Artist
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses is a post-punk artist formed in 1981. 31 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
- 31
- Releases
- 1985–2025
- Active years
- 1981
- Formed
Artist
Throwing Muses is a post-punk artist formed in 1981. 31 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Most popular
The Real Ramona
1990 · 12 tracks
Limbo
1996
University
1995
Throwing Muses
2003
Red Heaven
1992
Hunkpapa
1989
House Tornado
1988
Purgatory/Paradise
2013
Moonlight Concessions
2025
Sun Racket
2020
The Season Sessions: Spring
2011
Anthology
2011
The Season Sessions: Summer
2011
The Season Sessions: Fall
2010
The Season Sessions: Winter
2010
Live in Providence
2003
In A Doghouse
1998
The Curse
1992
House Tornado / The Fat Skier
1988
The Doghouse
1985
Throwing Muses is a post-punk alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects. Originally fronted by two distinctive lead singers, Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly, stepsisters who both wrote the group's songs, Throwing Muses are known for performing music with shifting tempos, creative chord progressions, unorthodox song structures, and surreal lyrics. The group was set apart from other contemporary acts by Hersh's stark, candid writing style; Donelly's pop stylings and vocal harmonies; and David Narcizo's unusual drumming techniques eschewing use of cymbals. Hallucinatory, febrile songs by Hersh occasionally touched on the subject of mental illness, more often drawing portraits of characters from daily life or addressing relationships. Donelly left the band in 1991 and was a member of The Breeders and Belly, before starting to perform solo. She also contributed vocals to the Throwing Muses self-titled album in 2003. Hersh has also worked solo, and currently fronts the power trio 50 Foot Wave (which also includes Muses bassist Bernard Georges…
