Sister Double Happiness was an alternative

Alternative rock

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 blues-rock

Blues-rock

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 band that existed from 1986 until 1995, formed in San Francisco, CA, United States

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History

Sister Double Happiness recorded and released four LPs, one EP, and one live record in its nine-year existence. Its core members were Gary Floyd and Lynn Perko, who were in the seminal punk blues

Punk blues

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 band The Dicks

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. Their music was blues

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ier than that of the Dicks, and lyrically they were generally more personal than the politically radical lyrics of that band; however, Floyd and Perko's leftist lyrics and punk

Punk rock

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 influences were not entirely gone.

Heart and Mind

• Gary Floyd - Vocals and harmonica.
• Lynn Perko - Drums, percussion, piano and organs.
• Ben Cohen - Guitar, mandolin, and 6 string base.
• Jeff Palmer - Bass guitar

Uncut and self-titled EP

• Gary Floyd - Vocals
• Lynn Perko - Drums
• Ben Cohen - Guitar
• Danny Roman - Guitar
• Miles Montalbano - Bass

Studio recordings

• Sister Double Happiness LP, SST
  SST Records
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  , 1988
• Heart and Mind LP, Reprise
  Reprise Records
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  , 1991
• Uncut LP, Warner Chapel Music, 1993 (reissued on Dutch East India Trading)
• Sister Double Happiness EP, Warner Chapel Music, 1993 (reissued on Dutch East India Trading)
• Horsey Water LP, Sub-Pop, 1994

Audio

• Stone's Throw from Love (Live and Acoustic at the Great American Music Hall 06/17/92), SST

Video

A live concert video Sister Double Happiness Live: Greetings from Zurich was released on Studio K7 home video in the mid 90's, taped from a show on September 24, 1993. The set list included songs from both Sister Double Happiness and the Dicks:

1. Bobby Shannon
2. Don't Worry
3. Lightning
4. Ashes
5. Exposed to You
6. San Diego
7. Freight Train
8. You Don't Know Me
9. Whipping Song
10. No Good For You
11. Dicks Hate Police
12. Two-Headed Dog

Post-breakup

After the dissolution of Sister Double Happiness, Floyd formed and primarily played in Europe with the blues

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 group The Gary Floyd Band; an overview of this material, Backdoor Preacher Man, is available in the United States.

Floyd and Sister Double Happiness guitarist Danny Roman formed Black Kali Ma, a blues-punk act that recorded an LP for Alternative Tentacles

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 in 1999. Drummer Bruce Ducheneaux (Assassins of God) and guitar player Matt Margolin (Smokin' Rhythm Prawns) joined Roman and Floyd in Black Kali Ma. Rolling Stone Magazine reviewed Black Kali Ma's album and gave it three stars.

Gary Floyd is now in a band called the Buddha Brothers, and has recorded solo as a country music

Country music

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ian. Perko went on to become a member of indie rock

Indie rock

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 band Imperial Teen

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in 1996, and appears on You Ride The Pony (I'll Be The Bunny).