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Third Grade Teacher Biography
by Johnny Loftus
Self-described "lo-fi arena rock"
quartet Third Grade Teacher featured the vocals of real-life third-grade
teacher Sabrina Stevenson. Stevenson was active as a singer by 1999,
gigging throughout Silverlake and Hollywood with guitarist David Guerrero,
bassist Sharon Schloss, and drummer Art Jencks. Sound-wise, 3GT carved
out a niche on the rock face somewhere between metal and punk
revivalism, leaving plenty of room for Stevenson's wildly shifting
vocals and bizarre stage antics (tap dancing, speaking in tongues,
crawling on the floor, etc.). The band self-released its first album,
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1, in 1999, and followed it a year later with The
Underklass. They also appeared on a few compilations, including Sympathy
for the Record Industry's Alright, This Time Just the Girls. Around
this point, Third Grade Teacher's lineup shifted to include bassist
Laura Smith and drummer Rob Ahlers. 2003 saw the release of 3, which was eventually picked up by Bay Area indie Pinch Hit.
Tracklist
| 1 |
| Television Song | 1:52 |
| 2 |
| Can She | 2:31 |
| 3 |
| Holiday | 4:25 |
| 4 |
| Need To Know Why | 5:49 |
| 5 |
| Oh My Mother | 3:12 |
| 6 |
| Sunshine Brother | 3:53 |
| 7 |
| What I Think | 3:42 |
| 8 |
| The Underklass | 3:48 |
| 9 |
| Pickles | 2:53 |
| 10 |
| B.O.F. | 3:41 |
| 11 |
| A.V.U.M. | 4:58 |
| 12 |
| The Blue Sailor | 4:02 |
| 13 |
| You'll Never Know | 2:54 |
| 14 |
| All You People | 4:14 |
| 15 |
| The Psychedelic One | 4:58 |
