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Fidget = A 5 gal Toronto punk band, who like 2 rock with a crazy rhythm. There high energy presence and catchy lyrics with a touch of on stage rock star flare, drives there audience into multiple encore orgasms. There track Come Free has been nominated for an Ontario Independent Music Award( nice work), CD sales are on the rise and thats just the beginning. Here is the interview i did with the lead singer ..... How did the band get together? Well, I demo'd 5 songs with some friends down in LA and a talent scout in Vancouver had set up an appointment with a rep at Hollywood Records who loved the tracks, but then there was some discussion about making it in the pop-punk/alternative genre - I would need a band! I decided to make it a chick band because Toronto has A LOT of musicians and we could make a bigger splash that way :o) So when I returned here I put the word out for several months and the band was formed gradually, one member at a time through friends, word of mouth, myspace, and ads so the gals all have stories of how their paths led them to Fidget. Who are some of your musical influences? and why? We're all influenced by many, I think I can narrow it down to L7, Metric, Blondie, Ramones, Beatles, Nomeansno, Greenday and the Go Go's. Is there a fun & crazy story behind the bands name? Yes, I was video taping two friends for a tv commercial, one is Mike K. the LA producer and the other Danny Casler from the band National Product. While talking in front of the camera, they would not and could not stop fidgeting!!! Mike would play with the heel of his foot up on his lap, Danny would kinda bounce up and down, and at one point he was scratching his armpit... we were having giggle fits and Danny turned all pink and we had to turn off the camera and wait a while for him to turn white again... Is it hard being in an all girl rock band? and how do you deal with the envy of other bands? We like being an all girl band, we have a warmth and love for each other that makes us much more like a family through fun and fights, we giggle a lot and when we fight, it's like sisters, we still feel the love :o) Envy comes now and then, but not ever from anyone who matters, mostly from people or bands who are looking for rationalizations why they're not at our level. We're quite capable of standing our ground and barking back whenever it's necessary or shrugging it off when it's not. Do you feel that the band is just punk or rock inspired? Do you think that punk has become commercial with bands now, like Good charlotte and sum 41? Or is punk just a state of mind? Well, there is punk, and there is pop-punk and there is alternative. I'd say we're a nice cross of all three, as "alternative" has come to encompass everything from Nirvana to the past Avril Lavigne, to Greenday to Theory of a Dead Man... Punk is definitely a state of mind, overall the message I believe in is that it's fun to convey anger and nastiness through music, and it's okay to be silly. "I hate the bloody queen! She makes me go to school!" I need to sing a genre where I can swear and say whatever I want and jump around like a lunatic! Alternative with a punk edge is where we belong, because we can be ourselves. Being "commercial" doesn't have the same stigma attached to it that it did in the old days - probably because there is not really a line drawn in the sand right now between youth and the establishment, and MTV and the internet has influenced people's tastes to become very eclectic.
What can people expect from a Fidget show? At a Fidget show, you can expect us to be milling about socializing with our fans - we're very social, happy to meet you, sign autographs and smile for pictures :o) On stage, we have a lot of fun, we jump around, fidget, spasm, rock out and smile and joke around a lot, we try to make sure everyone including us has the time of their life, and after people often come up to us to say "that was fun!" How does it feel being nominated for a ontario independent music award? It felt great, but it would have felt better to win! Tee hee, we love any excuse to get all dressed up and attend events like that, we see a lot of industry people we know and meet more people and bands and have a good time :o) Your song " come free" what is it about? That's funny you should ask! All my songs are true stories. I was in love with this guy and wrote Come Free while at work very late all alone and getting dreamy about him. As you can hear the first verse is all physical desire of an infatuated nature, then it gets into more of a gentle affection. We had had a falling out of sorts which really didn't make much sense at all and my friends were saying "he's fucked!" and "He's an asshole" but I'm an asshole too! As it were, I never wanted him to think I was just using him and wanted him to know that, and the bathroom floor part - well, that's personal! :p Who would you like to work with in the Canadian & American music scene? and why? Wow, we already work with such great people! Future goals would be production of our next full length Cd, preferably by Mike K of The Playground Studio in LA. He just signed with a new producer manager and is getting some very exciting clients. We'd love to go on tour opening up for any number of name acts that would have us, or on the warped tour, or anything like that. Are there any crazy travelling gig stories yet? Oh yeah. There was Halibuton last summer during their big wake boarding weekend festival. I don't know what came over us, but there were people literally doing back flips off of the stage, our (ex)bassist suffered a head injury and Teresa our lead guitarist had to (valiantly!) cover both, there was broken glass everywhere, one of our fans accidentally peed herself so Elissa our rhythm player gave her her skirt to wear and was playing in her bright yellow panties that said "Brazil" on the back, and that was all just in the first set. The rest is a blur. The club says that's the best show they've ever had, they put our pictures up behind the bar and we'll be retuning this summer. Whats the BEST thing about being in a band? The best thing about being in a band is ROCKING OUT WITH MY CRAZY BITCHES all the time!!! Ya! Do you have men groupies? Yes, we have male groupies, they're super nice :o) They all are very polite and conduct themselves in a gentlemanly manner, unless you count that Scotsman with the rubber chicken. Whats next for the band? We've been very busy writing and working on new material, we're still promoting the 10 track Cd "Don't Fidget Missy!" released last July and we'll be releasing a new 3 song demo in March but we have MORE songs and we keep on creating more! We love making new music! We have a non-exclusive global distribution deal with Blastzone Entertainment/Nightmare Records so what we should focus on now is a production deal for more recording and a tour to promote the new Cd. What do you Love about Toronto? and why? What I love most about Toronto is the powerful and supportive indie music scene! Every night of the week dozens of indie bands are playing - everywhere from the A clubs to the pool halls, to even Chinese restaurants! We're finding the doors are wide open for us here as a venue to showcase and play play play and I like the way that bands and other industry folks network and help one another in a productive and growth supportive circuit. Thanks Nicole
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