Teresa Taylor (aka Teresa Nervosa) has died of lung illness, her former bandmates in Butthole Surfers introduced. The drummer and actor recognized for her function in Richard Linklater’s 1990 Slacker was reportedly positioned in hospice final 12 months. Taylor was 60 years outdated.
Taylor was born in Arlington, Texas, in 1962. In highschool, she took up the drums after taking part in in varied marching bands in Austin and Fort Price alongside fellow Butthole Surfers drummer King Coffey. Taylor joined the band in 1983 after letting the band members observe in a warehouse house she was renting on the time. Taylor performed with the band by a lot of the Eighties, acting on Psychic… Powerless… One other Man’s Sac, Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis, Rembrandt Pussyhorse, Locust Abortion Technician, and Hairway to Steven, amongst others.
After a interval of in depth touring, Taylor left Butthole Surfers in 1989 after experiencing light-induced seizures that led to her diagnoses with a mind aneurysm. In 1993, she underwent mind surgical procedure and was capable of carry out once more, becoming a member of Coffey’s band Rubble.
In between bands, Taylor made a quick look in Richard Linklater’s breakthrough movie, Slacker, which gained the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1991. Credited as Pap Smear Pusher, Taylor’s character makes an attempt to promote a jar containing a pap smear she claims belongs to Madonna to 2 associates on the road. The character is featured on official posters and packaging for the movie, which has since change into related to the tradition of downtown Austin through the Eighties and Nineties.
“I don’t get acknowledged. No person acknowledges my face,” Taylor advised Salon in 2006. “However after I’m in public, and I’m going off on one thing, folks will likely be, ‘Are you the chick from Slacker?’ Nevertheless it’s at all times as a result of I’m ranting and raving about one thing.”