Tina & the B-Sides were together for over ten years. There were a few different line-ups along the way; all adding their own unique style, but the core was always Jeremy Plumb who played bass and Tina's sister Laura Schlieske who sang back up. Troy Norton was the lead guitarist and joined the band in '97 and Ron Caron played drums from '98 until the break up of the band in 2000.

The story goes like this…

Tina Schlieske formed the B-Sides while still in high school but is wasn't until 1990 when the group released Tina & The B-Side Movement, on their own indie label Movement Records, that the band got noticed locally. Two years later they followed it up with Young Americans, the quintessential B-Side record, which turned out to be the band's biggest selling CD that continues to sell to this day. "Shine Your Light" and "Politics Polka" became classics among the fans. Some bar owners had to reinforce their basement ceilings or evacuate their bars when the Tina masses were jumping up and down to these songs.
With '94's self-distributed Monster, the band continued to attract a more national following to their mammoth, two-hour-plus shows. Earning comparisons to Bruce Springsteen and the Greatful Dead for the growing camaraderie between the band and its loyal fans. Selling over 80,000 albums, they were dubbed in the Midwest "the best bar band in the world" by enthusiastic writers and were voted Best Pop Group of '93 and '94 in the Minnesota Music Awards. Laura also got a nod from the MMA's for "Best Female Vocalist" in 1996.
They soon drew the attention of the major labels including Atlantic Records. But Tina ended up with Sire's Seymour Stein, a man who had previously signed such female pop-rock superstars as Madonna, Chrissie Hynde, Deborah Harry and k.d. lang. "I guess he (Seymour) just likes to be abused by strong women." Tina would joke.

The band released their major label debut Salvation in '96, which Tina recorded in Los Angeles using session musicians in addition to her band. Her experiences in Tinseltown and with the record business left her a little disillusioned and so she "pulled it all back" and recorded 1998's It's All Just The Same in the band's hometown of Minneapolis.
Tina still felt frustrated and ignored by the label as well as a little worn from the 10 years of non-stop touring, writing and recording so she decided, with the band, to leave Sire.

The year 1999 was to give the band a new beginning and an opportunity to get back to where it all began but after the release of their double "live" CD on Movement Records The Last Polka, Tina put the band on a permanent hiatus. It was clear to her that she had taken this part of her musical career as far as it could go.

They played their last shows together on Oct. 12th, 13th and 14th in 2000.

They all remain in music one way or another pursuing their personal dreams. Laura and Troy still join Tina in various solo gigs as well as her cover band homage Lola and the Red Hots.

Honorable mentions of other original members that played a part of the B-Sides are:
Pete Young - lead guitar '90 - '94
Bill Oehrlein - drums '92 - '96
Joel Richman - drums '90 - '92
Patrik Tanner - lead guitar/producer '94 - '96