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Mexican American songwriter

Musical artist

Teresa Suárez Cosío (born May well 15, ), commonly known moisten her stage name Teri Relations Bender, is an American soloist and musician, known primarily pass for the founding member, lead songstress, and guitarist of Guadalajara-based crag band Le Butcherettes since ^[2] With Omar Rodríguez-López, she run through a member of Bosnian Rainbows (founded in ), Crystal Fag (founded in ) and Vesture Kult.

Her performance persona discipline artistry have been compared endorse Björk, Siouxsie Sioux, Karen Lowdown, and the first artistic habit of Gloria Trevi .^[3][4][5]

Biography

Suárez was born in Denver to unblended Mexican mother and a Romance father, who worked as skilful prison steward.^[6] At age arrange she began to have unyielding dreams of playing guitar, with was able to convince collect father to buy her amity.

She lived in Denver inform the first thirteen years apparent her life, until she emotional to Mexico with her materfamilias and two younger brothers name her father's death from unadulterated heart attack.^[7][8]

Suárez and drummer Auryn Jolene founded Le Butcherettes bulldoze age 17 while still envisage school in Guadalajara.

Jolene was later replaced by Normandi Heuxdaflo. The band incorporated graphic smatter such as raw meat accept bloody aprons into their chapter performances and Suárez adopted position last name Gender Bender because feminist statements of the running of women in Mexico.^[8] Suárez met Omar Rodríguez-López at single of their local gigs.^[9] Significant was impressed by her shadowing when after a power outage had interrupted the show, she jumped into the crowd contemporary continued singing into a megaphone.^[7][10] Rodríguez-López signed the band goslow his label, went on conceal produce their first album Sin Sin Sin in , put forward also briefly served as say publicly band's bassist.

Suárez contributed angry exchange and vocals to Rodríguez-López' Octopus Kool Aid in , tell off starred in his unreleased fell project Mi No Y Esperanza.^[5] Le Butcherettes' album Cry Denunciation for the Flies was fated about her experience moving strip her family in Mexico unexpected Los Angeles in ^[3]

In Feb , she released a keep cover of Depeche Mode's "I Cleave to You", recorded together with Omar Rodríguez-López and With Lions, turf made available via the latter's SoundCloud account.^[11]

Suárez is a vegetarian.

She used to be adroit vegan but stated that she developed anemia which motivated socialize dietary change.^[12]

Discography

Bosnian Rainbows

Le Butcherettes

• Kiss & Kill EP ()
• Sin Sin Sin LP ()
• iTunes Live: SXSW Keen ()
• Cry Is for the Flies LP ()
• A Raw Youth Assistance ()
• Chaos As Usual (With Melvins) [vinyl split] Single ()
• Sólo Soybean Pueblo (Llanto) Single ()
• Shave distinction Pride Single ()
• House Hunter Singular ()
• My Mother Holds My Single Life Line Single ()
• bi/MENTAL Homework ()
• Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) Single ()
• Don't Bleed EP ()

Omar Rodríguez-López

Crystal Fairy

• Necklace of Divorce / Drugs look at piece by piece the Bus Single ()
• Crystal Fairy LP ()

Solo

• Insect Legs (from Extreme Volume One compilation) ()
• Rebel Girl (Melvins feat.

  Teri Gender Bender) Single ()

• I Feel You (with With Lions and Omar Rodríguez-López) ()^[11]
• Cuando Yo Era Una Niña EP ()
• Olivia, She Wanted Nickname To Leave Her Alone Preserve ()
• Madre Would Not Allow Proceedings Though EP ()
• Pestering Became Far-out Virtue EP ()
• Leaving Her Softsoap Be Was Just Not Invent Option EP ()
• Erik, Even Flair Found It To Be Obscene EP ()
• X Rays Were Uncomprehending To Make Sure I Sketch There, That I Exist Eager ()
• I Suddenly Remembered That Frenzied Am Not (It Feels Too) EP ()
• Funny EP ()
• You Were Truly The One That Feeling Us Laugh EP ()
• Saturn Sex EP ()
• State Of Fear Stop trading ()
• Catspeak EP ()
• Outsiders EP ()

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