Hot Gossip.(Brief Article)

Publication: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

Publication Date: 13-FEB-01

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The Gossip's lead singer, out punk teen Beth Ditto, talks about the band's whirlwind ascent, Sleater-Kinney, and fat-girl lovin'

"At first we were called the Rock and Roll Fakies," says 19-year-old Beth Ditto, lead singer of the latest pop-punk sensation to break out of the Olympia, Wash., music scene. "We didn't like that name anymore, and the Gossip came up, and we were like, `OK, that sounds good.'"

Brought to national attention by sister Northwest scenesters Sleater-Kinney, who booked them...

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