THAT WAS THEN

1986. Almost every Thursday through Sunday night was spent at the Rock Capital of the world, L'Amour's in Brooklyn. Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth were releasing monumental albums. Glam, hardcore, hair, thrash, speed and whatever subcategory Manowar belonged to was exploding.  The Pit and Trash and Vaudeville on St. Mark's place in NYC were the source for all things, leather, fetish, rock-n-roll and everything in between. We were in our heaviest incarnation as an all-female metal band and playing all the local venues

Little Boy Blue's a Big Girl Now…

2008. Although much has been said and written about my old band from NYC, Missdemeanor, not much of it is accurate. Tall tales of fiery car crashes, love-struck bass players eloping in the night, spontaneous human combustion, of course...and WHAM!...two of the band's original members were expunged from the books. But, a funny thing happened on the way to the L'Amour reunion... people remembered. Or should I say, people NEVER forgot the original line-up of this band. Two of the OG's may have gone away, but 20 years later people still remember, fans still exist, and have asked me to put something, anything online that could stand as a testament to the old days. I probably would have left well enough alone until a life-altering experience occurred on March 1, 2007. My incredibly talented, beautiful, brilliant friend, Cat Coleman, succumbed to a life-long battle with cancer. A few months before she passed away she realized there wasn't much online that included the two of us. As a tribute to her I've decided to put up this page.

I have been digging through the "basement tapes" to find whatever material I could dust off. I couldn't stand one more person asking me if some of the crap on YouTube was me, or Cat, or having to explain what happened and why. So, with the help of some outside sources and a special friend from up north who located some footage, I will post some old shows and photos, unedited. 

9.16.2008

Testicular Fortitude

In the mid-eighties there were very few girl bands, much less ones who could play as though they had some stones between them thar thighs. Missdemeanor was one of the few original female metal bands to get onstage instead of Posing. Yes, we had a penchant in our little black hearts for Those Who Posed. Problem Number One was, most female rock musicians looked good in photos but hadn't gotten far past tuning the instruments. Problem Number Two was that no one really cared if we girly-girls could play our instruments, as long as we wore thigh-high boots and showed some cheekage. We knew this first hand while we screened every female rock musician in the tri-state area from 1982 to 1985. Back then, if someone asked me to pick up the bass I only asked that they stand back a few feet and tie down anything loose. We used to love to shove our our musical prowess up the ass of the mostly critical male audience, of course while donning boots up to our hips. It was great time for music, and especially exciting for the band because we knew we were blazing some trails. Truth be told, we were tight, hot and on a mission. I was a tad bit disgusted when we quit the band, but only because we left behind a trail of talent, sweat, memories, promise, and a name. The name lived on for years after Cat and I left, but the band was NOT Missdemeanor.

When Cat and I made the very conscious effort to leave the band, I understand that they 'changed the format' (read: fell into the sea of mediocre chick bands). Too bad, because Lin & Jo were the real deal. So, with all due respect to the later line-ups, however talented they may have been, this page will only make reference to the original Missdemeanor in its earliest incarnation up until 1988. For the record I was the original bassist, the one with the 5-string, and the one who did not suffer the fate of spontaneous human combustion. Hopefully some of the facts will counterbalance some of the fantasy! Oooh, and speaking of fantasy, here is a whole page of it just for shits and giggles: http://www.metalmaidens.com/missdemeanor.htm. Cat sent this link to me a few years back and we laughed hard over a bottle of wine. When I have time, between enjoying life with my husband, 5 cats, two businesses, and a rather demanding english garden, I'll smack down some of this crap (p.s. my favorite part is when Mr. Interviewer asks about our 4-track demo) Girls can be so evil!

For anyone still wishing to argue an old point, Black Sabbath still reigns supreme. Some things never change. All RIGHT now...won'tcha listen?...