Rasputina
The New York City-based trio Rasputina was led by singer/songwriter Melora Creager, a classically-trained cellist who backed Nirvana on the group's final tour. In 1992, Creager placed a want ad seeking other cellists to form a rock band; among those responding was Canadian musician Julia Kent, and with the later addition of Polish native Agnieszka Rybska, Rasputina was born. The three cellists' image further developed by the addition of tightly-laced vintage Victorian costumes, their gothic chamber-pop soon caught the attention of Sony, who issued the group's debut Thanks for the Ether in 1996; Transylvanian Regurgitations, an EP featuring remixes by fan Marilyn Manson, appeared a year later, and in 1998 Rasputina resurfaced with How We Quit the Forest. By the new millennium, Rybska and Kent had been replaced with Nana Bornant and K. Cowperthwaite. A deal with Instinct surfaced in 2001 and the magical mystery of Cabin Fever appeared the following spring. Bornant's stay was brief; she left in June 2002 and Cowperthwaite followed four months later. Zoe Keating (cello) and first ever male bandmate Jonathon TeBeest were quickly added to the beautiful chaos of Rasputina just in time for the 2003 release of the Lost & Found EP. Frustration Plantation, their most cohesive work to date, appeared in spring 2004. In 2007 the group released Oh Perilous World, a loosely-connected song suite culled from newspaper clippings that lead singer Melora Creager gathered over a two year period, then juxtaposed with the band's signature 18th century steampunk imagery.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Transylvanian Regurgitations
Pop/Rock - Released by Columbia on 29 Jul 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
How We Quit the Forest (Album Version)
Pop/Rock - Released by Columbia on 4 Aug 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Oh Perilous World (Deluxe Version)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Filthy Bonnet Records on 26 Jun 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Lost & Found 2nd Edition
Alternative & Indie - Released by Filthy Bonnet SK on 21 Jan 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sister Kinderhook (Bonus Tracks)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Filthy Bonnet SK on 15 Jun 2010
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Sister Kinderhook
Rock - Released by Filthy Bonnet Recording Co. on 15 Jun 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A Radical Recital
Rock - Released by Filthy Bonnet Recording Co. on 13 Sep 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Frustration Plantation
Rock - Released by Instinct Records on 24 Feb 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Great American Gingerbread
Rock - Released by Filthy Bonnet Recording Co. on 5 Apr 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Oh Perilous World
Alternative & Indie - Released by Filthy Bonnet Records on 26 Jun 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Thanks for the Ether
Alternative & Indie - Released by Columbia on 7 Aug 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
My Fever Broke
Rock - Released by Instinct Records on 19 Aug 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Frustration Plantation (Bonus Tracks)
Rock - Released by Instinct Records on 24 Feb 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo