Angry Women in Rock, Volume 1

It does not have you ever been taken care of by way of the in the event you glance demanding sufficient, you are going to a few who have had detrimental reactions. yet I nice. i am yes, f^ all do yet make up experience. A J: How locate higher to don't ever consider seeing feminists pop out Runaways, or something Uke that. I opposed to the could imagine that in that point humans -would were into it, simply because we have been attempting to holiday these stereotypes. A J: you've got a truly robust lesbian fan base, too. J J: Who? The Runaways? A J: good, with the Runaw^ays, it is a little too early for me to understand. i am speaking extra approximately your JJ : personal lovers. good, they are girls, so. . AJ: So anyone can take heed to your songs, it doesn't matter what sexual orientation they've got. ing to do? instantly, sing a track and lower out part the lyrics? A J: Is that the explanation that you simply use interchangeable genders in yoiu* songs? JJ: In "I Love Rock'n'roll," I say "him. " In "Crimson and Clover" I say "her. " yet frequently, i attempt to use "you" and "me. " i believe it is vital for everybody for you to observe it. no longer all of the songs are approximately intercourse; a few are approximately relationships which may be friendships. a few are not approximately intercourse or a friendship. AJ: correct; i would like to discuss Mia Zapata of the Gits, and the house Alive undertaking that you just vi^orked on. How did you become involved? photograph: Chris Buck/Hair: Paige Smitherman/MakeuptLinda Mason/Stylist: Andrea I>ee Linett/Satin best through Love J J: overdue; I correct. everyone may be capable do not -want humans to suppose alienated. see slicing out a part of the viewers. to reI cannot And I imagine that our viewers has rather grown; -we've received this nice, democratic coalition of enthusiasts. we've lovers ^vho were fanatics because the Runaways, or because the early Blackhearts. new final And lovers that simply stumbled on the •we've received band within the couple of years. NYC. JJ: I heard approximately her homicide from a chum, -when I -was in Seattle -writing songs with Kathleen Hanna, and with Kat from Babes In Toyland. I had performed a few creation paintings with Bikini Kill in March of '93, and we begun writing a few songs jointly after that. I -was in Seattle from March to August or September. So i used to be round in the course of the time that Mia used to be murdered. It made me become aware of how I -was so una-ware, as a rule, approximately my defense; i did not particularly give it some thought. I regularly figured some other person -would take care oi take note the best way used to decorate in highschool vv^as a bit diverse from everybody else: platform sneakers, glittery stuff, make-up and bizarre issues. I I it so whilst I -was by myself, my defend was once down greater than it may be. I additionally thought of what percentage occasions, whilst i used to be within the Runaways, I -was out and approximately after they did not even kno-w -where i used to be or -what I -was doing. comparable all of it simply hit domestic — it simply cannot remain the for me. if you find yourself at the streets, you have to be ready. you have to have your shield up. you have to a minimum of have your peripheral viLike I acknowledged, the Runaways' viewers was once ninety nine percentage male. That w^as type of miserable: "Why girls — our o-wn gender — pop out and help us?