![]() But at the minute I feel like there’re quite a lot of bands making soft indie rock music, where people stand there on stage and look at the floor. Grace: One of my favourite areas of music is the whole 90s grunge scene and that’s such a big part of Seattle, I love and totally respect that and it’s one of the reasons I wanted to go to school here. They all made such a huge impression on me and helped me identify what I wanted to be, as a performer.Īlex: Has Seattle still got a tight music scene? I also read Kim Gordon’s Is It My Body? and a lot of Patti Smith and Iggy Pop biographies. I read Girls to the Front by Sara Marcus, which is a book about the girl punk scene in the 90s, like Bikini Kill and all that. I had a lot of time on my own in Seattle when I was young because all my friends were back at home in LA, so I’d read a lot of books. I really love it.Īlex: There’s such a rich musical history there too. Grace McKagan: Yeah I was born in LA and live there, but my dad’s from Seattle so I visit here a lot, and I went to college here last year actually to study. When you’ve got a blood-thirsty rock goddess alter-ego urging you forward, who’s going to stand in your way?Īlex James Taylor: You’re in Seattle now, right? That seems like a second home to you. However McKagan reassures us that this is just the start. And let’s finish it off with some ten-day-old, chewed up bubblegum pop hooks to finesse a recipe that’d have Kim Fowley whirling with delight.įor a band relatively new to the game, The Pink Slips already boast an impressive gigography, from playing at the Viper Room’s 21st birthday show, to two CBGB Festival appearances, and a slot at Download Festival. Like a musical alchemist, she stirs and blends her idols’ tropes. Having spent her formative years as an underage music geek lapping up the works of musical trailblazers and pop pioneers, McKagan’s own output is no half-hearted homage. Perhaps not your standard daily routine for a nineteen-year-old, but McKagan has always been drawn to the theatrical. “Every time Grave performs on stage she sacrifices herself to the rock ‘n’ roll gods, that’s where all the blood comes from,” the musician enthuses. When even computers are referring to you by your musical persona, you know you’re onto a winner. “My iPhone actually autocorrects my name to ‘Grave’,” says Grace McKagan, vocalist and mastermind behind LA five-piece The Pink Slips. ![]() Feature originally published in HEROINE 5
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