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…is an American alternative rock band who formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States.

They have released three albums to date – Throwing Muses (1986), House Tornado (1988) and Hunkpapa (1989).

Throwing Muses

House Tornado

Hunkpapa

The group are fronted by two stepsisters, Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly, who wrote the group’s songs. Throwing Muses are known for performing music with shifting tempos, creative chord progressions, unorthodox song structures, and surreal lyrics.

They were set apart from other contemporary acts by Hersh’s stark, candid writing style; Donelly’s pop stylings and vocal harmonies; and David Narcizo’s unusual drumming techniques eschewing the use of cymbals.

Throwing Muses were formed in 1983 by Kristin Hersh and her stepsister Tanya Donelly, who were both attending Rogers High School. They initially called themselves “Kristin Hersh and the Muses”, in which they were accompanied by bass player Elaine Adamedes and drummer Becca Blumen, who later were replaced by Leslie Langston and David Narcizo, respectively.

Narcizo did not originally know how to play the drums, but when Hersh told him Blumen had left the band and he could join, Narcizo said, “I had never played a drum kit before – all I’d played was marching drums and concert drums. We found somebody whose kit we could borrow, but it arrived without cymbals. I learned to play on it without cymbals which then became my trademark early on.”

In 1990, bassist Leslie Langston left and was replaced by Fred Abong. Throwing Muses recorded their fourth album, The Real Ramona during the same year. The album is considered to have a more poppy sound than their previous records. The song “Counting Backwards” from the album was released as a single.

The Real Ramona is out on the 4AD label later this year.

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