Sexism, parental strife, violence – Teri Gender Bender has faced it all, but with her band and the support of Iggy Pop, she’s blazing her trail through Mexico
Teresa Suárez Cosío AKA Teri Gender Bender, frontwoman of the Mexican rock band Le Butcherettes, had just been stitched up after a violent fight with her mother when she locked herself in her bedroom and started writing.
Her mother (who has bipolar disorder) was living with Suárez Cosío in El Paso, Texas, at the time, having followed her from Guadalajara in Mexico. “I got my guitar, just zoned everything out, and focused on the songs,” Suárez Cosío says. The resulting guttural, dark and defiant anthems – produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads and the Modern Lovers – make up Le Butcherettes’ fourth album, bi/MENTAL.
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