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Donna Dresch is an American Musician , perhaps best known as founder, Guitar ist and Bassist of Team Dresch . Dresch has been actively involved in the Queercore scene since the 1980s , as the creator of the Fanzine , ''Chainsaw'', and contributor to several other seminal Zines such as '' Outpunk '' and '' J.D.s '', as well as contributing and being featured on the front cover of '' Homocore '', issue five. Additionally, she was a contributor to Tobi Vail 's influential proto- Riot Grrrl fanzine, ''Jigsaw'' and Tammy Rae Carland 's zine ''I (heart) Amy Carter''. In 1992 , she appeared in the Cult Film '' The Yo-Yo Gang '', by G.B. Jones . She founded the queercore Independent Record Label Chainsaw Records in the early 1990s . Shortly after, she joined forces with Jody Bleyle and Kaia Wilson to form Team Dresch. Once drummer Marci Martinez was added to the line-up, the group began recording. The first single was released in 1994 on Kill Rock Stars . Their debut album in 1995 , '' Personal Best '' and its follow-up, '' Captain My Captain '', were released jointly by Chainsaw Records and Jody Bleyle's label Candy Ass Records . Team Dresch performs live and the members are interviewed in the documentary film '' She's Real, Worse Than Queer '' by Lucy Thane . Since its inception, Chainsaw Records has housed many well-known bands such as Tracy And The Plastics and Sleater-Kinney . In 2004 , she founded a new band, Davies Vs. Dresch . In 2006, Team Dresch reunited and began touring again. OTHER APPEARANCES Dresch has appeared on many other artists' recordings, including in the Screaming Trees when he left to tour with Dinosaur Jr. , with whom Dresch has also worked. Additionally, she has worked with Slim Moon in the '80s Olympia-based garage band Danger Mouse, Rastro! , The Go Team , Mary Lou Lord , Nisqually Delta Podunk Nightmare and Lois . PUBLICATIONS
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