Music Background
from a chronological perspective of sorts
BANDS IN SF OF WHICH I"VE BEEN AN OFFICIAL MEMBER (with interesting shows we played highlighted)
- 2017 - pandemic SEASXN OF THE BYTCH: (vocals: Pike Long & Lacey Johnson, baritone guitar: Dorothy Wang, trumpet & alto horn: Margaret Hitchcock, drums: Sophia Poirier)
- 1/23/2020 - performed at Turn It Up, a SFCHRP benefit concert for Brandon Lee at the Knockout, San Francisco, CA.
- 5/19/2019 - performed at Spring Fling Sunday fundraiser by Queer Tattoo Alliance, along with Muñecas and Skip the Needle at the Starline Social Club, Oakland, CA.
- 6/2/2018 - performed at Benefit for St. James Infirmary, Center for Sex and Culture, San Francisco, CA.
- 3/5/2018 - debut show at Pisces Party at the Stud, San Francisco, CA!
- 1995 - whenever FROZEN CHICKEN PATTIES *w/ two big hiatus' in middle of timeline: (guitar & vocals: Dorothy Wang, drums & backing vocals: Kim Mosler)
- played shows at many smallish and medium-sized San Francisco venues like Transmission Theater, Coco Club, Kimo's, Studio Z, CW Saloon/Cherry Bar and the Tempest; recorded self-released CD in 2005.
- 6/29/2016 - Played a set and did Q&A with girls at Bay Area Girls Rock Camp, Oakland, CA - super fun!
- 11/12/2003 - FCP performed live on KZSU, Stanford University's radio station.
- 10/6/1996 - FCP played Dirty Bird Queercore Festival benefit at the Chameleon, San Francisco, CA with Cypher in the Snow and Sta-Prest.
- 1999 - 2000 NEBUCHADNEZZER: (vocals: Ace Morgan, guitar: Dorothy Wang, bass: Carmen White, drums: Colleen)
- played a bunch of local venues including warehouse shows and Lost Weekend video store to protest citywide dot com shutdowns of San Francisco music rehearsal spaces.
- 1997 - 1998 CYPHER IN THE SNOW: (vocals: Anna Joy Springer & Carmen White, trumpet: Margaret Hitchcock, guitar & violin: Dorothy Wang, guitar: Elitrea Frye, bass: Chloe Sherman, drums: Paula Cronin)
- recorded 7" record and played numerous shows up and down the West Coast including 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA, weird straight-edge house party in Modesto, CA and tiny little stage somewhere in Portland, OR.
- 1/22/1998 - Kathy Acker Memorial Celebration with Winston Tong, Susie Bright, Tribe 8 etc. at Slim's, San Francisco, CA.
- 1994 - 2000 SLOW CLUB: (vocals: Carmen White, bass: Leslie Mah, guitar & violin: Dorothy Wang, drums: Maria Jones/Kim Mosler)
- 2/3/1995 - Slow Club performed at "Full On Asian Action" at Epicenter Zone, San Francisco, CA with Kicking Giant, Sta-Prest and Justin Chin.
- 12/31/1994 - self-produced Gray Tabby Alien Conspiracy show at Luna Sea Women's Performance Project, San Francisco, CA, featuring Slow Club, my solo project, Denise Conca gogo poetry and the Gray Tabby Go-Go Dancers. You'd be surprised how many people like cats. A lot.
- 7/1/1994 - Slow Club opened for Bikini Kill at Epicenter Zone, San Francisco, CA.
- 1992 - 1993 ODD GIRL OUT which morphed into WARM JETS (Iraya Robles, Aimee Patten, Aisha Stone (only in Odd Girl Out), Dorothy Wang - we all switched instruments and sang).
- 1/23/1993 - Warm Jets opened for Kaia (Team Dresch) and possibly Tribe 8? amongst others at Epicenter Switchboard benefit at Studio 4, San Francisco, CA. I still have a cassette recording of this show and it's really funny if you want to hear it.
- 10/?/1992 - Odd Girl Out opened for Bikini Kill at Epicenter Zone.
- 1/23/2020 - performed at Turn It Up, a SFCHRP benefit concert for Brandon Lee at the Knockout, San Francisco, CA.
