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handful of bands, some were in Europe
and a handful of times with Jello Biafra.
We’ve never been able to open up for any-
one because we were kind of doing our
own thing. A lot of the venues were 21 and
over, especially in the US. But we had a
strong fan base of young people on social
media who could never come to the shows.
When the owner of Warped Tour asked us
we knew it’d be great. There was a lot of
rocky things at the beginning; our bus
breaking down and having to do 12 hours
of driving in a rented SUV; 8 people
squished in it for the first half of the tour.
But we made it through. And in return, we
got all these new fans who just dive right
into what you’re doing. The fans have
become more than just fans. It seems like
our fans, they become part of the music
and it becomes a part of their lives.
Mosh: On this upcoming tour you’ll be
playing the Cobra Lounge. What do you
like most about playing in Chicago?
Isis Queen: It’s a great music city and I
always get excited when we get to play
Chicago. Usually in the past we’ve always
played Reggies, which is a great venue.
Chicago is a very important city for us
because our bass player Iriel (Blaque) is
from Chicago. So that’s her home town. So
there’s definitely an energy to be able to
play in her home town.
Mosh: What’s next for Barb Wire Dolls,
including the upcoming tour?
Isis Queen: It’s the biggest tour we’ve ever
booked because we’re playing 41 dates
across the U.S. So it’s going to be a two-
month tour. We’ve also invited two bands
to do the tour with us. One of them is
Svetlanas, who are a female hardcore band
from Russia that have been praised by all
sorts of punk rockers around the world as
the best hardcore band around in this day
and age. We’ve also got another support
traveling with us for all of the dates called
57. They’re a Korean band who we’ve met
in the UK when we were touring there. It’s
going to be an international extravaganza
of punk rock and loud rock ‘n’ roll.
MOSH-WORTHY RELEASES: Enslaved E
(Nuclear Blast Records), Belphegor
Totenritual (Nuclear Blast Records), 36
Crazyfists Lanterns (Spinefarm Records).
MOSH-WORTHY…LIVE:
Superjoint,
DevilDriver, King Parrot, Cane Hill,
Child Bite (The Forge, 10/09), Green
Death, Reign, Vicious Attack, Apothesary,
Opacia (Reggies, 10/12), Soulfly,
Cannabis Corpse, Noisem, Lody Kong
(The Forge, 10/16).
MENTION-WORTHY: Fozzy, featuring WWE
Superstar frontman Chris Jericho and
Stuck Mojo guitarist Rich Ward, has an
Oct. 13 release date for its seventh full-
length album, Judas. Wizard Bloody Wizard,
the long-anticipated new album from UK
cult legends Electric Wizard, will be
released on Nov. 10 through Spinefarm
Records.
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