Antigone Rising is an all-female rock band based in New York City. The band's current line up is Cathy Henderson (lead guitar), Kristen Henderson (bass guitar and drums), and Nini Camps (lead vocals and rhythm guitar). History The band originally met at Bucknell University and was formed in Greenwich Village, New York City, with sisters Cathy (guitar) and Kristen Henderson (guitar/drums), Penelope "Peppy" Kokines as lead vocalist and Suzanne Obolsky on vocals and percussion. In 1999 the band recruited Cassidy as the lead singer. Their first four albums were recorded mostly with independent labels and financed through fan donations. In 2003, they signed up with Lava Records, a label personally run by Atlantic Records chairman Jason Flom. In 2005, they became the first artists to be promoted in Starbucks’ Hear Music Series, created to discover and spotlight new music. The high visibility, exclusive sale, in-store promotion and airplay at Starbucks across the United States helped the band's acoustic album, From the Ground Up, sell over 450,000 copies by the end of 2005. The album's single, "Don't Look Back", gained popularity among country audiences after its video received heavy airplay on CMT. Flom departed Lava in 2005. The band's deal with the label continued, but ended in 2008. A new album, Tales From Wonderland was recorded in 2007, but not released. In 2008, Cassidy left the band to go solo. After co-signing a large bank loan to finance the band's final album together, originally titled Tales From Wonderland, Cassidy made several failed attempts to communicate with the band’s remaining members, regarding its release. In 2009, following nearly a year of unanswered calls and attorney letters, Cassidy finally released Tales From Wonderland as Sink Or Swim under the name The Cassidy Project. The other band members were not happy about this, with Kristen Henderson publicly voicing their displeasure. Cassidy herself later referred to this episode as "releasing the hounds" - so she could move on creatively. She also maintains that this was the only option to recover any financial losses and was the last resort following a year of unanswered requests to meet. Two songs were removed from "Sink Or Swim" before its release where Cassidy's name did not appear on the writing credits. Cassidy now performs going by her full name, Cassidy Catanzaro. Bass guitarist, Jen Zielenbach, also eventually left. In 2009, Nini Camps, having made several guest appearances with the