- 5/19/2019 - performed at Spring Fling Sunday fundraiser by Queer Tattoo Alliance, along with Muñecas and Skip the Needle at the Starline Social Club, Oakland, CA.
- 6/2/2018 - performed at Benefit for St. James Infirmary, Center for Sex and Culture, San Francisco, CA.
- 3/5/2018 - debut show at Pisces Party at the Stud, San Francisco, CA!
- played shows at many smallish and medium-sized San Francisco venues like Transmission Theater, Coco Club, Kimo's, Studio Z, CW Saloon/Cherry Bar and the Tempest; recorded self-released CD in 2005.
- 6/29/2016 - Played a set and did Q&A with girls at Bay Area Girls Rock Camp, Oakland, CA - super fun!
- 11/12/2003 - FCP performed live on KZSU, Stanford University's radio station.
- 10/6/1996 - FCP played Dirty Bird Queercore Festival benefit at the Chameleon, San Francisco, CA with Cypher in the Snow and Sta-Prest.
- played a bunch of local venues including warehouse shows and Lost Weekend video store to protest citywide dot com shutdowns of San Francisco music rehearsal spaces.
- recorded 7" record and played numerous shows up and down the West Coast including 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA, weird straight-edge house party in Modesto, CA and tiny little stage somewhere in Portland, OR.
- 1/22/1998 - Kathy Acker Memorial Celebration with Winston Tong, Susie Bright, Tribe 8 etc. at Slim's, San Francisco, CA.
- 2/3/1995 - Slow Club performed at "Full On Asian Action" at Epicenter Zone, San Francisco, CA with Kicking Giant, Sta-Prest and Justin Chin.
- 12/31/1994 - self-produced Gray Tabby Alien Conspiracy show at Luna Sea Women's Performance Project, San Francisco, CA, featuring Slow Club, my solo project, Denise Conca gogo poetry and the Gray Tabby Go-Go Dancers. You'd be surprised how many people like cats. A lot.
- 7/1/1994 - Slow Club opened for Bikini Kill at Epicenter Zone, San Francisco, CA.
- 1/23/1993 - Warm Jets opened for Kaia (Team Dresch) and possibly Tribe 8? amongst others at Epicenter Switchboard benefit at Studio 4, San Francisco, CA. I still have a cassette recording of this show and it's really funny if you want to hear it.
- 10/?/1992 - Odd Girl Out opened for Bikini Kill at Epicenter Zone.
SIDE PROJECTS/COLLABORATIONS/GIGS
- 2017 - 2020 - PussyFOG: an experimental sound and art collaboration with Lacey Johnson.
- 8/2/2019 to 8/31/2019 - "Spell For Knowing" video screening in Aggregate Animated Shorts Third Annual International Short Film Festival, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA.
- 7/27/2019 - "Punk Damage" debut screening at Lesbian Lexicon Art Party, Hit Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
- 6/25/2019 - "Prophecy" video screening at Experimental Film Night for Precarious Lives, a National Queer Arts Festival visual arts exhibition hosted by SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA.
- 6/18/2019 to 6/30/2019 - "Spell For Knowing" and "Prophecy" videos exhibited in "sensual organic algorithm" curated by CPR Gallery at Lucas Lucas NYC.
- 6/21/2019 to 8/30/2019 - "Prophecy" video exhibited in Summer 2019: Abolition Now! by Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA.
- 5/5/2019 to 6/2/2019 - "Prophecy" and "Spell For Knowing" videos exhibited in Lacey Johnson's oracular cave at Shelf Life: 2019 Mills College MFA Exhibition, Oakland, CA.
- 8/10/2018 - Performed improv piece "Fumigator" at opening night of Sofie Ramos' art installation, "Space To Breathe" at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, San Francisco, CA.
- 2007 to current - Purest Spiritual Pigs ongoing long distance collaboration with Helena Thompson and various other musicians around the USA.
- Co-wrote "A Car A Bullet A Break" with Helena; recorded guitar tracks and sent them to her via pony express. Released on EP, "Reveler's Right" (2014).
- Wrote and recorded violin part and mixed "Three Thieves Gone", played baritone guitar and bass for "Shenti" on CD, Body Misses (2010).
