Editing Sleater-Kinney (section)

===Formation, early years (1994–1999)===
Sleater-Kinney was formed in early 1994 in [[Olympia, Washington]], by [[Corin Tucker]] and [[Carrie Brownstein]]. The group's name derives from Sleater Kinney Road, in [[Lacey, Washington]], where signs for the [[Interstate 5]] highway exit number 108 announce its existence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@47.0460905,-122.8317975,3a,75y,313.06h,93.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOHZ33WINmKTce-pmY-DNSQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu|title=Interstate 5 exit 108, Olympia, WA|website=Google.com|access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tampatribune/access/323815131.html?dids=323815131:323815131&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+11%2C+2003&author=CURTIS+ROSS&pub=Tampa+Tribune&desc=Sleater-Kinney+Backs+Message+With+Meaningful+Rock&pqatl=google |title=Sleater-Kinney backs message with meaningful rock |date=April 11, 2003 |newspaper=[[Tampa Tribune]] |first=Curtis |last=Ross }}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The road itself is named for two families that lived in the nearby South Bay neighborhood of Olympia in the 19th century, the Sleaters and Henry and Martha Kinney.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympiahistory.org/kinney-family-1-22-23/|title=Kinney family – 1/22/23|website=Olympiahistory.org|date=May 13, 2024|access-date=May 24, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympiahistory.org/k/|title=Early Residents – K|website=Olympiahistory.org|date=May 13, 2024|access-date=May 24, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thurstontalk.com/2020/07/22/whats-in-a-name-the-history-of-olympia-and-lacey-street-names/|title=What's in a Name? The History of Olympia and Lacey Street Names|first=Rebecca|last=Sanchez|website=Thurstontalk.com|date=July 22, 2020|access-date=May 24, 2024}}</ref> One of the band's early practice spaces was near Sleater Kinney Road. Tucker was formerly in the influential [[riot grrrl]] band [[Heavens to Betsy]], while Brownstein was formerly in the band [[Excuse 17]]. They often played at gigs together and formed Sleater-Kinney as a side project from their respective bands. When Heavens to Betsy and Excuse 17 disbanded, Sleater-Kinney became their primary focus. [[Janet Weiss]] of [[Quasi (band)|Quasi]] was the band's longest-lasting drummer, though Sleater-Kinney has had other drummers, including [[Laura MacFarlane|Lora MacFarlane]], Misty Farrell, and Toni Gogin.<ref name=":0" />

Upon Tucker's graduation from [[The Evergreen State College]] (where Brownstein remained a student for three more years), she and her then-girlfriend Brownstein took a trip to Australia in early 1994. On their last day there, they stayed up all night recording what would become their [[Sleater-Kinney (album)|self-titled debut album]].<ref>{{cite web| title= Eat 'em And Smile | work= Spin Magazine |first= Caryn| last= Ganz| date= June 2005 | url= http://sleater-kinney.net/index.php?go=library_spin_june05 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070928200242/http://sleater-kinney.net/index.php?go=library_spin_june05 | archive-date= September 28, 2007| publisher=Sleater-Kinney.net| access-date=February 16, 2013}}</ref> It was released the following spring. They followed this with ''[[Call the Doctor]]'' (1996) and ''[[Dig Me Out]]'' (1997), and became critical darlings as a result.<ref name=":0" /> Produced by [[John Goodmanson]] and recorded at [[Hall of Justice (studio)|John and Stu's Place]] in [[Seattle]], the record was influenced by both classic rock 'n' roll and the band's usual punk predecessors.<ref name=":0" /> From ''Dig Me Out'' onwards, the band's drummer was Janet Weiss.