Gossip Band

The genre-bending DIY post-punk rock trio Gossip is an indie rock band fronted by singer Beth Ditto. The band was formed in 1999 in Searcy, Arkansas. The trio relocated to Olympia, Washington that same year to join the roster at independent label K Records and release their eponymous EP. Since that time, the band has released three full-length studio albums.

Gossip has opened for and/or toured with a wide variety of musicians including Le Tigre, Chromatics, Tracy and the Plastics, Sonic Youth, Pre, YYY, Sleetmute Nightmute, Glass Candy, the White Stripes, CSS, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Erase Errata, Stereo Total, and the Kills. http://www.gossipyouth.com/ca/biography

In April 2009, Gossip released their first new single in two years, entitled Heavy Cross. Currently Gossip is on tour with plans on playing at Bonaroo, Coachella, and several dates on the Lilith Fair tour this summer.

Now based in Portland, Oregon, Gossip has attracted attention for their high energy performances and the outspoken Ditto, who has never held back on the subjects of sexuality, body image and feminism. The group's hit single "Standing in the Way of Control" was written as a response to the Bush administration's decision to deny gay people the right to marry.

The band toured in 2007 with the Logo channel's and Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour, which raised money for the Human Rights Campaign, the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender lobbying group in the United States.

• Beth Ditto: Vocals
• Brace Paine: Guitar
• Hannah Billie: Drums

• 2001: That's Not What I Heard
• 2003: Movement
• 2006: Standing in the Way of Control
• 2009: "Music For Men"

In 2010, Gossip was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding Music Artist" for their album Music for Men during the 21st GLAAD Media Awards.