. 1991's The Real Ramona marked a break from the heaviness of the previous albums, with lots of shimmery pop gems penned both by [roviLink="MN0000774660"]Hersh and [roviLink="MN0000167561"]Donelly. Creative tensions between the two songwriters rose until [roviLink="MN0000167561"]Donelly left in 1992 to play with [roviLink="MN0000620495"]the Breeders and ultimately form [roviLink="MN0000789340"]Belly. After 1992's Red Heaven, [roviLink="MN0000774660"]Hersh released a solo album and toured extensively, leaving fans to wonder about the status of [roviLink="MN0000925528"]the Muses. In 1995, however, the group released University, one of their most cohesive and accessible efforts; it was followed by Limbo in 1996. The group's dissolution was announced soon after, with [roviLink="MN0000774660"]Hersh continuing on as a solo artist. ~ Heather Phares

Top Tracks

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• A Feeling

• America (she Can't Say No)

• And A She-wolf After The War

• Angel

• Bea

• Bright Yellow Gun

• Call Me

• Civil Disobedience

• Colder

• Counting Backwards

• Delicate Cutters

• Dizzy

• Firepile

• Fish

• Furious

• Garoux Des Larmes

• Graffiti

• Hate My Way

• Him Dancing

• Juno

• Limbo

• Los Flamingos

• Mania

• Manic Depression

• Not Too Soon

• Pearl

• Pretty Or Not

• Ruthie's Knocking

• Shark

• Shimmer

• Snail Head

• Solardip

• Soul Soldier

• Teller

• Walking In The Dark

Discography

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• Throwing Muses [2003]

  4AD

  2003

• Limbo

  Ryko Distribution / Rykodisc

  1996

• University

  Sire / Sire/Reprise

  1995

• The Curse

  4AD

  1992

• Red Heaven

  4AD/Sire

  1992

• The Real Ramona

  4AD/Sire

  1991

• Hunkpapa

  4AD/Sire

  1990

• House Tornado

  4AD/Sire

  1988

• Throwing Muses [1986]

  4AD

  1986