Hannah Blilie is the drummer of the American band Gossip

Gossip (band)

Gossip is a three-piece American indie rock band formed in 1999. The band consists of singer Beth Ditto, guitarist Brace Paine and drummer Hannah Blilie. After releasing several recordings, the band broke through with their 2006 studio album, Standing in the Way of Control . A follow-up, Music for...

 and formerly Shoplifting. She has also performed with Sarah Dougher

Sarah Dougher

-Career:Dougher has a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Texas. Apart from her musical endeavours, Dougher teaches courses on the History of Women in Rock music and Lyric Poetry in the Women's Studies department at Portland State University...

, Chromatics

Chromatics

Chromatics are a band from Portland, Oregon, whose current lineup features singer Ruth Radelet, guitarist Adam Miller, drummer Nat Walker, and producer/multi-instrumentalist Johnny Jewel. The band originally featured a trademark sound indebted to punk and lo-fi and described as "noisy" and "chaotic"...

, Stiletto, Mr Yuk, The Lumpies, Vade, The Vogue

The Vogue

The Vogue were an American rock band that evolved into Soiled Doves after the departure of their keyboardist. As lead vocalist and founding member Johnny Whitney began to focus more on his other group, The Blood Brothers, the rest of the group supported bassist Adam Miller's side project The...

, and Soiled Doves

Soiled Doves

-Albums:*Soiled Life CD *# "Black Cactus Choir" - 2:49*# "Death Knell for Paper Children" - 2:36*# "Hot Siberian Heart" - 2:39*# "Fuck This Nest" - 2:07*# "Accelerator" - 1:57*# "Soiled Doves" - 3:37...

. She is the fraternal twin sister of Jordan Blilie

Jordan Blilie

Jordan Blilie is the vocalist for the bands Past Lives and Head Wound City. However, he is best known as the co-lead vocalist and co-lyricist for The Blood Brothers, which he was a part of since their formation in 1997 until their breakup in 2007...

, one of the two lead vocalists of now-defunct The Blood Brothers. A photo of Blilie is featured on the cover artwork for the Gossip's fourth studio album Music For Men

Music for Men

Initial critical response to Music for Men was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 69, based on 26 reviews....

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In 2003, Blilie replaced Kathy Mendonca as the drummer of Gossip, and her drumming appears on their LP Standing In The Way Of Control (2006). She also plays on the Gossip album Live in Liverpool.

External links

• After Ellen interview with Hannah Blilie, Oct 2007