{{Short description|American rock band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Sick of Sarah | image = Sick of Sarah - The Roxy Theatre June 5 2009.jpg | caption = Sick of Sarah performing at the Roxy Theatre in June 2009 | image_size = | alias = | origin = Minneapolis, Minnesota | instrument = | genre = Power pop,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rachac |first=David |title=Sick of Sarah |work=Twin Cities Daily Planet |date=August 6, 2008 |url=http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/08/06/sick-sarah.html |accessdate=June 26, 2010}}</ref> indie rock<ref>{{Cite news |last=Benson |first=John |title=Sick of Sarah will meet you in the hot tub |newspaper=The News-Herald |date=September 25, 2009 |url=http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2009/09/25/life/nh1470189.txt |accessdate=June 26, 2010}}</ref> | occupation = | years_active = 2005 - 2016 | label = Adamant Records | current_members = Abisha Uhl<br>Jessica Forsythe | past_members = Brooke Svanes<br>Jessie Farmer<br>Alexa Wolfe<br>Katie Murphy<br>Jamie Holm † (2021) }} '''Sick of Sarah''' was a rock music band based in Minneapolis. Their "strong-voiced punky girl-rock"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rubrecht |first=Ward |title=Sick of Sarah |newspaper=City Pages |date=August 13, 2008 |url=http://www.citypages.com/2008-08-13/music/sick-of-sarah&page=1 |accessdate=June 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930080220/http://www.citypages.com/2008-08-13/music/sick-of-sarah%26page%3D1/ |archivedate=September 30, 2012 }}</ref> has drawn comparisons to bands such as Dollyrots and Tegan and Sara.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sick of Sarah |newspaper=Spin |page=40 |date=December 2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jk52QtJvGoC&q=spin+buzzcatcher+%22sick+of+sarah%22&pg=PA40}}</ref> Among their claims to fame, they are one of the most torrented bands of all time: the band was featured on the BitTorrent Artist Spotlight, and 1.7 million copies were downloaded. Because their album 2205 was automatically downloaded with BitTorrent software, it was dubbed the "spam album", but the band benefited greatly from the publicity.<ref>{{Cite news |title=BitTorrent |newspaper=Billboard |date=June 6, 2011 |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/bittorrent-reconsidered-how-the-demonized-1005218552.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610120738/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/bittorrent-reconsidered-how-the-demonized-1005218552.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 10, 2011 |accessdate=November 28, 2012}}</ref>
==History== The band formed in 2005 with Abisha Uhl (lead vocals and guitar), Katie Murphy (vocals and lead guitar), Jessie Farmer (bass and vocals), and Brooke Svanes (drums). The inspiration for the band's name came from a former roommate of Uhl's named Sarah who had grown tired of her name, complaining that she was "sick of Sarah".<ref> {{Cite news |last = Jewell |first = Brian |title = Can't get sick of Sarah |newspaper = Bay Windows |date = August 13, 2008 |url = http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=arts&sc=music&sc2=features&sc3=&id=78815 |accessdate = June 26, 2010 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110612131411/http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=arts&sc=music&sc2=features&sc3=&id=78815 |archivedate = June 12, 2011 }}
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When Jamie Holm (deceased 2021) joined Sick of Sarah as a bassist in 2008, Farmer switched to playing guitar.<ref>
{{Cite news | last = Riemenschneider | first = Chris | title = Feeling kinda Sick | newspaper = Star Tribune | date = August 7, 2008 | url = http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/26382379.html | accessdate = June 26, 2010}}
</ref> Later that same year, the band was chosen as the "best emerging artist" at Summerfest.<ref>
{{Cite web | last = Bendix | first = Trish | title = Sound Check: August 2008 | work = AfterEllen.com | date = August 5, 2008 | url = http://www.afterellen.com/music/2008/8/soundcheck?page=0,1 | accessdate = June 26, 2010}}
</ref> After Svanes left Sick of Sarah in 2010, Jessica Forsythe replaced her on drums. As of 2018 Sick Of Sarah has split up.
==Discography==
===Albums=== * ''ANTHEM'' (EP) – 2015 * ''Overexposure'' (EP) – 2011 * ''Wasting Time'' (EP) – 2011 * ''2205 (BitTorrent Edition)'' – 2011<ref>
{{Cite web | last = Bylin | first = Kyle | title = Sick of Sarah – The First Label Backed Band Release To Be Freely Distributed To Fans via BitTorrent | work = www.hypebot.com |date=16 February 2011 | url = http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/02/sick-of-sarah-first-label-backed-band-release-to-be-freely-distributed-via-bittorrent.html | accessdate = 2012-02-02}}
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{{Cite web | last = Bylin | first = Kyle | title = Sick of Sarah Goes 'Platinum' via BitTorrent | work = www.hypebot.com | date = 2011-03-22 | url = http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/03/sick-of-sara-goes-platinum-via-bittorrent.html | accessdate = 2012-02-02}}
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{{Cite web | last = Winistorfer | first = Andrew | title = Sick Of Sarah Go Platinum Through BitTorrent | work = www.prefixmag.com | date = March 22, 2011 | url = http://www.prefixmag.com/news/sick-of-sarah-go-platinum-through-bittorrent/50490/ | accessdate = 2012-02-02}}
</ref><ref>[http://www.clearbits.net/torrents/1598-2205-bittorrent-edition 2205 torrent] ClearBits</ref> * ''2205'' – 2010 * ''The Best Thing'' (EP) – 2009 * ''Sick of Sarah'' – 2008 * ''Bittersweet'' (EP) – 2007 * ''Los Angeles 2006'' (EP) – 2006
===Singles=== * "Rooftops – 2015 * "Paint Like That – 2009 * ''Daisies'' – 2008 * ''Bittersweet'' – 2007
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