The Priscillas

The Priscillas
Origin	London, England
Genres	power pop, glam punk
Years active	2003-
Labels	Damaged Goods, Dirty Water Records, Nag's Head Records
Members	Jenny Drag Valkyrie Heidi Heelz Lisa Lux
Website	http://www.thepriscillas.co.uk/

The Priscillas are an all-female, power-pop, glam-punk-rock, alternative band, formed in late 2003, in North London.

History

The Priscillas were founded in 2003 as an raucous all girl garage band in Holloway, north London, with Jenny Drag (vocals), Guri Go-Go (guitar), Kate Kannibal (bass) and Mavis Minx (drums).

The band released two singles on Damanged Goods, "Gonna Rip Up Your Photograph", and "All My Friends Are Zombies", along with an EP "Aloha From Holloway" in 2004. They released the single "Superhero" on Dirty Water Records in August 2007, released the album "10,000 Volts" on their own label Nag's Head Records in February 2009.

Their singles were played on Radio 1, BBC 6Music, Xfm, and WFMU. The band has also played sessions for Marc Riley on BBC 6Music, have been interviewed on Phill Jupitus's 6Music's breakfast show twice, plus sessions for Resonance FM, and WFMU in New York. The band's Technicolor mayhem videos have been on heavy rotation at every Topshop in Europe, and "Gonna Rip Up Your Photograph" won the accolade of being voted in the shop's top 40 videos of the year.

The band has toured extensively, and have gained plaudits across the UK, in the US, Spain, France, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Ireland, and Switzerland. They have played at festivals from Benidorm's Wild Weekend to the Glastonbury Festival, Leeds Carling Weekend, Bestival, The Big Chill, Lost Vagueness, Litfest, Italy's Festival Beat 15 and Ireland's Electric Picnic. They have played with bands including The Cramps, The Damned, Electric Eel Shock, Art Brut, The Subways, The Rezillos, The Monks, The 5,6,7,8s, and were once supported by James Blunt.

The band continues to play across the UK and Europe. They wrote the theme song called Searching For Simon for the sci-fi comedy feature film, The Search For Simon, by Martin Gooch, which has been highly acclaimed by the likes of Michael Palin and Paul Greengrass, and has been screened at festivals worldwide. Jenny Drag aka Jen Brown has a cameo role in the film.

Members

Current members

• Jenny Drag — vocals (2003-present)
• Valkyrie—guitar (2014-present), vocals
• Heidi Heelz — bass guitar
• Lisa Lux — drums, vocals

Former members

• Guri Go-Go - guitar (2003-2013)
• Charley Stone - guitar (2013)
• Kate Kannibal - bass (2003-?)
• She Rocola - bass (?)
• Lydia Lollipop - bass (?)
• Suza Sputnik - bass (c. 2012)
• Mavis Minx - drums (2003-?)
• Hedge Hotpants - drums (?)
• Phil Martini (?)
• Stu Starling (c. 2012)

Discography

The band released two vinyl singles and one mini album (CD) on the Damaged Goods label (Holly Golightly, Thee Headcoatees, The Manic Street Preachers, Buzzcocks and Billy Childish).

Singles

• "Gonna Rip Up Your Photograph" / "Brain Surgeon"
• "All My Friends Are Zombies" / "Should Be Me"
• "Superhero" / "Y.O.Y." (Dirty Water Records) 2007
• "One Christmas Wish" (Beehive Records) December 2007
• Searching For Simon/Where's Lydia? (Headcheck Records) 2014 Also the title track to The Search For Simon

Albums

• Aloha From Holloway EP
• 10,000 Volts (2009) (Nag's Head Records)

External links

• The Priscillas' website
• The Priscillas on myspace
• Dirty Water Records website
• Priscillas on Damaged Goods website
• The Priscillas interview on Band Weblogs
• The Search For Simon