- 3/3/2010 - Purest Spiritual Pigs (Helena Thompson on sampler + me on guitar) performed a live experimental improv soundtrack to video featuring photography by Anita Bowen at Black & Blue Tattoo, San Francisco, CA.
Note: Helena has contributed several drum tracks that I used on the Oliver Starfish CD - very goth.
- 6/2/2012 - solo music performance and readings in Squall: A Minor Storm, part of the National Queer Arts Festival “Best Revenge” a collection of radical queer events in the Mission, San Francisco, CA.
- 12/3/2011 - solo music performance in Trouble Deep, a music and art show at Million Fishes Arts Collective, San Francisco, CA.
- 9/18 thru 10/4/2008 - sound and lighting design for play "Hey, Sailor" (Writer/Director: Miriam Kronberg, Film: Crystal Mason) at OmniCircus, San Francisco, CA. Collected sound effects, wrote/recorded intro music, audio editing and final mix. Also did sound & video tech for production.
- 7/1/2005 - played rhythm guitar in backing band for Victor Soleil (Latin pop singer) at the Bench and Bar, Oakland, CA.
- 4/24 & 4/25/2002 - played rhythm guitar with Tribe 8, opening for Siouxsie & the Banshees and Ex-Girl at the Fillmore and the Warfield, San Francisco, CA.
- 9/3/2000 - performed in experimental duo with Carmen White at Kvetch, Sadie's Flying Elephant, San Francisco, CA. (vocals & bass: Carmen, guitar & violin: Dorothy Wang).
- 3/18 thru 3/21/1999 - recorded voiceover and mixed soundtrack for "No Ordinary Chore" in Alter Ego: duality dances, a collaboration by Kathleen Hermesdorf & Dominique Zeltzman premiering at Dancer's Group Studio Theater, San Francisco, CA.
- 2/28/1996 - played guest violin with Tribe 8, opening for 7 Year Bitch and Jello Biafra at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA.
- Summer 1995 - toured (guitar) with Lucy Stoners (vocals & bass: Selena Whang, drums: Kim Mosler) on West Coast tour, opening for Sleater-Kinney and the CeBe Barnes Band.
- ? 1994 - played acoustic guitar and sang in weird unnamed experimental bluegrass duo with Aimee Patten (banjo & vocals) from Warm Jets, opening for Team Dresch at Epicenter Zone, San Francisco, CA at the first ever QTIP show (Queers Together In Punkness).
- 8/2/2019 to 8/31/2019 - "Spell For Knowing" video screening in Aggregate Animated Shorts Third Annual International Short Film Festival, Aggregate Space Gallery, Oakland, CA.
- 7/27/2019 - "Punk Damage" debut screening at Lesbian Lexicon Art Party, Hit Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
- 6/25/2019 - "Prophecy" video screening at Experimental Film Night for Precarious Lives, a National Queer Arts Festival visual arts exhibition hosted by SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA.
- 6/18/2019 to 6/30/2019 - "Spell For Knowing" and "Prophecy" videos exhibited in "sensual organic algorithm" curated by CPR Gallery at Lucas Lucas NYC.
- 6/21/2019 to 8/30/2019 - "Prophecy" video exhibited in Summer 2019: Abolition Now! by Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA.
- 5/5/2019 to 6/2/2019 - "Prophecy" and "Spell For Knowing" videos exhibited in Lacey Johnson's oracular cave at Shelf Life: 2019 Mills College MFA Exhibition, Oakland, CA.
- 8/10/2018 - Performed improv piece "Fumigator" at opening night of Sofie Ramos' art installation, "Space To Breathe" at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, San Francisco, CA.
- Co-wrote "A Car A Bullet A Break" with Helena; recorded guitar tracks and sent them to her via pony express. Released on EP, "Reveler's Right" (2014).
- Wrote and recorded violin part and mixed "Three Thieves Gone", played baritone guitar and bass for "Shenti" on CD, Body Misses (2010).
- 3/3/2010 - Purest Spiritual Pigs (Helena Thompson on sampler + me on guitar) performed a live experimental improv soundtrack to video featuring photography by Anita Bowen at Black & Blue Tattoo, San Francisco, CA.
