This Los Angeles-based band has conquered audiences throughout California and beyond with their fierce, fearsome schoolhouse-rock meltdown. Dynamic, dramatic live shows (fronted by a real third grade teacher) and two independently-released albums highlight their memorable songs. Easily ranging from charismatic pop singalongs to tripped-out psychedelia and metallic powerchord bodyslams, Third Grade Teacher is all at once funny, sexy, dark, joyful, ominous, melodic, powerful and passionate. Sabrina, David, Laura and Rob are gonna give you a sonic spankin'... schoolboy.
"If you haven't already heard of Third Grade Teacher, you will soon, because this band -- which sounds like Woodpussy, the Pandoras, L7 and the Breeders all rolled into one -- has the rare ability to make a roomful of people stand still and listen." -- Miriam Jacobson, LA Weekly
"The rock they carve is dark, passionate and punk-ass threatening, with an occasional noise-piece excursion tossed in, sorta what the moaning noises would sound like at a Sonic Youth/Hole/Patti Smith orgy -- beautiful, but ominously so." -- Rich Kane, OC Weekly
"Who says rock is dead? These guys rule!"
-- newly converted fan overheard in the audience at recent 3GT show
the band:
Sabrina Stevenson -- lead vocals
Laura Smith -- bass, vocals
David Guerrero -- guitar, vocals
Rob Ahlers -- drums, vocals
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a brief recorded history of Third Grade Teacher:
Garage Band -- L3 Interactive CD-ROM ("Schoolboy")
Black Bean & Placenta compilation ("The Servant")
"Band Aid"/"Monster" 7" single (Soccocore/Third Grade Records)
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Al's Bar/Third Grade Records)
Alright, This Time Just the Girls -- Sympathy for the Record Industry compilation ("Fear of a Boy")
The Underklass (Third Grade Records)
Unsigned on Sunset compilation ("Fire")
Focus-Grouped to Death -- OC Weekly compilation ("The Underklass")
3 (Third Grade Records)
How Many Bands Does it Take to Screw up a Blondie Tribute -- Sympathy for the Record Industry comp ("Atomic") 
Indie Rock Unites, Vol. 1 -- Fire-Tone Records /JDRF benefit compilation ("Schoolboy")
Third Grade Teacher (self-titled) -- out now on Pinch Hit Records
Movie and television soundtrack credits:
Terror Firmer (1999)
Bellyfruit (1999)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer ("Fear, Itself" -- Halloween episode, 1999)
Tweeked (2001)
Luster (2002)
*JUST OUT!* Tweek City (2005)
Here's what a few people are saying about 3GT:
Impact Press Top Pick!
"Wow. I mean, wow. This is some seriously heavy and demented rock and roll. Drawing heavily from the roots of modern rock (Led Zep, Sabbath, etc.) this is a relentless rock and roll ride. Screaming and sultry, smooth and jagged, all at once. Exciting, demented and great. I'll put my kids in her third grade class anytime."
"An excellent album that mixes a good amount of tongue in cheek fun with sincere rocking tunes. "So Long" sounds like The Breeders at their popping best, while "Feel Like Me" bounces around in a long lost alternative groove that is well worth revisiting. On the other hand, there's the druggy fun of "Roll It Up", the weird "Soul Machine/The Launch" and the wild and raging "Dusty O'Merryweather" that's guaranteed to peel back all the layers of paint in your house. All in all an eclectic and wild sort of album that's a hell of a lot of fun and well worth owning."
"Raucous garage rock... Dressed up in Catholic School attire, the quartet scream, bash and swear their pent-up aggressions away. If their all-out assault doesn't make Angus Young quiver in his schoolboy shorts, the deranged look in the otherwise attractive Stevenson's eyes will... In addition to the CD proper, a multimedia tracks includes videos for two non-album tracks that ram home the group's inherent craziness. Stevenson writhes and flails across the stage like an eight-year old in the midst of a temper tantrum while berating a young man in "Schoolboy". Bassist Laura Smith completes the dirty fantasy, her fishnet stockings kicking out from under her plaid mini skirt... The thought of a pretty, wholesome blonde third grade teacher rocking out with her friends in seedy LA Clubs, singing songs about beating unruly children and using drugs may not sit well with the PTA...but thankfully, most of us don't have children who attend the Fourth Street Elementary and can enjoy Third Grade Teacher for what it is: a rollicking good rock band in themed outfits."
"Third Grade Teacher rock their asses off. They've got some Led Zep crunch, a little Pretenders attitude and a dash of giggly Go-Go's going on all at the same time. Sometimes they sound like Hole was supposed to sound. They look like school kids from hell - the uniforms are a nice touch - but their music is full-grown rock. This is a very musical record. Guitarist/riffmeister David Guerrero isn't kidding - he can really play his axe. Lead belter Sabrina Stevenson - the third grade teacher herself - can easily shout Courtney Love under the table.Image, licks, tunes and talent: Third Grade Teacher have it all. If you like it hard and fast with a bit of lunacy (like the sonic freakout of 'Soul Machine/The Launch') then this is for you!"
"The quite vibrant quartet of Third Grade Teacher express a vivid and stressfully surreal punk-pop power that will stun you with the clout of a damn good caning. Tripped-out psychedelic swirls are crammed with metallic churns and poppy sounds that give 3GT their authority, both on stage and on CD. The female fronted group, (led by a real third grade teacher), are equipped with dark, passionate and sexy music that memorizes with an ominous supremacy that'll leave you at first scared, but gagging for more... The charisma of the band continually flows throughout the record."
"Now this is an after school special, my friends...I'd rather say that I just f*cking loved it, rather than trying to be eloquent or provide a quantitative review of something that defies those very traits. This album simply takes all the things that I love about music and depth of emotion and living a reactionary existence and bundles them all up in the ball of spitfire energy known as Sabrina Stevenson. Stevenson, who really is a third grade teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District, probably would have been my hero had I been lucky enough to know a woman like this growing up. While some may find her dual existence confusing, it's absolutely cathartic to listen to a disc when someone uses their duality to its fullest potential as an outlet for creativity and pure emotion...Rock with brutal intensity. Stevenson is the female Iggy crossed with Kim Gordon. Brilliant, just brilliant."
"...Los Angeles' Third Grade Teacher combine elements of metal, punk rock, and yes, even pop, to come up with their thrashing sound. Not safe, not reserved at all, like you'd expect from a third grade teacher. When Sabrina Stevenson yells 'fuck you', you know she means it, as she lets her hair hang down on this album chalk (sic) full of fury, noise, and aggressive. This is powerful music that is relentless in its assault and, as much as you fight it, they'll win you over, no matter how long it takes."