Jun 11 2008 2:56 pm,
Famed for her unabashed and vivid onstage antics, naked NME cover, and vocals on and of the stage, Beth Ditto, crashes through high energy electro that you can sing to. Chart smash " Standing in the Way of Control" was on every radio,TV, indie/electro/pop/house and probably even R&B disco all summer and winter, and it is still!
This is what they have to say for themselves -
We were raised in Arkansas by women, wolves and cassettes. We formed in 2000 in a cold basement in Olympia, Washington. Our last lp 'Standing in the way of Control' was recorded in Seattle with help from Guy Picciotto + Ryan Hadlock. We have two other lps, one ep and a few 7"s and 12"s under our belt. We have also been remixed by Arthur Baker, MSTRKRFT, Playgroup, Tiga, Tronik Youth, Headman, Rory Phillips and Soulwax. We have toured with No Bra, Panther, Pre, Les Georges Leningrad, Chromatics, CSS, Le Tigre and Cyndi Lauper. We have interviewed Yoko Ono and recorded a Peel Session (R.i.p. John Peel). We are feminists, artists, disc jockeys and writers. We have collectively spent 80% of our lives in airplanes (just to sweat on you). We love flowers and we believe firmly in raw power. We all currently reside in Portland, Oregon. We believe in the power of Divine. We believe the best thing Elvis ever did was buy Bessie Smith a washing machine and the best thing Henry Rollins ever did (besides the 'Damaged' lp) was buy Roky Erickson a set of teeth. We are currently busy working on our new lp and we have a live record/dvd coming out soon called 'Live in Liverpool'.
http://www.myspace.com/gossipband
