Lucid Nation is tagged as: riot grrrl, grunge, rock, punk, alternative The band started in L.A. in 1994, when founding drummer, Debbie Haliday, met Tamra Spivey and Ronnie Pontiac. Tamra and Ronnie were already playing in a band called Cat Cult, which was short lived. The three soon formed Lucid Nation and in no time they had their first live gig, a fundraiser for a riot grrrl art collective known as Revolution Rising. The show was at a club called Cell 63, and they were opening for two local riot grrrl bands. Their next show was in a downtown LA art gallery opening for Team Dresch, next a show opening for Bikini Kill in Montebello. Lucid Nation toured the West Coast next, playing seven riot grrrl conventions in one summer. Unfortunately, Debbie Haliday, after her apartment was ransacked and a gang member was shot dead in the doorway to her apartment building, decided to move back to Florida for college. Tamra soon compiled the band’s work thus far and put out an album titled The Stillness of Over (1997). The album reached #11 most added on the CMJ charts. Tamra Spivey on The Stillness of Over: “‘The Stillness of Over’ has a triple meaning. Obviously it refers to the exit of Debbie, and also to the end of the golden age of riot grrrl. But ‘The Stillness of Over’ is also the instant when a hurdle is cleare... Read More About Lucid Nation Biography...  Send Lucid Nation ringtones to your cell
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