Teresa Taylor(November 10, 1962 – June 18, 2023), also known asTeresa Nervosa,was an Americanmusicianand actress. She was best known as adrummerfor the Americanexperimental rockbandButthole Surfers.
Teresa Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Teresa Nervosa |
| Born | November 10, 1962 Arlington, Texas,U.S. |
| Died | June 18, 2023(aged 60) |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Drums |
Biography
editTaylor was born inArlington, Texas.[1]She began drumming by playing for various high school marching bands in Texas'Fort WorthandAustinareas.King Coffey,another Surfers' drummer, was one of her fellow performers in high school.[2]
Taylor was one of two Surfers drummers from 1983 through 1989 (the other being Coffey), with the exception of a brief leave of absence from late 1985 to 1986. In that band, she and Coffey played in unison on separate stand-up drum kits. Her drumming can be heard on a number of key Surfers albums, includingPsychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac,Rembrandt Pussyhorse,andLocust Abortion Technician(see "Discography" section).
Shortly after leaving the band in 1989, Taylor was diagnosed with ananeurysmand subsequently underwentbrain surgery.She also started to suffer fromstrobe light-inducedseizures.[3]
Taylor had a small role indirectorRichard Linklater's 1990 film,Slacker.She played a woman who was trying to sell apap smearfromMadonna.[4]Taylor's character, listed as "Pap smear Pusher", also appeared on the movie'sposter[5]and subsequenthome videomedia covers. The film, which Taylor became a face of, was credited for defining Generation X's "slacker" image.[1]
In 1995, Coffey indicated that Taylor was employed at theTexas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired,and was working on a book about her experiences touring with the Butthole Surfers.[6]
As of 2007, Taylor was living in Austin and still recording music withGibby Haynes,who has a home studio there. In 2008, she returned to the Butthole Surfers: the band's website announced tour dates for 2009 including Taylor.[7]
In November 2021, Taylor announced via a publicFacebookpost that she had been diagnosed with end-stage lung disease.[8]In another post a year later, she described her death as "imminent," further noting that she had "received a loving message from Paul and spoke on the phone with King and Gibby. It's all been a blast....Ciao."[9]Taylor died on June 18, 2023, at the age of 60. Her partner, Cheryl Curtice, said that she died "clean and sober, peacefully in her sleep".[1]
Family confusion
editDuring her time with the Butthole Surfers, Taylor and Coffey repeatedly referred to themselves, and were referred to, as siblings.[2][6][10]However, in his 2001 book on the American punk movement,Our Band Could Be Your Life,authorMichael Azerradasserts that the two only presented themselves as brother and sister due to their similar appearances, and were not actually related.[11]
Discography
editAll albums and EPs released by the Butthole Surfers.
- 1984Live PCPPEP
- 1984Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac
- 1985Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis
- 1986Rembrandt Pussyhorse
- 1987Locust Abortion Technician
- 1988Hairway to Steven
- 1989Double Live (Butthole Surfers album)
- 1995The Hole Truth... and Nothing Butt
- 2002Humpty Dumpty LSD
- 2003Butthole Surfers/Live PCPPEP
Filmography
edit- 1988Bar-B-Que Movie
- 1991Slacker
References
edit- ^abcWilliams, Alex (June 24, 2023)."Teresa Taylor, 60, Drummer for Butthole Surfers and a Face of Generation".The New York Times.p. B11.RetrievedJune 25,2023.
- ^abInterview,Flipside#46, conducted September 22, 1984ArchivedNovember 10, 2007, at theWayback Machine,archived at Butthole Surfers fan website,Negro ObserverArchivedDecember 15, 2006, at theWayback Machine
- ^Joe Nick Patoski and John Morthland, "Feeding the Fish: An Oral History of the Butthole Surfers",Spin Magazine,1996ArchivedNovember 9, 2007, at theWayback Machine,archived at Butthole Surfers fan website,Negro ObserverArchivedDecember 15, 2006, at theWayback Machine
- ^"A Slacker's Story".Criterion Collection. September 20, 2013.RetrievedJune 23,2023.
- ^Graham, Ben (October 6, 2021)."Cinema As Enema: The Butthole Surfers On Film".The Quietus.RetrievedJune 23,2023.
- ^abKing Coffey interview, SonicNet.com, conducted February 22, 1995ArchivedNovember 10, 2007, at theWayback Machine,archived at Butthole Surfers fan website,Negro ObserverArchivedDecember 15, 2006, at theWayback Machine
- ^"www.buttholesurfers.com".
- ^"Teresa Taylor - My situation is perfect, really. I live..."
- ^"Teresa Taylor - Boy, does this imminent death, coupled..."
- ^Butthole Surfers articleatTrouser Press
- ^Michael Azerrad;Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991;Little, Brown; 2001
External links
edit- Teresa Taylordiscography atDiscogs
- Teresa TayloratIMDb