Archive of the Chat with L7

<moderator> L7 is here and we are ready for your questions!!!!
<L7> Hello, everyone!
<moderator> How long has the band been together?
<L7> Donita: 14 years
<moderator> ahh......umm, please tell me your comming to detriot!!
<L7> Dee: We'll be coming to Detroit in late summer or fall after the new album is out!
<moderator> Hey, gals! How'd the tour go?
<L7> Suzi: The southwestern tour was smashing!
<moderator> can you do a concert in new zealand, because heaps of people like you in new zealand, and you went to australia
<L7> Donita: We would love to rock New Zealand - maybe next time. Not sure when that will be. Maybe in the new millenium.
<moderator> REALLY??????? do you guys know where your playoing?? cause im only a kid, and i cant get in to small venuse cause my parents hate me,
<L7> Donita: We have no idea where we might play in Detroit right now.
<moderator> Did you have fun performing at SXSW? good bands there with you!
<L7> Donita: We had a great time at SXSW. The lineup was really great on our show.
<moderator> excuse me, but i was wondering about the brazilian tour. Will L7 be touring brazil anytime soon?
<moderator> your movie the beauty process rocks...how long did it take to make?
<L7> Donita: I'm the only Donita here! Hopefully we'll go to Brazil in 99. Brazil's economy is **** right now so I don't know if they are bringing any bands down right now.
<moderator> wally what are your new songs like? i love freeway and mantra
<L7> Suzi: It was shot while we were on tour with Krist Novocelic' band Sweet 75 - over a couple of weeks.
<L7> Suzi: Our new songs are very rockin'. Thanks, I'm glad you like the new ones.
<moderator> can you talk anything about the new album or about the record label
<L7> Donita: We are starting our own record label called Wax Tadpole Records; we're recording the new album right now. And it rocks!
<moderator> Do you feel like you have a good relationship with your bands?
<moderator> I'm moving to NY on Dec. Do you think you'll be going to NY soon? Maybe play with the lunachicks?
<L7> Donita: This is the real Donita again! We'll be touring NY in the late summer or early fall.
<moderator> HELL7 says, Hey, Donita, I'm really sorry about that big cut-out photo of your butt on my site in 1997. I didn't mean to objectify you. I was just being silly.
<L7> Donita: I was not offended by that, but no one should see my ass!
<moderator> i was just wondering if you remembered me, im the weird little girl who wrote to you about my L7 lunch box and all hte trouble it get s me in to....any way i was wondering if i had YOUR FULL premission to castrate tommy hilifiger punks
<L7> Donita: Yes, we remember you. Castrate if you much.
<L7> Donita: Castrate if you must, I mean.
<moderator> Btw, HAPPY birthday, Donita! (my brother and i sent you a little silly "song" last year for your b-day) Anyways, HAPPY BIRTHDAY again! and i freaking love you!
<L7> Donita: This is the real Donita again. Thank you Jennifer Ita!
<moderator> what bands might you go touring with?
<L7> Donita: We're playing the Lily Munster fair.
<moderator> How did you decide on the name Wax Tadpole ?
<L7> Suzi: Ride the Wax Tadpole is the first song on our first album. Wax as in vinyl, tadpole as in an emerging thing.
<moderator> Which do you feel is your favorite album?
<L7> Donita: All of our albums are sort of like our children; but I'm quite fond of Beauty Process, our most recent.
<moderator> Dee..hwo do you get your hair so **** blue
<L7> Dee: When my hair was blue, I used to crush blue berries with my bare feet and Donita and Suzi would have to apply it nightly but now my hair is black.
<moderator> dont you get sick of each other when your touring?
<L7> Donita: Sometimes we get sick of each other, but most of the time we sure like the company
<L7> Dee: We crack each other up.
<moderator> is Gail or dee there
<L7> Dee: Gail had to leave for Rhode Island.
<moderator> Tell me the truth, did you all ever fart on each other when you're pissed at each other in the van?
<L7> Donita: We've never farted on each other while pissed off, but once I told Dee to cup my ass and I farted in her hand.
<L7> Suzi: I pissed the band off by farting in the band once.
<moderator> What do you do first thing in the morning?
<L7> Suzi: Fart
<moderator> is it fun to throw tampons at rohdies? its sounds great....
<L7> Donita: I wouldn't know, I've never thrown a tampon at a roadie
<moderator> Please Please Please....rescue me from my dad and this country music?! Oh i'm voting that one of your songs be played at my graduation ceromony(only 9th grade blah) any suggestions?
<L7> Donita: We love country music. So sorry we're not your rescuers...but how about "Time in a Bottle"...oh wait, that wasn't us.
<L7> Donita: **** List might go good at a graduation
<moderator> that L7 meldely was great and a very cool idea
<L7> Donita: Thank you. The marching band kids were really nice.
