#Teresa Taylor

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«Teresa Taylor, Butthole Surfer—mid-beat and in a Scratch Acid t-shirt, circa 1984, by Dixon Coulbourne.»

[mad-prophet-of-the-airwaves]

Rest in peace, Teresa Taylor (1962-2023).

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Teresa Taylor (November 10, 1962 – June 2023)

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Former Butthole Surfers Drummer Teresa Taylor (Nervosa) Dies at 60

Ex-Butthole Surfers drummer Teresa Taylor has died “after a long battle with lung disease,” her former bandmates said.

She was 60.

“She will live in our hearts forever,” the band wrote in a June 19 social-media post that said the drummer’s death occurred “peacefully this weekend.”

“R.I.P., dear friend.”

Taylor, using the stage name Teresa Nervosa, drummed alongside King Coffey in the Surfers from 1983-’89 and again in 2009.

Coffey, who played with Taylor on such albums as Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac, Rembrandt Pussyhorse and Locust Abortion Technician, recently called Taylor, “my favorite drummer of all time. My mentor, my friend, my sister from another mister.”

After leaving the Surfers, Taylor appeared in the 1990 film “Slacker” as the “pap smear pusher.”

6/19/23

[musickickztoo]

Teresa Taylor † June 18, 2023

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Richard Linklater’s 1990 film Slacker, is a wonderful trip back in time to the pre-Internet days and a celebration of American eccentricity. If you haven’t seen it, the film follows various different Austin locals in brief scenes and conversations, all within a 24 hour period in 1989.

The film opens on a monologue from Linklater himself describing his dream to a taxi driver and then moves on to a man who hits his mother with a car. The scenes flow from one character or group to a new one almost seamlessly. Conspiracy theorists, coffee shop philosophers, a man who collects televisions and disaster footage, a group of housemates reading a story on postcards from a former housemate left behind, and on and on as the day turns to night and then back to day again.

Linklater wrote these interactions and many of them are based on stories or projects from the people seen in the film. In his director’s commentary he gives the background for many of the involved participants. He also explains how he directed them not to treat any of the people speaking as if they are strange or odd. It's another aspect of the film that makes it special, and a reminder of how we should try to treat people.

Sadly Teresa Taylor (pictured in the above two photos center), aka Teresa Nervosa, one time drummer for the Butthole Surfers, died last month. Her image was used for the movie poster and promotional materials. Her scene in Slacker is one of the most memorable as well. She tells a story of a highway suicide and then attempts to sell what she claims is singer Madonna’s pap smear.

[finaldoomsayer]

The people who I speak to probably know Butthole Surfers is one of my favorite bands…. So this loss really really hurts.

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Slacker (1990)

[gotankgo]

«Teresa Taylor passed away peacefully this weekend after a long battle with lung disease. She will live in our hearts forever.

RIP, dear friend.

Pictured here with Mark Farner.

Photo by Pat Blashill»

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[greensparty]

Remembering Teresa Taylor 1962-2023

Sad news today that musician Teresa Taylor has died at 60. She was the drummer for Butthole Surfers from 1983 to 1989. She re-joined the band for some shows from 2008 to 2009.

I'm not too familiar with her work with the Surfers, but I did see them after she left in 1991 at Lollapalooza '91 and they did some songs from her era. But Taylor's big pop culture moment came in 1991 when she acted in Richard Linklater's Slacker. She had a memorable role as the pusher of a Madonna pap smear. It was such a scene-stealing moment in the iconic indie film that she was featured on the movie poster and promotional materials. Slacker is unique in that there wasn't a lead role, just over 100 speaking characters and none of them are on screen for more than 5 minutes, just each character talking for a few and going into the next one. So for a movie poster there wasn't a star to sell it, but Teresa Taylor epitomized the art of nothingness in this indie classic!

Slacker movie poster

The link above is the obit from Deadline.

[blacklighttemple]

This is six months out of date and I think I already posted it; but it's been hanging out in my tabs so in case I only meant to share and never did, here's this. If I run across anything more current I'll add it as well.

[musickickztoo]

RIP Teresa Taylor

November 10, 1962 – June 18, 2023

[faggt03]

shes so pretty oh my god💔💔💔

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Slacker, Richard Linklater (1990)

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women in stem ❤️❤️