Red Aunts were an American all-female punk band that formed in 1991 in Long Beach, California, United States, when Terri Wahl (a.k.a. Angel, or Louise Lee Outlaw) recruited friends Kerry Davis (a.k.a. Sapphire, or Taffy Davis) and Debi Martini (a.k.a. E.Z. Wider, a.k.a. Connie Champagne, or Debbi Dip).Wahl would become the guitarist, sharing vocal duties with Davis who also played rhythm guitar and Martini as bassist. Jon Wahl of the band Claw Hammer, stood in as drummer under the alias Joan Whale until he was replaced full-time by Lesley Ishino (a.k.a. Lesley Noelle, Ishino Destroyer, or Cougar).
None of the women had formal musical training or previous experience in bands. Dip put out the punk fanzine, Real Life in a Big City. The Red Aunts rapidly developed their own sound, going from raw simple punk to more complicated garage-punk-blues within the space of their seven years and five full-length albums.
Their first single was released in 1992 and the band quickly gained local notoriety for the unique take on punk rock the band produced, loud, brash, raw and full use of distortion pedals. The band released it's full length debut album in 1993, "Drag" , this began the constant touring and soon caught the eye of the infamous LA based punk giant label Epitaph Records. Even though the Red Aunts by some standards failed to achieve what some bands of the Epitaph label may have in terms of commercial success, the doors the band helped open for future women in punk rock music and the countless female musicians to follow after due to the band's lead, far surpasses what most of the other Epitaph bands may have done. The Red Aunts would make five total albums and numerous singles before calling it a day in 1998 when bassist Debi Martini wanted to take a break. Other members have gone on to work with other bands like The Screws, Beehive and the Barracudas and others. Singer and guitarist Kerry Davis currently records under the name Two Tears. The band played at Funtastic Dracula Carnival in 2018. Debi Martini died in 2019.