<moderator> I've already gotten in trouble for writing those lyrics on my book cover but thanks..,Time in a Bottle, isn't that Jim Croce?
<L7> Donita: Yes it's Jim Croce.
<moderator> how often do update the smelll7 web site
<L7> Dee: We get to it when our schedule permits; once every two months or so. Get off our backs!
<L7> Donita: To hell7 - I still have my spitcurls
<L7> Donita asks: I want to know if any of you people have checked out the Atomic Pop website and heard our two new songs?
<L7> Donita: to hell7 - Thank you for your website!
<moderator> Donita, oh, thank God you still have your spitcurls! I thought I was going to kill myself when it seemed like they were gone! I still can't get mine to work. The spit thing you showed me didn't quite work, but thanks for the tip!
<L7> Donita: My spitcurls are hard to see because I have blonde hair now. But they are there.
<moderator> I was trying to but my computer is on crack..it took me four tries to stay in here
<moderator> Hi I`m a brazilian crazy fan and I would like to Know when you will come back to Brazil?
<L7> Donita: We'd like to say hello to all of our beautiful Brazilian friends on-line!
<moderator> i was wondering ifi had yor premission to paint your liknesses on ym wall? i lvoe you more than any badn you are my total insperation..and i wanted to put you on my wall...is this ok ?
<L7> Donita: You probably shouldn't do that - but yes you have our permission.
<moderator> one more stupid question (sorry but i love you guys), do you get any weird fans who scare you?
<L7> Dee: YES!
<L7> Donita: Dee woke up one night and Brad Pitt was in her bedroom wearing her bra and panties.
<moderator> What future music developments do you have in store? Anything experimental or quite different from what you've been doing until now?
<L7> Suzi: Our next album is going to be a reggae opera.
<L7> Donita: We're going to call it Tommy-Mon.
<moderator> yes and yes. Oh and thanks for having invigorated UNREAL!
<L7> Donita: Cool, did you play the game.
<moderator> What's the wierdest venue you've ever played in?
<L7> Donita: We played a Straw Hat Pizza after hours and they still had the salad bar set up. It almost went up for grabs!
<moderator> Suzi,how can I do an interview to you about "girls who rocks, for my zine here in Brazil?
<L7> Suzi: You can write your questions to me at our smelll7.com website.
<moderator> yes -playing Gail. Her Taunting move just rocks!
<L7> Right on!
<moderator> Do you know who that old lady in the big glasses is from the Old Navy drawstrings commercials?! If anyone knows it would be L7. Have you all considered sampling her? ("I'm simply mad for them!")
<L7> Donita: That woman was actually the editor for Vogue for years...can't remember her name but she's the George Burns of the fashion industry.
<moderator> My name is Bruno and I`m from Sao Paulo
<L7> Hi Bruno!
<moderator> how was loveline
<L7> Suzi: Loveline was fantastic. Adam loved us!
<moderator> do you care if people dont like your music??
<L7> Donita: No, but I don't want to hear about it.
<moderator> what do you think of Holes new look?
<L7> Suzi: Which hole are we talking about? The front door or the back door?
<L7> Donita: I love the old navy commercials.
<moderator> If you could make one band die and go away forever who would it be ?
<L7> Donita: There's too many to mention - I don't like to talk **** that much.
<moderator> who inspired you in your early days?
<L7> Dee: Too many to mention them all...but Ramones, Iggy Pop, B-52's, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Bowie, Patty Smith
<L7> Dee: to mention but a few...buttafucco
<moderator> How long have you been playing as a pro band?
<L7> Donita: We got paid from the start - 14 years ago - we didn't make a living at it but if you define pro as getting paid...we were pros from the start.
<moderator> My dad says hi and wants to know if you like Willy (willie? i don't know how to spell it) Nelson?
<L7> Suzi: We played on a Willie Nelson tribute album called Twisted Willy.
<moderator> what is a monkley hand Jive?
<L7> Donita: I don't know. Is that masturbating?
<L7> Suzi: That's painting an ugly picture in my head.
<moderator> What will you still be playing together when you are 50 ??
<L7> Donita: We turned 50 five years ago...so yes.
<moderator> what do you think of marilyn manson?
<L7> Donita: I loved Marilyn in the Seven Year Itch. And Manson orchestrated a few murders, so I'm not really 100% behind him.
<moderator> Will L7 now become movie stars?
<L7> Donita: We already are movie stars. We appear in Jon Water's movie Serial Mom as Camel Lips.
<moderator> i dont know, satan in your movie ,said , " i never seen a monkey hand jive, but then again monkeys dont put prices on sticks and stones"
<L7> Donita: That was some of Kris Novoselic' ranting. I don't know what the hell that means.
<moderator> have you seen pecker
<L7> Donita: I liked it.
<L7> Dee: Me too.
<moderator> What are camel lips?
