June (North Carolina band)

American indie rock band

June

Origin| Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Genres| Indie Rock
Years active| 1992-1996
Labels| Beggars Banquet
Members| Kat Cook, vocals
Tricia Tuttle, guitar and vocals
Andy Magowan, bass
John Price, guitar
John Howie Jr., drums
Past members| Mathew Gross, drums

June was an American indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

## History

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June was active in Chapel Hill from 1992 to 1996, playing "moody, highly literate guitar-pop" with a "pretty but not wispy" sound.[1] The band released three singles (one of them produced by Mitch Easter)[2] and became the subject of a minor bidding war before signing to Beggars Banquet in 1995.[3] Their first album, I Am Beautiful, was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, and released in spring 1996. The band broke up in August 1996, after a final live performance that month at an all-day music festival held at Durham Athletic Park.

## Members

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* Kat Cook - vocals
* John Price - guitar
* Tricia Tuttle \- guitar and vocals
* Andy Magowan - bass guitar, violin
* Mathew Gross - drums (1992–1994)
* John Howie Jr. - drums (1995–1996)

Cook and Tuttle were previously heard together in Zo, a Charlotte band.[4]

## Discography

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* I Am Beautiful (1996)

## Singles

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* "I Am Beautiful" / "Theme of the Anti-Hero" (spring 1993, Friction Media; out of print)
* "Stripteaser" / "Long Dance" (autumn 1993, Friction Media; out of print)
* "Genius" / "All of Me" (1994, Squealer Records)

## References

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1. ^ Menconi, David (1994-03-11). "Listening to June Tunes". The News and Observer. p. 73. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
2. ^ Johnson, Kenneth (1994-08-12). "June's Tunes Can Sear or be Soft as Spring". The Charlotte Observer. p. 74. Retrieved 2020-11-24 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ Johnson, Kenneth (1996-01-12). "Into the Night". The Charlotte Observer. p. 57. Retrieved 2020-11-24 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Follow Me". The Charlotte Observer. 1993-09-22. p. 161. Retrieved 2020-11-24 - via Newspapers.com.

## External links

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* Squealer Records site

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