[5][6][7] Guitarist/vocalist Sharon Cheslow and drummer Anne Bonafede were joined by guitarist/vocalist Mary Green and alternating bassists Jan Pumphrey, Tamera Lyndsay, and Chris Niblack before the group disbanded in 1983.
[6] Anne Bonafede and Sharon Cheslow began playing music in 1980, after developing friendships through the Bad Brains, Henry Rollins, Teen Idles, and Untouchables.
[4][6][8] Bassist Bert Queiroz from the Untouchables rehearsed with Cheslow on guitar and Bonafede on drums in 1980, and Cheryl Celso became vocalist until she was replaced by Mary Green in 1981.
"[1] In March 1981, Chalk Circle had its first rehearsal as an all-women quartet, with Green's friend Jan Pumphrey briefly on bass.
[6][7][14][17][20] A twelve-song collection of Chalk Circle's early 1980s studio material and some live recordings was released on the Reflection LP in 2011, with liner notes by Don Fleming.
[3][4][6] "Reflection" was a joint effort by Mississippi Records and Post Present Medium, the label headed by Dean Spunt of No Age.
[3][9] During Chalk Circle's short existence in the heyday of D.C.'s first golden era of hardcore, the group broke through musical and gender barriers to create a sound that captured the joyful excitement of forgoing standard structures.
[6] Sally Berg and Tamera Lyndsay moved to New York and formed SHE with Laura Kennedy (Bush Tetras) and Claudia Summers.
Lyndsay also collaborated with Adele Bertei (Contortions, Bloods), Lesley Woods (Au Pairs), Barbara Gogan (The Passions), and Clare Hirst (Belle Stars).
[21] After Chalk Circle disbanded, Sharon Cheslow joined Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, co-authored Cynthia Connolly's and Leslie Clague's 1988 book Banned in DC: Photos and Anecdotes From the DC Punk Underground (79–85), collaborated with various musicians including Kathleen Hanna in Suture, published Interrobang?