LOUDER OPINIONS ✂
Robin Foster, 17, senior. Drummer for DETENTION SLIP (pop-punk, est. 2024), maker of the HALLWAY STATIC zine, organizer of 2 walkouts and 1 extremely successful bake-sale-for-new-amps. She/her. Volume: 11.
DRUMS
OR DIE
500
ZINES
SOLD
BATTLE
OF BANDS
FINALIST
2
WALKOUTS
LED
THE ZINES ✂
← photocopied at the library (shhh) · $2 or free if you're broke —
#9 — "Detention Hall of Fame"
Interviews with detention regulars, ranked vending machines, principal approval rating: 0%. 150 copies, gone in a week.
#7 — "Girls Who Drum"
Comic + interviews with 8 drummers. Funded our first EP. A middle-schooler said it made her join band. Cried.
#5 — "Save the Music Room"
The zine that started the petition (1,200 signatures!) that saved our program's funding. Journalism with drumsticks.
DETENTION SLIP — Demo EP
5 tracks recorded in a garage. 8k streams. Lyrics about homework, heartbreak & the broken PA system.
BEHIND THE KIT 🥁
SETLIST / RÉSUMÉ OF NOISE
- 2026 — Battle of the Bands FINALIST 🥁★ NOW
- 2025 — Led walkout for music funding (1,200 sigs) 📢★ WON
- 2025 — Drumline section leader, marching band8 YRS PLAYING
- 2024 — Founded DETENTION SLIP w/ 3 friends40+ SHOWS
- 2023 — First zine, 20 copies, library printer jamORIGIN
Our backyard, 6 bands, $5 entry for the food bank. 200 kids came!!
Opening slot!! 15-min set. New song debut: "Dress Code."
Dream: music school (Berklee/NYU?) or straight to touring. Zine #10 loading…
📸 @robin.makes.noise · 📧 robin.foster.school@email.com · 📍 Austin, TX
🗣️ "Robin turned righteous anger into a petition, a zine, and a sold-out show — in one semester." — Ms. Park, Music