Kira Roessler
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| Kira Roessler | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Also known as | Kira | |
| Born | June 12, 1961 (age 45) New Haven, Connecticut |
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| Genre(s) | Punk/Alternative | |
| Occupation(s) | dialogue editor (when not playing music) | |
| Instrument(s) | bass, vocals, songwriting | |
| Years active | 1975–present | |
| Label(s) | SST Records New Alliance Records Kill Rock Stars |
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| Associated acts |
Twisted Roots, Sexsick, Black Flag (band), Dos | |
| Website | Dos' homepage at Mike Watt's Hoot Page | |
Kira Roessler (b. June 12, 1961) replaced Chuck Dukowski as bass player in Black Flag. She is sister to The Screamers' keyboardist Paul Roessler. She joined when the band heard her sitting in with L.A. punk group DC3. Before joining Black Flag, she was majoring in applied engineering at UCLA (subsequent tours were worked around her school schedule, which was a condition for her to join the band). Her bass playing was featured on five of Black Flag's studio albums. She remained in the band until completing touring behind their In My Head album in the autumn of 1985, then graduated UCLA in 1986.
After Black Flag, she formed the two-bass duo Dos with Mike Watt (to whom she was married between 1987 and 1994), and contributed material to what would be the Minutemen's final album, 3-Way Tie (For Last), and to Watt's post-Minutemen band fIREHOSE. She later contributed some artwork to Watt's first solo album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?.
Roessler now works as a dialogue editor on theatrical films in Los Angeles. She has credits (sometimes under her full name, sometimes simply as kira) on such films as Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), and ATL (2006), and has also appeared onscreen in the documentaries We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen and American Hardcore. She appeared on the Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three tribute album in 2003 along with other musical artists, including other Black Flag veterans.
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| Dos |
| Mike Watt | Kira Roessler |
| Discography |
| Dos | Numero Dos | Uno Con Dos | Justamente Tres |
| Black Flag |
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| Greg Ginn |
| Vocals: Keith Morris | Chavo Pederast | Dez Cadena | Henry Rollins |
| Bass: Raymond Pettibon | Spot | Chuck Dukowski | Kira Roessler | C'el Revuelta |
| Drums: David Horvitz | Brian Migdol | ROBO | Emil Johnson | Chuck Biscuits | Bill Stevenson |Anthony Martinez |
| Discography |
| Albums: Damaged | My War | Family Man | Slip It In | Loose Nut | In My Head |
| Extended plays: Nervous Breakdown | Jealous Again | Six Pack | TV Party | The Process of Weeding Out | Minuteflag | I Can See You |
| Live: Live '84 | Who's Got the 10½? | Annihilate This Week |
| Other releases: Everything Went Black | The First Four Years | Wasted...Again | The Complete 1982 Demos Plus More | |
| Related articles |
| Rollins Band | Dos | State of Alert | Gone | SST Records | October Faction | Joe Cole |
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