Biography
The Soviettes were a punk rock band from Minneapolis Minnesota, founded in 2001. The group is composed of Annie “Sparrows” Holoien (guitar), Maren “Sturgeon” Macosko (guitar), Susy Sharp (bass guitar), and Danny Henry (drums), all of whom share singing and songwriting duties.
Annie, originally from Fargo, North Dakota, met Sturgeon when she moved to Minneapolis in 1995. They started writing songs in 2001 and were joined by Susy shortly afterward with Lane Pederson on drums. The name originates from when Annie was serving coffee at a previous job, a customer offered “your band should be called The Soviettes” instead of a tip.
On June 28, 2005, the band’s third LP was released on Fat Wreck Chords.
In 2006 the band went on hiatus indefinitely. Annie and Danny have continued playing music together as the punk rock duo The Awesome Snakes and later in Green/Blue. Sturgeon played in The Gateway District with Carrie (who also played with Sturgeon in The Salteens), as well as Nate from Banner Pilot and Brad from Dear Landlord (both of whom also played in Rivethead), and later formed Partial Traces also with Brad and Nate. Annie also performs with Bermuda Squares and the God Damn Doo Wop Band, and sometimes performs with Sturgeon in Partial Traces.
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Members
- Annie Holoien
- Susy Sharp
- Maren Macosko
- Danny Henry
Past Members
- Lane Pederson
- Mikey Yannich