In the early ‘90s, Corin Tucker and Tracy Sawyer were living in Olympia, Washington, barely out of high school and finding themselves in the very heart of the just-forming riot grrrl scene. Inspired by the feminist politics and exciting rethinking of what punk rock was capable of that defined the riot grrrl movement, the duo formed Heavens to Betsy, an emotionally furious and musically raw group consisting of Sawyer on a spartan drum kit and Tucker on guitar and vocals.
From 1991-1994 Heavens to Betsy performed and recorded steadily, disbanding after releasing multiple singles and a sole album, with both parties quickly forming new bands (Heavens to Betsy was Tucker’s first band before co-founding the wildly popular and influential…

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