The Go Team was a 1980s band from Olympia, Washington consisting of Tobi Vail and Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening.

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Career

The Go Team was founded in 1985. As Vail describes:

The Go Team released several cassettes and 9 singles on the independent label K Records. The records were often collaborations with other musicians and the musical style varied from single to single. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, Billy Karren, The Legend!, Dave Nichols of The Canannes, Donna Dresch of Team Dresch , Lois Maffeo, Rich Jensen, and Jeffery Kennedy were some of the artists the duo worked with. Billy "Boredom" Karren was one of the rotating musicians who played with The Go Team, and it was in this band that he and Vail played together for the first time, later collaborating in several other bands like Bikini Kill, The Frumpies, the upallnighters, and Spray Painted Love. They toured the West Coast as a two piece, adding Billy Karren for two U.S. tours.

Tobi Vail went on to form Bikini Kill with Kathleen Hanna, Kathi Wilcox and occasional Go Team member, Billy Karren. Presently, she plays with the band Spider and the Webs. Calvin Johnson currently records as a solo artist and with The Hive Dwellers, and continues to operate K records.

Discography

Singles

• "Sand/Jigsaw" (January 1989)
• "Outside/Stay Ready" (February 1989) with Billy Karren, Louise Olsen, Dave Nichols
• "Breakfast In Bed/Safe Little Circles" (March 1989) with The Legend!
• "Milquetoast Brigade/She Was Sad" (April 1989) with Jeffery Kennedy
• "Ribeye/935 Patterson" (May 1989)
• "Go Team Call/Three Ways To Sunday" (June 1989) with Quang H., Billy Karren, Brad Clemmons
• "Scratch It Out/Bikini Twilight" (July 1989) with Tamra Ohrmund, Louise Olsen, Donna Dresch, Kurt Cobain
• "Tummy Hop/Maverick Summer" (August 1989) with Brad Clemmons
• "The Pines Of Rome" (September 1989) with Brad Clemmons

Cassettes

• Recorded Live At The Washington Center For The Performing Arts
• Your Pretty Guitar with Steve Peters
• Archer Come Sparrow
• Donna Parker Pop

References

1. ''Nirvana: the True Story'' by Everett True