Rebel Queens

The Minnesota Music Note - Ep 60 - 15 Years of Rebel Queens: Women Keeping Rock Alive in Minnesota

2mo ago

Fun facts from the interview

• Tiffany had never sung before starting the band in 2011.
• The band's name comes from a song by the Runaways, and the band covered a lot of Runaways songs early on.
• Singing "Cherry Bomb" at Wednesday karaoke at Serum's Good Time Emporium in Anoka helped convince Tiffany to start a band.
• Tiffany studied music business and did street-team promotion for Radio Disney artists as a teenager. Bandmates call Tiffany "the queen of the Rebel Queens."
• Katie Word found the band through a Craigslist ad. Katie's earlier band, Rising Side, was a progressive rock group.
• Lou Block bought a used bass just for the audition, planning to return it if the gig didn't work out.
• Before joining, Lou toured the UK with another all-women band and photographed Kiss drummer Eric Singer's 50th anniversary Pearl drum collection.
• The band played the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles.
• Keytar player Erica was found on BandMix, where Erica was the only keytar player listed.
• Recommended guests: A Little Too Short to Be Stormtroopers, Uncle Daddy, Caster and UXIA.