Carrie Brownstein is a musician, writer and actor who first became widely known as the guitarist and vocalist of the American rock band Sleater-Kinney, and later as co-star and co-creator, of the award winning TV satire Portlandia.
Her memoir Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl reveals her turbulent family life, and how she used the intoxicating power of rock and roll to escape it.
She talks to Kathryn Ryan.
The re-united Sleater-Kinney play at Auckland's Powerstation on Monday 29th February.
