Elka Zolot

Barely Appreciated

ELKA ZOLOT


As the legend of the Trashmen grew over the years, it was perhaps inevitable that somebody would create a band called the Trashwomen.  Whereas the Trashmen were clean-cut Midwestern teenagers, the Trashwomen were apparently conceived with the term "white trash" in mind:  They are all big women who are often decked out in leopard-print costumes.  Michael Lucas with the surf revival band the Phantom Surfers approached Tina Lucchesi and Dannielle Pimm with the idea of having an all-female band to perform Trashmen songs as the opening act for their band for a 1992 show.  Once the two located a guitarist – Elka Zolot – the Trashwomen were born.  Zolot was a talented musician, but that was not true of the other two:  Pimm became the bass player because she happened to own a bass guitar, while Lucchesi became the drummer because she happened to be dating a drummer.  They had only 4 weeks to learn how to play their instruments before the show.
 
Over the years, all three women have been in a variety of bands, both during and after the Trashwomen period.  The three women along with Rusty Quan released a single under the name the Count Backwards; later, without Elka Zolot, the other three were members of the Bobbyteens.  Elka Zolot was in Bitch Fight before the formation of the Trashwomen and was later the guitarist for Eight Ball Scratch
 
(May 2012)
 
Last edited: March 22, 2021