Emily's sassy lime
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| Emily's Sassy Lime | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Calabasas, Pasadena, Irvine, United States | |
| Years active | 1994 – 1996 | |
| Label(s) | Kill Rock Stars | |
| Associated acts |
Meditation Duo Shady Ladies |
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| Website | [3] | |
| Members | ||
| Wendy Yao Emily Ryan Amy Yao |
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Emily's Sassy Lime (the name's a palindrome) was an all-Asian American teenage riot grrrl trio from SoCal, formed in 1994 by Wendy and Amy Yao, and Emily Ryan. They didn't live very close to each other and didn't have cars, so they often had to write their songs over the phone, sometimes leaving seminal ideas for tunes, jingles, and melodies on each others' answering machines. When they finally did have a chance to record, they did so on a singalodeon, a cheap off-the-shelf lo-fi tape recorder. They barely ever practiced (often forbidden from doing so by their parents who considered their studies a bigger priority), making their sound a random, spontaneous indie garage-noise collage of "Whatever, just play." They didn't have their own instruments for years, so with every show they played, they had to borrow someone else's in the DIY punk spirit of sharing, often swapping with each other carelessly and making every sound totally unique.[1][2]
They broke up when they finally graduated from high school and attended separate colleges. They've all been involved over the years with several different indie-punk bands, and Wendy Yao currently owns a shop in LA's downtown Chinatown neighborhood called Ooga Booga.
