Since my favorite member of my favorite band just released a not-Sleater-Kinney-good-but-still-good solo album, now seems like a good time for a brief dip into obsessive fandom, yes?
In a nostalgia-bolstering coincidence, I just finished reading Sara Marcus' Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution. It's a good, comprehensive read, and Corin Tucker plays a prominent role, at least in the chapters documenting the early days of the moment. One of the three bands Marcus identifies as riot grrrl's most influential (along with Bratmobile and Bikini Kill) was Tucker's Heavens to Betsy, a two-person outfit featuring Tucker on guitar and vocals and Tracy Sawyer on drums:
(That video is kinda crappy, but there's not much out there—if you actually want to hear what they sound like, this was 13-year-old Alison's favorite song, which is embarrassing but whatever, so is everything about being 13. These days the song "Waitress Hell" is the one that sticks with me the most.)
Tucker also played in a very short-lived band called Heartless Martin, which released just one cassette in the summer of 1993; I remember trying in vain a few years later to track it down, but had never actually heard it until right this minute: Blogger Jenny Woolworth has it available as a digital download on her site, which is actually a great resource for old riot grrrl stuff. Craaazy. (The band also featured Becca Albee, who was in Excuse 17 with Carrie Brownstein, and of course this was their best song.)