Nikö from obskure.com, a French site, gives us photos, an interview with Ruyter and Blaine, as well as a review of the September 9, 2002 show at Clermont-Ferrand La Cooperative in France.
Unfortunately I can't read French. Here's how Babelfish translates the show review to English:
After the déféction of Nashville Pussy last year following the attacks in the United States, Coopé has reussi to reprogram the group. Beautiful initiative, crowned by a great success, for proof a packed room, with a very diversified public!
When Nashville Pussy return on scene, the temperature goes up of a blow in small Coopé. Attention, large large sound, very rough, pure rock' roll. KatieLynn, Blaine and Jeremy are already on scene, but everyone awaits Ruyter, the sex-symbol rock'n'roll, all in centres and buttocks. SG with the hand, the tiger-cat déboule on scene and it left for one hour furious madness. Ca begins severe, riffs démoniaques and endiablés rates/rhythms, with an expansive stage business hyper and yet the music remains controlled. It is felt that the rogues have a package of gigs behind them and burst themselves like animals. One sails between all the albums of the group, without brutal reversal, so much the music of chattounes is timeless. The pit is insane furious and lorgne each piece of Ruyter or most discrete (all is relative!) but very effective KatieLynn. Blaine seems as an autopilot, very present but under the effect of substance illicit, scattered mop of hair in sweat, empty eyes...
The vicious ones take some for their rank when Ruyter leaves a pair tits anchored in a support hardly gorges veiling. The temperature still goes up... and the beer futs are emptied...
As with each one of their concert, the large heavy one of service is made transfer room for persistent attempt at fiddle and one adolscent in evil of feelings will make the expenses of a detailed attention of its eyes and its hands on decolleté of the guitarist. Large eyes of its Blaine of husband and slanging match house! The young man will be free for a small fright, readable in his small black eyes. One would almost come from there to forget the music. But not! because one takes of it definitively full the face, a good lesson of hard rock in the régles of art. Final apocalyptic will vera Ruyter to tear off with naked hands the cords of its guitar and to fall its trousers skaï, dévoillant gluteus well rebounded together with breeches minimalist - the pigs are delirious!
Let us be clear: Nashville Pussy is an animal of scene, both for the music the show. And even if the girls make tons of them, it is known that it is the play and that one comes for that! The eyes and the ears in blood, one sets out again happy!
What's not to like about that?
Katie Lynn Campbell's side project?
It looks like Katie is also the newest member of The Hazard County Girls. I couldn't find any current information about them but here is a webcast with a interview and performance on Louisana Jukebox with the other members of the band.
Sunday, October 13, 2002One of those Nine Pound Hammer fans...
"Back in 1994 or so, I was in Nashville for a Buddy Guy show and stopped at one of my favorite shops there (Great Escape) and there was a guy in front of me having some albums held for him. He gave his name, Blaine Cartwright, and I flipped because I recognized the name from his previous band, Nine Pound Hammer. I told him that I was also from Owensboro, that he knew my cousins, etc. During the conversation, I mentioned that I had not been able to find the current Nine Pound Hammer album in town. He asked if we were in a hurry, no, and then we followed him to his apartment where he gave me a copy ofthe album. I was happy as can be with my brush with greatness for the rest of the evening." [read more]
FYI ... Nine Pound Hammer is working on a new album which is supposed to be out before the end of the year. In the meantime see them at play in the following cities:
October 25, 2002 in Birmingham, Alabama at the Boiler Room
Novermber 23, 2002 in Richmond, Kentucky
Novermber 30, 2002 in Austin, Texas at Emo's
Canadian tour
Oct. 30 Moncton NB The Oxygen
Oct. 31 Charlottetown PEI Melons
Nov. 2 St. John NB The Waterfront
Nov. 4 Bathurst NB Club DAG
Nov. 5 Montreal - Foufounes Electriques
Nov. 6 Toronto The Phoenix
Nov. 7 London Call The Office
European tour
dec 10 Paris
dec 11 Amsterdam
dec 12 Bruxelles
dec 13 Marburg
dec 14 Stuttgart
dec 15 off
dec 16 Strasbourg
dec 17 Torino
dec 18 Lyon
dec 19 Ris Orangis (near Paris)
dec 21 Angers
End of 2002 Tour
dec 28 Las Vegas, NV Pink E's
dec 29 Tempe, AZ Big Fish Sports Pub
dec 31 West Hollywood, CA Whisky A Go Go
You may be considered a bit of a punk purist or a punk elitist. You are very critical of anything that strays from your ideal of punk. You're very into the 'oldschool punk', the original punk bands of the 70s and 80s. Some may consider you outdated, but others admire your thoroughness and distinct look.
Thursday, October 17, 2002
