Personnel: Amy Ray (vocals, guitar, electric guitar); Amy Ray; Katharine McElroy (vocals, keyboards, bass guitar); Hunter Manasco (guitar, electric guitar, hand claps, background vocals); Allen Bleyer, Donna Dresch (guitar); Donna Dresch, Jody Elizabeth Bleyle (electric guitar); Brandon Bush (keyboards, hand claps); Jody Bleyle (bass instrument); Will Lochamy, Will Lochamy (drums); Colleen Thompson, Les Nuby, Lester Nuby (hand claps, background vocals); Glenn Matullo (hand claps); Maria Taylor, Laurie Ray, Simon Ray, Nathan Ray (background vocals); Michelle Malone (electric guitar, background vocals); Kate Schellenbach (drums); Danielle Howle, Brandon Brown (hand claps, background vocals); David Barbe, Andy LeMaster, Alexis Calloway Ray (background vocals).
Photographers: Chris Verene; Aaron Tanner.
Amy Ray, always the harder-edged half of the Indigo Girls, released her second solo effort, PROM, in 2005. Her first solo record, 2001's STAG, explored a tougher, rawer sound than her fulltime band is known for. More successful and consistent than its predecessor, PROM's 10 tracks of politicized punk pull from Ray's own experiences in high school--from the typical teenage road trips to the discrimination stemming from growing up queer in a Southern state--and feature a keen mix of wit, humor, anger, and frustration. When her raspy, earnest voice sings of a "new gender nation with a new desire" in the anthemic opener, "Put It Out For Good," it's easy to get swept along for the ride.
Professional Reviews
Magnet (p.109) - "PROM further reveals Ray's punk roots....Impossible to resist..."
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