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Lois

Lois Maffeo aka Lois is an American musician and writer who lives in Olympia, Washington. Although never achieving mainstream success, she has been closely involved with many influential projects. Her extensive history began somewhere in the early 1980’s when she was a student at The Evergreen State College. She became a DJ on KAOS radio and befriended K Records founder Calvin Johnson who taught her how to play guitar. She began making music and started bands like Lumihoops, The Cradle Robbers, and Courtney Love (with Yoyo Recordings founder Pat Maley) before going solo around 1989. For the next 6 years she resided in Washington D.C., continuing to play music and She has worked with musicians such as Donna Dresch, Molly Neuman, Elliott Smith, Brendan Canty and Heather Dunn. After her return to Olympia, she joined Carrie Brownstein, now of Sleater-Kinney, in two bands. Their duo Tommy released one compilation track, “Go Sonics.” The Tentacles included Peter Momtchiloff and released one single, “The Touch” (backed with “Louie Louie Got Married”). Some of her most releases include: “My Head Hurts” (with The Go Team), Archer Come Sparrow cassette, 1988/1989, K Records , “Hope” (with Internal/External), Featuring…, 2000, K Records. Uncrushworthy 7” EP, 1990, K Records, Highlights 7” EP, 1991, K Records “Motorcycle Boy”, International Pop Underground Convention, 1995, K Records, Butterfly Kiss, 1992, K Records, Strumpet, 1993, K Records, Bet The Sky, 1995, K Records, Infinity Plus, 1996, K Records, Snapshot Radio EP, 1996, K Records, Ship To Shore maxi-single/EP (with Dub Narcotic Sound System), 1996, K Records, “Long Time Gone”, International Hip Swing, 1993, K Records, The Touch 7” single, 1999, K Records Her recordings have been produced and co-produced by artists such as Calvin Johnson and Ian MacKaye. She still lives in Olympia. She has served as theater manager of the Olympia Film Society as well as serving on the Olympia Art Council.

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