I came across
Kathy X on My Space a couple of weeks and after being sent the
album I just had to interview the band. Here´s what Kathy had to
say.
Punk Globe: First off Kathy why did you leave London to go to
Germany?
Kathy:
Listen to OK UK on Ready For Anything. High rents and sterile
music scene It was time to move on.
Punk Globe: It must have been hard for you living in
Germany when we thrashed them at football?
Kathy: Not really the Germans didn’t think much of their team
either!
Punk Globe: Did you have plans for the band ´Kathy X´ when
you were in the UK or did it all come together in Germany?
Kathy: I felt something was meant to happen. I didn’t know what,
but I knew it couldn’t happen in London. So I moved, wrote a bunch
of songs and went back to the UK briefly where Mark Penington of
the Caravans produced my 4 track demo. With that I had a direction
and the rest fell quickly into place.
Punk Globe: Isn´t one of your band members Stateside? Does
this mean it´s difficult to play gigs?
Kathy: Mr Crome, our drummer, is in Berlin more than in the US.
Punk Globe: How come you ended up on a Polish label for
your album?
Kathy: Poland´s not so far from Berlin. We played at the Punkt in
Warsaw - the crowd went crazy and the label guy more or less
signed us then and there.
Punk Globe: How pleased were you with the finished product
of ´Ready For Anything´?
Kathy: Very. Couldn’t fault the production and every track rocks,
which aint bad considering we did the 13 tracks and 2 bonus tracks
in 5 days.
Punk Globe: You´ve played with some awesome bands like the
Meteors and Horrorpops so what have been the most special shows
for you?
Kathy: It´s more special for me when we do a great show, not
neccesarily when we are supporting a name band. The times we
played in Poland were brilliant. In Berlin everyone is trying to
be cool but the Polish let you know they’re up for it.
Punk Globe: Did I read correctly that you´re back in the
UK for a show soon?
Kathy: First Ive heard about it, but we’ll probably do it if
someone tells us where it is and we get a hot meal after the
soundcheck.
Punk Globe: What attracted you to the Rockabilly scene in
the first place?
Kathy: I was actually more into punk/metal but after my punk band
Joyryde broke up around 98 , a chance meeting led to me recording
one or two tracks for The Highliners, then joining Death Valley
Surfers, who were playing lots of gigs on the psychobilly circuit.
So I heard lots more Rockabilly and it kind of grew on me. Playing
in a band with a slapbass is a totally different dynamic from what
I was doing before. But I wouldn’t say Kathy X is just for a
Rockabilly audience.
Punk Globe: So what you expecting for Xmas anything cool?
Kathy: Maybe Mr Raw will buy me a ticket for Reverend Horton Heat
hint hint.
Punk
Globe: Talking of Xmas you have this large box and out jumps a
Naked UK Fanzine writer so what happens next................?
Kathy: Are they male or female?
Male.........
Punk Globe: How long have you been playing in
bands/writing music?
Kathy: At least 20 years.
Punk Globe: If you had the chance to play with 5 bands on
the same bill who would they be?
Kathy: Wanda Jackson Link Wray Nekromantix Motorhead Reverend
Horton Heat.
Thanks to Kathy for taking time out to do this interview.
You really must Check out Kathy X if the Rockabilly sound is your
poison. I was impressed and I´m glad I checked them out.
