Women

If all bands from Alberta, Canada are this good, Drop Magazine is going to have to relocate. Women is the kind of band you listen to over and over again. They are talented and just make good music. 'Black Rice' is an engaging song that will have your right from the start. Everything about this band makes you want to listen to them. They make you want to take a road trip to Canada,(the entire time listening to their music) just to catch one of their shows.

How did you come up with the name 'Women'?

We were hanging out in my apartment and Matt suggested it and we said "Alright". Not an amazing story unfortunately. Picking a band name is the most painful process because most things sound really stupid. We definitely like that our band isn't called "okay panda sex tiger go" and we like that it's a word that doesn't stand out.

How did all of you meet, and what made you from your band?

2 of us came out of the same vagina, and the others we've known since elementary school.

Do you think where you grew up had a large impact on the music you make today? Did you grow up in very musically charged homes?

Our parents were usually listening to horrible movie/television show soundtracks (Dances with Wolves, La Bamba, Northern Exposure etc.) but also listened to alot of other things like Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, Patsy Cline, CCR, Roy Orbison, Django Reinhardt and Lenny Breau.

Chris' parents actually met at a Captain Beefheart concert. His dad is an amazing jazz drummer.

How do you come up with your music, what inspires you?

It's really hard/weird to write about how we come up with our music but here's a long list of bands that we really enjoy / wish we were : Black Tambourine, Scars, Les Rallizes Denudes, Fire Engines, Orange Juice, Artery, Tim Hecker, Azeda Booth, Deerhoof, Autechre, US Maple, the Doers, Daughters, the Famines, Knots, Psychic Ills, Kleenex, The Clean, Storm and Stress, Aids Wolf, Normal Humans, METZ, Metropak, Mt. Royal, the Neighbourhood Council, Eddie & Ernie, Your Food, Swell Maps, Drive Like Jehu, Glenn Branca (Static and Theoretical Girls), Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Skeeter Davis, This Heat, Delta 5, One Last Wish, Vangelis, Sonic Youth, Josef K, the Urinals, DEVO etc.

Have you ever been on tour? What is that like for you, how do you get along with your fellow band mates?

We recently toured Canada (30+ shows) w/ our friends from Medicine Hat: Mt. Royal. It was totally fine. If we were going to get sick of eachother I think it would've happened by now.

Do you ever get tired? What do you think you'll do when you're done making music, or will you keep going till you can't?

It's just second nature at this point. . . recording, touring and being on a computer alot of the time doing band things. We really enjoy it.

We'll probably be those creepy old facial hair guys lounging around at shows.

Do you have any crazy tour stories?

Tour is alot of fun. Sometimes people drink alot of beer. I've found that most of the time it does not result in a good story.

Favorite Expression:

" Utah! : get me two! " - Gary Busey

As people from an internet site, how do you think the internet affects the music industry? Negative/Positive?

1. The internet is really taking off. 2. The internet is an excellent resource.

What can our readers look forward to? New releases, tour, etc.?

We are touring out to Pop Montreal at the end of September, after that we're playing some stateside shows. In November we are touring in the UK/Europe. Our record is coming out in the States and the rest of the world in the next 6 months. We are already demoing/working on new tracks. We now have vinyl which is exciting, and cassettes are on their way.

Our thanks to Women for answering our questions.

'Black Rice' - Women