Jack Off Jill played its last show at The Troubadour in Los Angeles in April 2000. They were joined onstage by guitarist Helen Storer of the UK all-female band Fluffy (and later of Thee Heavenly Music Association ) and producer Chris Vrenna on drums.
The band road-tested new songs in March 1999 when JOJ played four dates on the Marilyn Manson Rock Is Dead Tour , after Hole departed. With Putesky no longer in the guitar position, JOJ enlisted the help of Jessicka’s then-boyfriend guitarist Clint Walsh, original JOJ guitarist Michelle Inhell (née Oliver),…
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After touring with Lords of Acid , Jack Off Jill headed to Los Angeles to complete 1998’s Covetouse Creature , a remix EP of songs from Sexless Demons and Scars , with the help of Scott Putesky (a founding member of Marilyn Manson) and new drummer Claudia Rossi. Jack Off…
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On December 27, 1994, Jack Off Jill joined Marilyn Manson at venues throughout Florida. While playing Club 5 in Jacksonville, Florida , Manson and Jessicka were arrested for violating the town’s adult entertainment codes. Neither singer was charged.
Jack Off Jill released several independent records: Children 5 and Up (produced by Marilyn Manson), The Boygrinder Sessions , Cannibal Song Book (produced by Jeremy Staska, JOJ and Manson), Cockroach Waltz , and several 7″ singles . On April 8, 1994, while playing a benefit show for Rock Against Domestic…
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During this time the band served as the opening act for many female-fronted national acts such as Joan Jett , L7 , Silverfish , Tribe 8 , Fetchin’ Bones and the Lunachicks . Singer Jessicka’s on-stage antics included covering the audience with fake blood and throwing candy. In early 1993,…
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They took inspiration from the riot grrrl movement, with songs addressing serious issues such as rape , domestic abuse , self harm , depression , patriarchy , and female empowerment . In 1993, Jack Off Jill’s front woman Jessicka coined the term “riot goth” to describe their music and aesthetic.