Teresa Taylor, a drummer for the indie rock band Butthole Surfers who had a small however memorable function within the 1990 movie Slacker as a “pusher” attempting to promote an uncommon Madonna memento, died Sunday of lung illness, her former bandmates have introduced.

Taylor, who generally used the stage identify Teresa Nervosa, “handed away peacefully this weekend after an extended battle with lung illness,” the Butthole Surfers tweeted right this moment. “She’s going to reside in our hearts perpetually. RIP, pricey buddy.”

Born in Arlington, Texas, Taylor performed drums in her highschool marching band alongside fellow percussionist King Coffey. After becoming a member of the San Antonio-based rock band, Coffey recruited his buddy Taylor to hitch. The 2 drummers would carry out in unison, usually standing up, giving the band its early signature sound and visible model.

Taylor left the band in 1989 after experiencing seizures attributable to a mind aneurysm. She underwent mind surgical procedure in 1993. The group had an infectious No. 1 trendy rock hit with “Pepper” in 1996, and she or he returned for some tour dates in 2009.

Other than her drumming profession, Taylor is remembered for an attention-getting efficiency in Richard Linklater’s breakthrough movie Slacker, portraying a personality credited as “Pap Smear Pusher” who tries to promote a jar containing what she claims is a pap smear belonging to Madonna. Taylor’s character, wearing a black T-shirt, sun shades and ball cap, was featured on the film’s poster and residential video packaging.

In a 2006 oral historical past of the film revealed on the Salon web site, Taylor recalled feeling very not sure of what can be her sole main movie efficiency.

“After I completed my scene, a couple of week later, I had a type of breakdown the place I made a decision that I had humiliated myself so publicly, I even thought-about going to their home and getting my reel,” she remembered, including that she reconsidered upon realizing, “I didn’t need the film to return out and me to not have accomplished my bit. So I signed.”

“I don’t get acknowledged,” she mentioned in 2006. “No person acknowledges my face, however after I’m in public, and I’m going off on one thing, individuals 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.”

Data on survivors was not instantly obtainable.