LUNACHICKS -Bio/Press Release for Luxury Problem!-
April 1, 1999
Dear Mom & Dad,
I know you're still not speaking to
me after my refusal to quit the
Lunachicks and get a real job, and I know you thought it was just a teen
phase
when we started rehearsing in my bedroom back in high school. Even when
we
played our first show back in 1988 in our hometown NYC you thought I might
soon
come to my senses and go to college, maybe major in proctology or yiddish
theater. I remember when we got our first record deal and signed to Blast
First
Records after being discovered by Kim & Thurston of Sonic Youth in 1989,
you
said I'd have to change my name and stop calling you altogether. But since
then
we've traveled all over the world touring with great bands such as, the
Offspring, Marilyn Manson, No Doubt, Rancid, NOFX, Rev. Horton Heat, Ramones
and
so many others. We've recorded five full length albums, a Japanese E.P.,
a bunch
of singles and compilations. We've made several videos, appeared in movies
and
all the major magazines and now we're releasing our own home video this
spring
called "Lunachicks -Naked"; 10 years of footage compiled into
this stunning
piece of entertainment.
Mom, kids really dig us! You always said I was a weirdo, but now
it really
means something. The fans go wild for our frenzied mix of punk, metal, pop
and
rock. They like our witty lyrics, screaming guitars and kick ass rhythm
section.
The crowd sings along to the hits like, "Spork" ("Is it a
fork or is it a
spoon?"), "Drop Dead", "Dear Dotti", "Apathetic"
and "Say What You Mean". We're
alive and energetic on stage and they say, we're pretty snappy dressers
too!
Butt, the reason I'm writing, no I don't need money this time,
(and it's
been quite a while since my last arrest) is to tell you that we have a
new
record out in June called "Luxury Problem". It's our 6th L.P.,
our 6th!! I can't
believe it
We've been through a lot of changes in the past year and a half.
My
macrame coach says it's our "Saturn Return" that's like going
through puberty
all over again except this time I already have hair.
Sindi our rhythm guitarist has left the band, so now we're a four
piece. As
with any change adjusting takes some, time, (like you've always said) and
in the
end it all works out for the best, so here we are new and improved and
finally
matured .... (in your face, doody head!)
Oh and yes Dad we're still on Go-kart Records (the label you said
had a
stupid logo). Last year we released our first live record "Drop Dead
Live" so I
guess this makes "Luxury Problem" our 4th release on Go-kart.
Greg Ross (owner)
says we'll be getting our first royalty check any year now, whatta guy.
Well gotta go to rehearsal now, our record release party is coming
up (June
12) and then we're off to do the Warped Tour in July. So if you still don't
want the neighburs to know that we're related, now is the time to pack
and move
far far away (I hear Antarctica is lovely this time of year) because we're
taking over the world. So lock up granny, plugg your ears, and take cover.
Lots Of Love ,
Your wayward daughter and her no good pals Lunachicks XXOO