Rachael- Drums
Melissa- Guitar/Vocals
Nancy- Guitar
The High School Hell Cats are about as punk as four hot suburbanite girls can get. They’re music is catchy yet obnoxious. They do everything themselves including publicizing
and booking the band without even having a manager. Their stage shows are sloppy and charmingly
amateurish at best. At the core of
this crew of misfits, however, lies a strong foundation, which, with the right
producer, the right publicist, and a remedial knowledge of ProTools, I believe could dwell the biggest money maker of all time.
LONG LIVE PUNK!!!
I noticed that you’re an all girl band. [ed.- highly trained
journalist at work!] Does that make it
easier or harder to get gigs?
V - Easier!
M - I think it makes it easier because people are more interested
and willing to book all girl bands. Because
it’s different.
N - And kind of rare.
Do you guys get the same level of respect from
the crowd as an all guy band?
N - I don’t think they know what to make of us.
V - Yeah usually they’re like “Wow you guys didn’t suck!”
M - On Friday night some guy was in front yelling, “ You guys
are hot!” In a way we get respect
but I think some people don’t take us seriously, I guess.
What do you guys like to write about?
M - All my songs are about
boys who made me mad. I only write
songs when I’m mad.
Would you guys classify yourselves as violent
people? Do you fuck shit up when you
go to shows?
V - No!
M - No but I have a really
bad temper and when people like push and stuff I get really mad. Like at the Social Distortion show people were
pushing and stuff and I was getting really upset and I wanted to fight but
I’m little so I didn’t fight anybody. I
had to hold back.
Are you guys big drinkers? Do you like to party?
V - Yes! (pause) No!
M - Yeah, I mean when we go on tour and stuff we don’t really
party. I’d rather sleep than like
go to a party and drink. We like to
have fun, just not like crazy parties.
Do you guys have management?
V - No.
N - We’ve had creepy men walk up to us and ask if they could be
our manager, but we said no.
Why would you say no?
V - Because they’re creepy.
M - And drunk.
V - And they didn’t know what they were talking about when we asked them questions.
