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Vivian Girls interview

Article published 1st Oct 09
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Vivian Girls interview

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Patrick Collins talks to Cassie Ramone

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The Vivian Girls are characters in a work of outsider art by the completely cray-cray artist and civil war expert, Henry Darger. The chicks have dicks and start a war against the Glandelinians. Besides that, it has very little to do with the Brooklyn buzz group that shares the name of the seven sisters. Just kidding, these girls are totally not half'n'half like Lady Gaga, they are 100% female, play some scuzzy garage revival, and talk a lot of shit when on camera.

A few months back I got to chat with Katy but I didn't record it because I have something wrong in my brain. It's a tumour. Anyways, I was given a chance at redemption when we sleazed another interview out of some poor publicist, with Cassie this time, and it was way better anyway. I think she was drunk.

Patrick Collins: You guys just played a show didn't you?
Cassie Ramone: Oh we're about to play a show here in, uh, Missoula but we haven't gone on yet.

PC: Have you played Missoula before?
CR: We have. We played here last year on our first US tour and it was kind of a weird show because it was just us and one local band and everyone left after the local band. There were like five people there for us. I think it will be a lot better tonight.

PC: Yeah I expect it to. So do any of you three dye your hair or do you just have a natural trifecta of blonde, red and brunette?
CR: Actually none of our hair colours are natural and I guess it's just a coincidence that we ended up with this rainbow of hair colour.

PC: How do you prefer to get drunk, liquor, warm 40s, or beer binging?
CR: At this point in our lives... well it usually involves a few shots toget started, maybe like a shot of whiskey or something like that, and then after that we tend to stick to beer.

PC: Yeah you guys have been doing this for a while since you were all in bands before Vivian Girls right?
CR: Yeah definitely, we've been in a bunch of bands and so at this point 40s will give us too bad of a hang over or stomach ache.

PC: Do you guys play covers or standards anymore? Gloria, Louie Louie?
CR: We actually played Louie Louie at a show in Columbus the other day. We don't usally incorporate them into our set anymore. We used to cover the Wipers and the Beach Boys, one song of each, but I think the playing of standards is something we do every so often but it's really just a once in a blue moon type thing.

PC: Do you guys have a lot of good tattoos or a lot of bad tattoos?
CR: Ummm I think our tattoos are pretty good. I'm happy with the choices I've made and I like both the other girls' tattoos. Yeah I think we're all pretty happy with the choice of tattoos we've gotten.

PC: Oh well, I didn't mean to offend you. (Yes I did.) Do you guys like Guitar Hero, karaoke, or reading books? Be honest, you're already cool enough.
CR: I've actually only tried playing Guitar Hero once in my life and never really gotten into it. I know Katy and Allie both enjoy playing it though. We all like karaoke, and actually one of my life dreams is to write a song that's popular enough to be in a karaoke machine and then sing it at a karaoke bar in the middle of nowhere someday. It's one of my more abstract life goals that probably won't ever happen. And I guess we all like books too.

By Patrick Collins

Genre: Alternative

Release: Album

Keywords: Roxanne, Brooklyn, Mistletone Records, Vivian Girls

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