<L7> Donita: If you don't know, you're obviously too young to know, and shouldn't know.
<moderator> was it cool singing with Joan Jett?
<L7> Donita: That was an amazing night. We were the Blackhearts for a night. It is a treasured memory for all of us.
<moderator> any songs in the style of -El Wahtusi-- and -pattylean- in the near future? They really are a touch of class.
<L7> Donita: Thank you. That's very sweet. Our new album is going to have all kinds of stuff on there. So just you wait!
<moderator> have any fans started crying in your presence before? if so, what do you say to them?
<moderator> when is it going to be released?
<L7> Donita: In Japan and Brazil they cry at the drop of a hat. You just have to tell them to calm down and it's okay - don't be afraid.
<L7> Dee: We hope to release it at the end of the summer.
<moderator> What means "EL WATUSI"?
<L7> Donita: The Watusi was an American dance in the 1960's. El Watusi is just the name of the song.
<moderator> Suzi- What equipment are you using at the moment?
<L7> Suzi: Currently I'm using a multi-directional vibrator.
<moderator> do you feel flattered if people are obsessed with you and your music or do you feel scared?
<L7> Suzi: I'm scared.
<L7> Donita: It's pretty frightening.
<L7> Dee: I like it!
<L7> Suzi: Stay away from my house!
<moderator> could you tell me what " blow the whistle joe" means?
<L7> Donita: That's a private joke that we had while recording that record. It's a secret.
<moderator> what type of guitar do you play with?
<L7> Suzi: I play with an old Gibson Melody Maker and Donita plays with Gibson Flying V's and Epiphone Flying V's.
<moderator> What's that honking sound in the background in "Bite the Wax Tadpole"? (I think it's after the first line.)
<L7> Donita: I'm sorry but I have no idea what that is. Maybe it was a mistake.
<moderator> me and my best friend are in here now and we wanna be in a band when we get older...any adviece?
<L7> Donita: Play music that you love and work really hard.
<L7> Donita: And try to get along with your band mates.
<moderator> I must know the truth: WAS THE FRESNO INTERVIEW REAL? I know truth is stranger than fiction, but that was pushing it....
<L7> Donita: Yes, it was real. Pretty unbelievable huh?
<moderator> Will you play the Lilith Fair?
<L7> Donita: As I stated earlier, we will play the Lilly Munster Fair.
<moderator> how come the a$$holes at Mtv never play you? as much as i hate th station, id love to see a video
<L7> Donita: We'd love to see ourselves on MTV too. Why don't you call them and tell them you want to see some videos.
<moderator> Who's Andre and what did you do to him ?
<L7> Donita: Andre is a friend of our whom an ex-friend of ours was really fucked to...so because we introduced them, we felt the need to apologize to him.
<moderator> Did you make a video for Mantra Down?
<L7> Donita: We probably won't make a video for Mantra Down but we will make a video for one of the songs on the new record.
<moderator> So who's the rapper or whoever on "Freeway"?
<L7> Donita: That's a very mega-famous rap artist. We are not at liberty to say who that is yet.
<moderator> are you aware that Circus magazine is grossly misinforming the public about you?
<L7> Dee: What are they saying?
<moderator> do you write your songs about people and stuff, or are soem of them just made up stuff?
<L7> Donita: Most of our songs are about us or people we know or things we've experienced. We're not into fantasy really. No songs about unicorns yet.
<moderator> What are you currently listening to? Old stuff? New stuff?
<L7> Donita: I am listening to the new Fatboy Slim record and a band out of Austin called **** Emo's.
<moderator> Will any of you consider interning at the White House?
<L7> Donita: Oh yeah baby!
<L7> Suzi: I've already been an intern at the White House but I'm not at liberty to discuss because of my deal with the independent counsel.
<moderator> Circus is printing that Novoselic made a documentry for some band i never herd of, adn not you. its in the kurt issue this month....i sent them a mean nasty lettr
<L7> Donita: Thanks for writing that letter and setting them straight!
<moderator> I heard that John Waters helped with the song "Gas Chamber"....what kind of imput did he actually have?
<L7> Donita: He gave us the title and that was all.
<moderator> Suzi, what's your favorite Motley Crue album and why?
<L7> Suzi: Their first album rocks.
<moderator> did you ever cover any otehr songs otehr than this aint hte summer of love?
<L7> Dee: We covered the Dead Kennedy's "Let's Lynch the Landlord" ...
<L7> Donita: And Suzi the Headbanger by the Ramones and Three Days by Willie Nelson and others I can't remember.
<L7> From the band: Thank you so much for joining us on line - please visit our website at Smelll7.com. Hopefully we'll see you all on tour when our new album comes out.
<moderator> L7 has left the building! Stay tuned to broadcast.com for a concert from L7 from the Whiskey-a-go-go in LA

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