Carrie Brownstein
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Carrie Brownstein (born September 27 1974), is an American musician and actress. She is a guitarist and vocalist in the Portland, Oregon based band Sleater-Kinney.
Before Sleater-Kinney, she was in the band Excuse 17. As a side project, she created The Spells with Mary Timony. She also had a role in the short film "Fan Mail" as well as "Group" and the Miranda July film "Getting Stronger Everyday".
Trivia
- She currently plays a 1972 Gibson SG and a 1978 Guild S-100 with a Bigsby vibrato. Earlier, she played a Rickenbacker 360.
- She currently plays through a 1964 Fender Super Reverb and an Orange amplifiers, and used a Vox AC-30 on earlier recordings and tours.
- She uses four distortion pedals -- a Maestro fuzz, a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver, a Roland AD-50 DoubleBeat, and a Z-Vex Super Hard On.
- She can be seen in various Priceline commercials with William Shatner.
- Her guitar heroes include Tom Verlaine, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Fahey, Mary Timony, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, Radio Tragedy, and Kaia Wilson.
- She has the number 27 tattooed on her arm.
- She began playing guitar at age 16.
- She has a degree in Sociolinguistics from Evergreen State College.
- She attends the Christian Schools Jubilee every year
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