Wendy Powell was the initial drummer in Sacramento's pop-punk outfit Groovie Ghoulies. After debuting in 1989 with the album "Appetite for Adrenochrome", the group spent the early nineties largely out of the spotlight, before finally releasing their sophomore album "Born in the Basement" in 1994.



By now a hugely popular attraction on the Sacramento club circuit, in 1996 the Groovie Ghoulies signed to Lookout! Records to release "World Contact Day". Wendy Powell left the line-up soon after. She was replaced by ex-Screeching Weasel drummer Dan Panic.