There are so many things that I missed and I wished I hadn't like small family gatherings, my nieces and nephew's birthdays, and important events for my friends.
I thought the lyrics absolutely lent to what it feels like being an artist on the road and not being able to commit to traditional relationships. I think it is a good homage to the original song as well. We pushed it into our ska/pop-punk wheelhouse and I'm very proud of our version. Sonically, this song lends well to our brand of sound. I heard this song and both Chelsea and I really liked it. We do everything together.įor this music video you decided to cover the song, “Sunflower.” Is there any particular reason as to why you chose this song? On sax is our good friend Dante Leyva who has been with us since The Future is Female LP and on trumpet is our new friend Little Jessi Dills from Indianapolis, IN. The drummer in the Sunflower video is our friend Derek from Stillwater, MN. We have had the privilege to work with so many outstanding drummers and horn players over the years as well. She's an incredible musician with great talent and so fun to be around. She adds so much positivity and shine to us. Shortly after we formed, we went through some line up changes which lead us to meet Krissandra and she really is the glue to the group. I had a horror punk gig coming up that I needed to fill because a previous band had broken up so I asked Chelsea if she wanted to do some Misfits covers with me and that was our first impromptu gig- on Halloween night. Our first get together was in the basement of this rundown, rat infested, old building called the Rossmor downtown Saint Paul (it has been cleaned up a bit since!). We didn't necessarily want to be a band that only plays their hometown- we wanted to work really hard at it and play our songs all over the world and we discussed that right away. Kind of funny to meet your best friend from an internet ad, isn't it? I showed some of my original songs to guys in my previous bands and they weren't too keen on them I showed the same ones to Chelsea and she was like "Oh I really like that- lets do that." We both liked a lot of the same things, we have a lot of the same kind of humor, and we also wanted the same things out of life which is important in a band. I had been in many bands before, but when I met Chelsea I knew this one would be very special.
I thought going back to music would be fun. I had just gotten done working on a few movies and wanted a change of pace. I met Chelsea off of an internet ad asking someone to start an all girl rock band. You know those true crime news stories where someone eerily says "They met on the internet and life was never the same" then some ominous music plays in the background - it was kind of like that except it turned out really good.