BoysClub: What’s Best for You… & More, by Paul Legend Johnson

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Boy’sClub gets into your face and under your skin like a festering zit that begs for your attention. The mounting pressure of their sound and story erupt across the complexion of their fun-escent punky breakout, and it is as intriguing as a mirror.

Dopey & Cobainesque, they turn snarling and burst the bubble of your ego-centrism with an impactful combination of imagery, relentlessly driving bottom end, and jagged edges of broken glass- reminding you that to be set free, to live free, is strong currency indeed.

I had a chance to catch up with the band recently in preparation for a radio segment and we had some fun with it …………………………………………………………………….

Paul Legend Johnson: Here we go. This is your interview. Ready? Don’t be shy. Envision if you will, this being read on the radio before the DJ says- “Without further ado, I give you BoysClub”

Intro: WELCOME to Purple Frog Radio with Wayne Westphal, where the freshest musical produce is available from 8 to 10 every Friday and Saturday night. As usual it’s BYOB night, or Bring your own Band and we are open to sharing if you know what I mean.

On that note we go to the Land Down Under, to the Southern Hemisphere, and Sydney, Australia. For some of my local friends who are geographically challenged- let’s just say you were a goose and you were flying to Florida because all that citrus fruit was ripe, and cheap. So you’re getting close to Florida and then the lead goose’s Auntie phones and says, “You should see the sale they got going in Australia! It’s insane, just keep going in a straight line,” and so you do-and the earth is turning the whole time and bam, you fly smack into Australia… which is where our next band, Boysclub, calls home.

Skar X of the band BoysClub, welcome.

WOW. Thank you for the links to Best for You, Villains, Lovesick, & She, the Atrocity. Congrats on what is a fine body of work all the way around.

I’ve a couple of little things to ask-

“””””Could you please give me everyone’s name and instrument they play? Is it too much to ask what everyone does for bread and butter, work, gamble, etc- No worries. Curious is all. Got my questioner cap on.

Skar X:

Sera Doll – Singer & Guitarist

Skarlett Saramore – Drummer

Lou Harbidge – Bassist

Kristen Adams – Guitarist

We all are cleaners, baristas, managers & full time BOYSCLUB’er’s

Wayne: Cool, etc.

Wayne: ‘’When you’all write a song, is there one person (who), or a team that cowrites? For instance, the bassist is a brawler, does Lou just start pounding the big strings, then you guys all start jumping around in miniskirts and the next thing you know there’s a rock and roll baby on the floor? or just how does it work?!

Sera Doll: Our song writing process differs though we always write the music together as a band while we jam. Either Skar starts with a beat, Lou with a bass line, or we start with guitar. Due to covid we managed to write our most recent song by sending recorded ideas back and forth then perfecting the arrangement and sound when we finally could jam. Everyone contributes lyrically, Sera is writing non stop so the rest send her ideas or verses that she reconstructs or just puts into melody straight away. It’s definitely an all inclusive process.

Wayne: Cool, etc.

Wayne: Your collective works in song and video at this point convey a complex and well focused lens. The three elements of lyric, sonic walls of sound, and videography all interplay not only well, but so well that it is unnoticeable and the greater nuance of your art is felt. A lot of passion is on exhibit and also fun. Somewhat disturbing, but downright enjoyable. Like cajun food.

And that’s all well and good. However, without the videos, when one paints one’s own videography with only the music, a few different potentialities can manifest, and it becomes more universal. Is that universality something that you look for as a song develops, is it part of the magic of music, is it a reflection of keeping lyrics simple so you can rock, or are you like, “What the hell are you talking about it’s a rainbow laser beam and I’m jamming it down your throat you really need to relax????”

Lou Harbidge: First of all, thank you for your kind words! We’ve not been likened to Cajun food before, perhaps our next release will be a cover of “Jambalaya”. As for finding universal themes in our music, I’d like to lock in option b) it is part of the magic of music. As with any piece of music, the listener has license to craft their own meaning and to pick out the bits and pieces they can relate to. For instance, in “The Drama You’ve Been Craving,” by Portland’s finest, Sleater-Kinney the first line is, ‘Oh oh I wait, I’m a time bomb’ which I heard as ‘Up up away, I’m a tampon’ and I really felt it! I could relate to both the tampon, something that goes on wild journey only to be discarded a few hours later, as well as the tampon user. Discovering the lyricist’s intention allows you to view it through their lens and perhaps you might feel closer to the author but it will always be tampon for me and that is the magic of music! “””””

Wayne: Yes, well said indeed. Deep. I was experiencing something similar recently with Preparation H pre-medicated pads and “Hey Jude” . Well I think that’s enough Q&A, don’t want to get too toothy now do we? (throat clearing…)

Seriously now, Sleater-Kinney’s “The Drama You’ve Been Craving” is a kicker tune and I get why you dig them. The two bands (Sleater-Kinney and BoysClub) would make an awesome double billing.

I’ve got to tell you that the lyric thing really hit me, just as you say- on the song “Villains”. First off, great song and video. I listened to it first, then watched the video. I had it turned up to 30 which is like 11 to Nigel Tufnel, the bass and percussion is pumping so hard I can feel the fabric of my shirt chaffing my nipples and then I hear this four liner build up of twists on “You and I go to the bathroom” and I’m like cross gender punk is f—ing tackling the tiger, yeah, that’s right, we f—ing all need to get with that business. Then it hit me, this is the hardest rocking song for potty training ever. My imaginary child would potty train with exuberance to such bombasity!

Turns out- You’re “going to the back room” to do some occult levitation and pencil flotation demonstration prior to traipsing naughtily thru what appears to be a catholic church hallway where Lou kisses a crucifix on the wall. Again- all well and good. But it will always be about going to the bathroom for me and that is magic.

BoysClub-Thank you!

Skarlett & BOYSCLUB: Thank you Wayne Legend & Paul Legend

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