I’ll admit it. If there’s a girl in the band, I’m automatically more interested. Yes, I know it’s the twenty-first century, ladies can do stuff now, etcetera, etcetera… And I realize that it’s the hands and the vocal chords making the music, not the genitals. (If you can play guitar with your dick, call me. Right now.)
But secretly, deep down inside, I still care more about your band if women are involved beyond just lugging cymbal stands and driving your drunk ass home from the show. And on a serious note, most metal is inspired by notions of rage and violence, and I’m intrigued to see how the so-called ‘weaker sex’ is infiltrating this genre.
Anyhow… One band-with-a-chick-in-it I heard recently is Arkona, a Russian group on Napalm Records. My friend Johnny Pluckman came across them on the internet and said to me, “Hey, you like bands with chicks in them. Listen to this.” Read more »
