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Christina Billotte and Melissa Berkoff initially began playing together in a Washington, DC band called
Hazmat in 1989, but then joined up with Nikki Chapman and Mary Timony to form Autoclave. Autoclave
released a 7" on the "DisKord" label, a joint effort between Dischord and Olympia, Washington's K
Records. The band's second release was a posthumous 10" released on Christina's label, Mira
Records. After the band split up, the members went off in different directions. Nikki went to Olympia,
Melissa headed to New Orleans, Mary went to Boston (where she would form Helium) and Christina
sta ...read more
Christina Billotte and Melissa Berkoff initially began playing together in a Washington, DC band called
Hazmat in 1989, but then joined up with Nikki Chapman and Mary Timony to form Autoclave. Autoclave
released a 7" on the "DisKord" label, a joint effort between Dischord and Olympia, Washington's K
Records. The band's second release was a posthumous 10" released on Christina's label, Mira
Records. After the band split up, the members went off in different directions. Nikki went to Olympia,
Melissa headed to New Orleans, Mary went to Boston (where she would form Helium) and Christina
stayed in DC and went on to form Slant 6, Quix-o-tic and The Casual Dots. Autoclave was a band that
defied classification and context, and their music was unique and lasting enough that Dischord decided
to release a discography CD in 1997. « hide |
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