| interview with Brody Armstrong |
| In what direction do you feel The Distillers are headed due to the latest album release? |
| How big of a role does music in general play in your everyday life? |
| Being a female singer of a punk band, do you have any feelings or opinions associated with the fact that the majority of the mainstream punk bands out there today have male vocalists? |
| What do you define as punk or being "punk"? |
| If you had to summarize what being a part of The Distillers is all about, what would you say? |
| How much time do you get to yourself, or do you feel that having time to yourself is a necessity? |
| Being married to Tim (RANCID), is it hard when both of you are wrapped up in your own world within your bands, or do you include each other a great deal? |
| Describe life on the road and what it's like to constantly be without any foundation in your every day life. Is it hard or do you just live the ride? |
| Is there anything about your fans that bothers you? |
| Is there anything in particular that bothers you about the media/press, etc.? |
| Has there ever been anything you've seen or experienced at a show that hit you close to home? |
| Do you listen to your own music? |
| Do you have a favorite song by The Distillers? |
| What's the biggest thrill you get out of being Brody Armstrong? |
| Um... to a bigger audience. I mean, we reach more people and we go with the flow. |
| How big of a role? It's huge! It's colossal! I live it, I breathe it, and I fuck it. It's all around me. My husband has a record label (Hellcat Records). My husband has a band. I'm in a band. Everyone I know is in a band. |
| Well I don't necessarily think it has anything to do with the mainstream. Even in the underground scene there's not that many punk girl bands. I wish there was and I'm sure there will be. I know for sure. I'm sure girls are coming out. |
| Punk rock is just freedom of expression as far as I'm concerned. There's a lot of factions in punk rock just like there's a lot of factions in politics, but the general gist of it is that you are free to express yourself however you see fit. |
| It's about being a part of a family. We have a policy of honesty in our band so we get real sometimes, and it's really important if you want to stay together. |
| Definately! I want time to spend with my husband more than anything. And second to him is my band and we get time off between tours which is good for me. I love playing music so I could never give it up. But I do miss my husband more than anything. |
| Well we're always together even if we're on the road. If he's on the road I'll always go out with him and if we're on the road he'll always come out to see us. When we're home we just take it easy. Every moment with him is fucking incredible. |
| Sometimes it's hard having a new hotel room every night. Dragging your bags in; dragging your bags out. Playing every night is why we're here. It's what we're all about because there is a demand for it. |
| No. Not at all. They give me what I want and I give them what they want. It's a two way street. |
| When people project shit on you. That's the worst. |
| I'm sure there's camaraderie. We've had a couple kids follow us around and that was really awesome to see familiar faces in the audience. It's kind of comforting. |
| When we record it, yeah, and thats it. |
| Well I like all of them but I'd say, "Sing Sing Death House." |
| Being myself? Um... I feel lucky and blessed that I have really awesome people around me. They're kind of mentors and they're really sapient and they teach me things. I learn every day. Just the love and support that I get. I'm just glad I was brought up the way I was so that I'm not some fucking ignorant bigot, and I'm not a racist, and I'm not sexist. I care about a lot of different people and a lot of different issues. CHEERS! |
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