Crystal Fairy (band)

Crystal Fairy
Origin	Los Angeles, El Paso
Genres	Rock, alternative rock, hard rock, sludge metal, stoner metal
Years active	2016-present
Labels	Ipecac Recordings
Associated acts	Melvins, Le Butcherettes, At the Drive-In
Website	Crystal Fairy's Bandcamp

Members	Buzz Osborne Dale Crover Teri Gender Bender Omar Rodríguez-López

Crystal Fairy is an American rock supergroup from Los Angeles / El Paso, formed in 2016. The band consists of Melvins' Buzz Osborne (guitar) and Dale Crover (drums), alongside Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender Bender (vocals) and Omar Rodríguez-López (bass) of At the Drive-In / The Mars Volta / Antemasque fame.

Osborne first saw Le Butcherettes open for his friend Jello Biafra. Excited by the performance, he told Crover that he wanted to tour with the band. Le Butcherettes opened for the Melvins on different occasions. The bands found common ground and their 2015 shows would typically end with Teri Gender Bender joining the Melvins onstage to perform covers of Pop-O-Pies' Fascists Eat Donuts and Bikini Kill's Rebel Girl. The latter song was eventually recorded in studio and released in September 2015 on Joyful Noise Recordings as a "Melvins feat. Teri Gender Bender" 7" single. As a result of their kinship, the Melvins and Gender Bender, along with the addition of Gender Bender's friend and frequent collaborator Omar Rodríguez-López, decided to form a separate band and record an entire album together.