Winnie Cooper

Contents 1 Members 2 Former Members 3 Origin 4 Releases

Members

• Rebecca Lancioni (formerly Willy) - guitar/vocals
• Suzi Pyne (formerly Winterhalter) - keys
• Jeremy Pyne - bass
• Derek Lancioni - drums
• Troy Reimink - guitar

Former Members

• Melissa Herbert - bass

Origin

Rebecca Lancioni started as a singer-songwriter at local open mic nights around Grand Rapids at such bars as Billy's Lounge, The Radio Tavern, and Founders. She recruited Suzi Pyne of Joyride for random shows around the area, before they decided to put a full band together. They enlisted Melissa Herbert, formerly of Four Lincolns, and began the search for a drummer. Then-Go Josephine-member Derek Lancioni (formerly of Hunter Rose and Just For Kicks ) caught wind of this, and being a fan of bands like Sleater-Kinney and the Goxxip, jumped on board. They eventually parted ways with Melissa and adopted Suzi's husband, Jeremy Pyne, also of Joyride as well as Detlav, for bass. After a couple of releases, they hired Troy Reimink from Corcovado as a second guitar player.

Releases

The first release was a 7-song EP recorded in Derek's basement, with the vocals recorded in the Dining Room of Trevor Goldner ( Joyride, Chance Jones, Trophy ). Engineered by Trevor, it was a limited release of 35 copies.
The second release was a full 12-song CD entitled Panthera, recorded in Chicago at RaxxTraxx Studios by Rafael Ohli ( Charles The Osprey, Enso ) Track Listing:

• Shoestrings
• Cancer Kazoo
• Electrosonic
  • Referred to as Cancer Kazoo's Sister
• Sign & Date
• Mitch's Predicament with the Ottawa County Law Officers
  • Yes Mitch is a real person, and yes he had quite a predicament.
• Good n Plenties 50/50
  • This refers to a time when they were a 4-piece and were split on whether Good & Plenties were delicious or awful. Troy settled it by joining and declaring them delicious, much to the Lancioni's dismay.
• Pneumonic
• Chinese Water Torcher
  • They spelled torture wrong, but kind of liked the idea of pointing a flame thrower at water, despite the futile nature of this action.
• Backdoor Girl
• 22:47
• Pleasure Pony
  • This is Cap'n Weasel's favorite song.
• Pirate Song