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DISAFFECTRESS (Rachel’s band) notes


Line-up:

  • Hannah Havoc (Hannah Lopez): vocals, occasional rhythm guitar
  • Roxxi Riot (Rachel Martinez): lead guitar, occasional backing vocals
  • Cindy Catalyst (Catherine Bellamy): bass
  • Moira Malaise (Melanie Huang/Huang Mingzhu): drums

Disaffectress are a queercore band based in Downtown Brooklyn. Formed by high school friends Rachel Martinez and Hannah Lopez at the age of 15, they later recruited Catherine Bellamy and Melanie Huang and have since attracted a small yet loyal following, commonly being hailed as one of the best live punk acts of the 21st century and commended for their strong DIY ethics. Drawing from a wide range of musical influences including noise rock, early hardcore punk and deathrock, their lyrics primarily deal with topics related to feminism and social justice, tackling racism, transphobia, misogyny, rape culture, and late capitalism, among other subjects.

The band was halfway through a tour of the East Coast when Rachel was abducted from their van by William Everett and taken to Stepford, leading them to go on an indefinite hiatus, waiting for her to return. We meet Rachel’s bandmates at the end of the film, when she reunites with them upon returning to Brooklyn.


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Appearance notes:

  • Hannah: 25-26 y/o Latina lesbian trans woman, 5’7”, brightly dyed shoulder length hair commonly worn in pigtails, brown eyes and olive skin, usually seen in long distressed-look sweaters and black knee socks, LEGGY LADY!!!
  • Rachel: see character bio
  • Cat: 24 y/o white nonbinary lesbian, 5’2” but constantly wears platforms, bright red choppy Gen Z mullet with shaved sides, graphic makeup with shaved eyebrows and several facial piercings (kinda like my pal Jasper from zombie club)
  • Mel: 25 y/o Chinese-American bisexual cis woman, 5’4”, shaved head, usually dressed in all black (FUN FACT!!! she initially had short hair but once lockdown hit in 2020 she shaved it all off, decided she liked it and has consistently maintained a shiny bonce ever since)

Discography

I’ve put the themes of the songs in square brackets lol


Lorena’s Revenge b/w I Wanna Be Your Dog (2015, self released)

  1. Lorena’s Revenge [dedicated to Lorena Gallo, about finding the strength to escape a bad situation]
  2. I Wanna Be Your Dog [Stooges cover but with the tempo in the 150-160 range]

(Note: originally released on digital, cassette and CD-R, reissued in 2025 by the band’s future label, proceeds from the reissue go to the Lorena Gallo Foundation)


Too Much/Not Enough b/w Sicken Me (2015, self released)

  1. Too Much/Not Enough [consumer culture, late capitalism and wealth inequality]
  2. Sicken Me

(Note: originally released on digital, cassette and CD-R, reissued in 2025 by the band’s future label)


Dare To Resist b/w Tainted Love (2015, self released)

  1. Dare To Resist [antifa banger]
  2. Tainted Love [Gloria Jones/Soft Cell cover]

(Note: originally released on digital, cassette and CD-R, reissued in 2025 by the band’s future label)


Filth Politics EP (2016, self released)

  1. Warpath [military industrial complex]
  2. Squeal Piggy Squeal [acab anthem]
  3. Dare To Resist [antifa banger]
  4. Combustible [queer love song]
  5. TV Party [Black Flag cover]

(Note: originally released on digital, cassette and CD-R, reissued in 2025 by the band’s future label)


Split EP with some other band (2016, self released)

  1. other band’s song
  2. other band’s song
  3. Weird Girl [objectification, specifically of alternative and neurodivergent people]
  4. Fake Lashes Abandoned on the Brooklyn Bridge [the overlooking of missing underprivileged women as a result of missing white woman syndrome]

(Note: reissued in 2025 by the band’s future label)


Donald On The Guillotine EP (2017, self released)

  1. I Can’t Stop Fucking Screaming
  2. Hands Bound With Red Tape [calls out the dems for basically handing the election to trump]
  3. Someone Fucking Blow Up Trump Tower Already
  4. Fatigued

