Kathy Foster (musician)

For the Australian basketballer, see Kathy Foster (basketball).

Kathleen Michelle "Kathy" Foster^[1] is an American musician best known as the bassist for the indie rock band The Thermals and drummer for the All Girl Summer Fun Band.

Kathy Foster
Kathy Foster (right)
Background information
Also known as	Butterfly Transformation Service
Origin	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Genres	Indie rock, punk rock, alternative rock
Instrument(s)	Bass, drums, backing vocals, guitar, keyboard

Foster was raised Catholic in Sunnyvale, California and moved to Portland, Oregon in 1998.^[2] With Thermals bandmate Hutch Harris, she was in Haelah, Hutch and Kathy, and Urban Legends.^[3] With Foster on bass guitar, the Thermals became a mainstay of the Portland indie rock scene beginning in 2003.^[4][5] She continued to record and tour with the band until their 2018 dissolution. Foster also recorded drums on two of the band's seven albums, The Body, the Blood, the Machine (2006) and Now We Can See (2009). She also performs under the name Butterfly Transformation Service.^[6] She is the owner of the T-shirt company Daydream Factory.^[7]