Garage punk band Le Butcherettes was founded in Mexico by vocalist/guitarist Teri Gender Bender (Denver-born and Mexican-bred Teri Suarez Cosío), who has remained the group's only constant member. Their chaotic sound bleeds the boundaries of punk to embrace everything from mariachi and funk to industrial noise and loopy, absurdist avant-rock on albums like their 2011 debut, Sin Sin Sin.
Gender Bender was born in Denver to a Mexican mother and a Spanish father. At ten, she began having recurring dreams of playing guitar and was eventually able to convince her father to buy he...