Carrie Brownstein
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| Birth name | Carrie Rachel Brownstein |
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September 27, 1974 Seattle, Washington, US |
| Origin | Redmond, Washington, US |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
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Carrie Rachel Brownstein (born September 27, 1974) is an American musician, model, writer, actress, and comedian. She first came to prominence as a member of the band Excuse 17 before forming the punk-indie trio Sleater-Kinney. During a long hiatus from Sleater-Kinney, she formed the group Wild Flag. During this period, Brownstein wrote and appeared in a series of comedy sketches with Fred Armisen which were then developed into Emmy and Peabody Award-winning satirical comedy TV series Portlandia. Sleater-Kinney has since reunited, and as of 2015, Brownstein was touring with the band as well as in support of her new memoir.
Brownstein was born in Seattle, Washington, and was raised in Redmond, Washington. Her mother was a house wife and a teacher, and her father was a corporate lawyer; her parents divorced when she was 14, and she was raised by her father. Brownstein has a younger sister. Her family is Jewish.
She attended Lake Washington High School before transferring to The Overlake School for her senior year.
Brownstein began playing guitar at 15 and received lessons from Jeremy Enigk. She later said: "He lived in the neighborhood next to mine, so I would just walk my guitar over to his house. He showed me a couple of open chords and I just took it from there. I'd gone through so many phases as a kid with my interests that my parents put their foot down with guitar. So [the instrument] ended up being the [first] thing that I had to save up my own money for – and maybe that was the whole reason that I actually stuck with it."
After high school, Brownstein attended Western Washington University before transferring to The Evergreen State College, where she met fellow students Corin Tucker, Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail, and Becca Albee. With Albee and CJ Phillips, she formed the band Excuse 17, which often toured with Tucker's band Heavens to Betsy. The two bands contributed to the Free to Fight compilation. With Tucker, she formed the band Sleater-Kinney as a side project and later released the Free to Fight split single with Cypher in the Snow.
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