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Janet Weiss (Janet Lee Weiss) was born on 24 September, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, U.S., is an American rock drummer (born 1965). Discover Janet Weiss's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?
| Popular As |
Janet Lee Weiss |
| Occupation |
Musician |
| Age |
58 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
| Born |
24 September 1965 |
| Birthday |
24 September |
| Birthplace |
Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States
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Janet Weiss Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Janet Weiss Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Janet Weiss worth at the age of 58 years old? Janet Weiss’s income source is mostly from being a successful Musician. She is from United States. We have estimated Janet Weiss's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
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Timeline
Janet Lee Weiss (born September 24, 1965) is an American rock drummer, a member of Quasi and former member of Sleater-Kinney.
Weiss plays a vintage Ludwig kit (ca. 1973) in natural maple finish.
She moved to Portland, Oregon in 1989 and soon after began playing with former Donner Party leader, Sam Coomes, in a band called Motorgoat.
(Motorgoat disbanded and reformed as Quasi in 1993; Coomes is Weiss's ex-husband.)
Weiss and Sam Coomes formed Quasi in 1993, and the band has remained active both as a duo and a trio, featuring Joanna Bolme from 2007 to 2011, for the past 30+ years.
Tucker and Brownstein then played her a new song they were working on at the time, "Dig Me Out".
Her bandmates later said that she made up a beat so solid "you could practically bang your head against it."
Weiss eventually became the band's drummer; she was the fourth in the band's history.
Brownstein has described Weiss as "one of the most musically intelligent people I know" and "certainly the most musically gifted member of the band, the one with the largest musical lexicon and sphere from which to draw influence and reference."
Weiss is highly regarded as a drummer; Stylus Magazine listed her in 2007 as number 48 of rock's 50 greatest drummers, while in 2014 LA Weekly placed her at number 12 in the top 20.
On June 4, 2007, she performed with Bright Eyes on the Late Show with David Letterman before joining the band for their summer European tour.
Weiss was part of the production team on the TV show, Portlandia, working as the permit manager; bandmate Carrie Brownstein was one of the show's creators and lead actors.
She performed on two albums, Real Emotional Trash (2008) and Mirror Traffic (2011).
She left the band prior to its tour in support of the latter album.
She played a similar kit at Coachella in April 2008, except the Ludwigs were the Blue Oyster 'Bowling Ball' finish.
The Craviotto snare was still natural maple.
She was the drummer for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, leaving after the album Mirror Traffic, and contributed to the Shins' fourth studio album, Port of Morrow (2012).
She was also the drummer for the supergroup Wild Flag.
By December 2013, Wild Flag had disbanded.
She has also played for Bright Eyes, Junior High, the Shadow Mortons, the Go Betweens, Sarah Dougher, Elliott Smith, and one Goldcard song.
She is in the band Slang, with her partner Drew Grow (formerly of Modern Kin, Careen, Drew Grow and the Pastors' Wives, and Five O'Clock People).
In 2016, Rolling Stone placed her at number 90 on its list of the 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time, and in 2018, New Musical Express ranked her as number 25 of the top 32 rock drummers.
Weiss was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California to a Jewish family, and began playing guitar at the age of 16.
According to her interviews, her two elder sisters introduced her "to good music".
She left Hollywood aged 17.
She attended San Francisco State University and graduated with a degree in photography.
While in college in San Francisco, Weiss became involved in the local club scene, following local bands such as Camper Van Beethoven and the Donner Party, and absorbing their punky/DIY ethos.
When she was 22, Weiss was invited to learn the drums to join an all-girl trio called the Furies as their replacement drummer for a West Coast tour.
The Furies' guitarist found Weiss a drum kit at a local pawn shop, and with one drum lesson and about two weeks practice under her belt, she became the Furies' second drummer.
Self-taught as a drummer, Weiss learned her technique by watching the drummers at innumerable live shows, and by studying rock and punk greats like John Bonham and Topper Headon.
On July 1, 2019, Sleater-Kinney announced via social media that Weiss would be leaving the group and would not be joining their upcoming fall tour.
Weiss said that the band was taking a "new direction" and that it was time for her to exit.
