Janet Weiss

Quick Facts

Full Name	Janet Weiss
Occupation	Drummer
Date Of Birth	Sep 24, 1965(1965-09-24)
Age	59
Birthplace	Hollywood
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Virgo

Janet Weiss Biography

Janet Weiss is one of the most popular and richest Drummer who was born on September 24, 1965 in Hollywood, California, United States. Drummer for the rock band Sleater-Kinney, who has also played with Quasi as well as Wild Flag.

She has performed with She has performed with Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes. Bright Eyes.

Weiss plays a vintage Ludwig kit (ca. 1973) in natural maple finish. Specs. as follows:

While in college in San Francisco, Weiss became involved in the local club scene, following local bands such as Camper Van Beethoven and the Donner Party, and absorbing their punky/DIY ethos. When she was 22, Weiss was invited to learn the drums to join an all-girl trio called the Furies as their replacement drummer for a West Coast tour. The Furies’ guitarist found Weiss a drum kit at a local pawn shop, and with one drum lesson and about two weeks practice under her belt, she became the Furies’ second drummer. Self-taught as a drummer, Weiss learned her technique by watching the drummers at innumerable live shows, and by studying rock and punk greats like John Bonham and Topper Headon. She moved to Portland, Oregon in 1989 and soon after began playing with former Donner Party leader, Sam Coomes, in a band called Motorgoat. (Motorgoat disbanded and reformed as Quasi in 1993; Coomes is Weiss’s ex- husband.)

Sam Coomes was her husband and she divorced him.

Janet Weiss Net Worth

Janet Weiss is one of the richest Drummer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Janet Weiss 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree as a photographer.

She collaborated with The Shins for their fourth album.

Janet Lee Weiss (born September 24, 1965) is a rock drummer, best known as a former member of Sleater-Kinney and a current member of Quasi. She was the drummer for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, leaving after the album Mirror Traffic, and contributed to the Shins’ fourth studio album, Port of Morrow (2012). She was also the drummer for the supergroup Wild Flag.

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Who is Janet Weiss Dating?

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Weiss is highly regarded as a drummer; Stylus Magazine listed her in 2007 as number 48 of rock’s 50 greatest drummers, while in 2014 LA Weekly placed her at number 12 in the top 20. In 2016, Rolling Stone listed her as number 90 out of 100 top rock and pop drummers, and in 2018, NME ranked her as number 25 of the top 32 rock drummers.

Facts & Trivia

Janet Ranked on the list of most popular Drummer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Janet Weiss celebrates birthday on September 24 of every year.

Beginning in September 2010, she drummed in Wild Flag, with Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney), Mary Timony (Helium), and Rebecca Cole (the Minders). By December 2013, Wild Flag had disbanded.

Why did Janet Weiss leave Sleater?

Janet Weiss Says She Left Sleater-Kinney Because She Was No Longer “A Creative Equal In The Band” Back in July, shortly before the release of Sleater-Kinney’s new album The Center Won’t Hold, longtime drummer Janet Weiss announced that she was leaving the band.

What happened to Janet Weiss?

Shortly after leaving the group, Weiss suffered a broken leg and collar bone in a car accident , forcing her to cancel a planned tour with her band Quasi. “I am lucky my injuries will heal and I’ll be back at it in a couple months,” she said.

When did Janet Weiss leave Sleater-Kinney?

Ultimately, Weiss decided the shift in her role signaled it was “time for me to move on,” as Weiss tweeted in July 2019 after announcing her split from the group.

What happens to Janet in Rocky Horror?

Shock Treatment Janet is now known as Janet Majors in this film, having married Brad sometime prior. She and Brad return to Denton to find that it has been taken over by Farley Flavors, a fast food magnate, who plans to turn the town into a reality television show owned by the Denton Television network.

Who is the best female drummer of all time?

• Viola Smith.
• Evelyn Glennie.
• Anika Nilles.
• Hannah Welton.
• Karen Carpenter.
• Cindy Blackman.
• Maureen Tucker.
• Meytal Cohen.