Illinois Entertainer June 2015 | Page 22

Wild, Wild Life F eral frontvixen Lzzy Hale makes some truly menacing music with her mighty metal powerhouse Halestorm, from early singles like "Familiar Taste of Poison" to the wickedhumored – and Grammy-nominated "Love Bites…(So Do I)," and pretty much every rumbling track on the band’s new Into the Wild Life long-player for Atlantic, including the self-explanatory titles "Scream," "Apocalyptic," "Sick Individual," and "Bad Girl’s World." But if you think that's scary, wait ‘til you see the jewelry she creates for her cutting-edge fashion line Scissor Happy. Some pieces are almost too dangerous to wear. "I was obsessed with forks and utensils a couple of years ago, and I was making things out of that," confesses the raspythroated rocker. "One day I went to a flea market, and this guy sold me this old box of silverware, and he thought I was nuts, because I was like, 'Sure! I'll buy your box of crap!' But I used it. And I made this spider necklace, but didn't necessarily file everything down." After presenting it as a gift to her guitarist, Joseph Hottinger, she came to Hܜ