grrrl movement. Heavens to Betsy was conceived as a two-person band—Tucker played guitar and sang vocals, and Sawyer was on drums and occasionally bass guitar. Tucker says her wailing vocals were modeled on Kathleen Hanna and Sinead O'Connor. Rolling Stone notes, "Tucker made no effort to prettify her massive wail…" The band's songs were female-centric and covered intersectional politics, with lyrics about body shaming, patriarchy, white privilege, periods, rape culture, racism, queerness, the plight of working people, avenging sexual abuse, and frenemies. Tucker said, "I think as a 17- or 18-year-old girl, you really feel the kind of injustice that’s done to young women really personally, that kind of scrutiny of your own body that’s done to women and your sexual power." Tucker wrote the lyrics on her own; she would compose the music either with or without Sawyer. Their first album was an eight-song cassette recorded by fellow Evergreen student Molly Neuman from Bratmobile. Conceived as a demo, the cassette ended up being released and distributed by K Records. It has not been reissued in other formats because the master is missing. Next, they released "My Secret" on a split single with Bratmobile, also on K Records. In addition to their self-titled demo, Heavens to Betsy recorded two seven-inch records with four-songs each, and one LP, Calculated. Rolling Stone included Calculated in its "Riot Grrrl Album Guide" with a going deeper rating. The band also contributed songs to many compilations. In 1992, Heavens To Betsy played a show in Bellingham, Washington and met Carrie Brownstein who attended Western Washington University there. Heavens to Betsy went on a United States tour with Bratmobile. Touring in the days before cell phones, Sawyer recalls, "We went with two cars and got walkie-talkies." Next, they toured England. Later, they went on another national tour with Brownstien's band, Excuse 17, before disbanding in the mid-1994. The bandmates say their relationship and personalities changed as the music got serious, and they lacked the maturity and communication skills for a business relationship. Post break-up After Heavens to Betsy ended, Tucker and Brownstein created the band Sleater-Kinney. Tucker's other projects include Heartless Martin, Cadallaca, The Corin Tucker Band, and Filthy Friends. Sawyer would go on the play in numerous bands, including The Flying Tigers, KaraNEEDoke, The Lies, and Motel No-Tell. Pop culture Heavens to Betsy's music was included in the 1993 film I Was A Teenage Serial