Rock n Women: Karyn Crisis
05/22/06
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(antiMusic) A while back antiCat's kitty litter lining supplier did a sham special touting the women of rock but put Britney on the cover. That left a lot of people scratching their heads because there are plenty of real women with real talent that really rock. We waited in vain for a major publication to correct this error but none took up that responsibility. That doesn't matter because we are doing it! For the next month, we will be showcasing rock n women with a brand new article each weekday by our very own Morley Seaver. Morley understands that women can rock along with the boys and hold their own. So join us as we celebrate the real women of rock from superstars to the up-and-coming artists you should know about. We kick off with a true pioneer- Karyn Crisis. Karyn proved that a woman can front a heavy band and deliver hardcore meets metal vocals with the best of them. Who better to kick this special off? A few weeks ago we sadly learned that Crisis had decided to take an indefinite hiatus after 12 years and 4 killer 'genre defying' albums. So this may very well be the very last Crisis interview. Here is a little of what Karyn told Morley: And you know, Crisis always wanted to do a lot of big things, but the industry was always just like "no you're too extreme, no, you're too weird, no, you have a woman singer." And of course as we've seen along the way, labels have literally, like you know how the Backstreet Boys were formed
put together a lot of female-fronted bands in our image so they didn't necessarily want to take a gamble on what WE were doing because that was something they couldn't quite understand. But they finally came around to the idea of the concept that a female-fronted band was a good thing. But you know these people control a lot of your fate and unfortunately the industry never really backed up Crisis. We were like a thorn in everybody's side, except for The End Records, which was an amazing label. But in terms of getting Crisis to a bigger level, we were more of a thorn in everyone's side because we were so different, and so unique. We just refused to be fake and stylish for the sake of selling records so, I have absolutely no regrets with the way the band has done...you know we've done everything with our sense of integrity. I wish we could have done a lot more but that was not in our control. [click the full story link to read the entire Interview]
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