(Note: originally released on digital, cassette and CD-R, reissued in 2025 by the band’s future label)


I’m Onto You b/w Contingency (2018, an actual fucking record label lol)

  1. I’m Onto You [your friend’s scummy bf]
  2. Contingency

Alchemy b/w Slither (2018, an actual fucking record label lol)

  1. Alchemy [roofies]
  2. Slither

Self titled debut album (2019, an actual fucking record label lol)

  1. Too Much/Not Enough [consumer culture, late capitalism and wealth inequality]
  2. Where Do You Think You’re Going Dressed Like That [rape culture and victim blaming/personal expression and autonomy]
  3. Babydoll [objectification]
  4. Alchemy [roofies]
  5. I’m Onto You [your friend’s scummy bf]
  6. Shitty Fucking Birthday Gift [puberty & dysphoria]
  7. Combustible [queer love song]
  8. Weird Girl [objectification, specifically of alternative and neurodivergent people]
  9. Squeal Piggy Squeal [acab anthem]
  10. Hands Around the Throat of Lady Justice [scathing indictment of the US justice system]

(note: track 1 is a re-recorded version of an earlier single; tracks 7 and 9 previously appeared on the Filth Politics EP; track 8 is a re-recorded version of a song on a split EP; Rachel’s mom Elena makes a guest appearance on track 2 providing a spoken intro of the track’s title)


Stepford Wife b/w Happily Ever After (2024, same label as last time)

  1. Stepford Wife [Rachel recounts the five years she spent in Stepford]
  2. Happily Ever After [Rachel & Hannah acoustic duet about their reunion and the happy life they now live with Rachel’s two sons]
(note: proceeds from digital and physical purchases of the single go to RAINN and other domestic abuse & sexual assault support groups in the USA)

As Told By Disaffectress (2025, same label)

  1. Madre María, Escucha Mi Oración [sung entirely in Spanish by Hannah while Rachel recites the Hail Mary, also in Spanish]
  2. Stepford Wife [Rachel recounts the five years she spent in Stepford]
  3. Regret Nothing [Rachel struggles with her feelings of guilt around killing her abductor, eventually comes to the conclusion it was the only choice she had if she wanted to escape]
  4. The World of the Heterosexual is a Sick and Boring Life [satire from Hannah where she gets into the headspace of a hypothetical Stepford Men’s Association member struggling with his sexuality & desire for another hypothetical member]
  5. Curse Your Name (Fuck The NYPD) [Hannah vents about the NYPD failing to make an effort to find Rachel while she was missing]
  6. Stiletto Heel [reference to the shoe Rachel used as a weapon to kill her abductor]
  7. The Joke’s Worn Thin [Hannah being sick of people offering empty platitudes while Rachel was missing]
  8. Just a Vessel/Just a Prison [Rachel’s state of mind in Stepford, goes into graphic detail about the Coba Technique and the abuse she suffered at the hands of her abductor, influenced by Chat Pile]
  9. Your Arms, My Shelter [acoustic Hannah & Rachel duet in the same vein as Happily Ever After]
  10. Hell Isn’t Hot Enough [Hannah explicitly calls out Men’s Association members by name]
(note: Hannah and Rachel share vocal duties; Rachel requested a recording of the interview Zach Taylor conducted with her in Stepford to use as a sample on track 8, she completes the sample by screaming “MY NAME’S NOT FUCKING ROSIE”; everybody who was nice to Rachel in Stepford is thanked in the liner notes alongside other Stepford Wives and Zach Taylor; track 3 opens with a sample of dialogue from John Waters’ Female Trouble and ends with a sample of dialogue from T2 Trainspotting)

Setlist of last show prior to the events of WTS

  1. Too Much/Not Enough
  2. Weird Girl
  3. Squeal Piggy Squeal
  4. Where Do You Think You’re Going Dressed Like That
  5. Combustible
  6. Alchemy
  7. I Wanna Be Your Dog (Stooges cover)
  8. Stranger Danger
  9. Babydoll
  10. Shitty Fucking Birthday Gift
  11. I’m Onto You
  12. Dare To Resist
  13. encore and then TV Party (Black Flag cover)
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