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  • From: WWWhatsup <joly AT dti.net>
  • To: Typical Girls <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [TypicalGirls] Girl Monster in NZ
  • Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:18:03 -0500

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Chicks on Speed
Monday, 6 November 2006, 11:37 am
Press Release: Mysterygirl
PRESS RELEASE v.2.0

6 November 2006

Mysterygirl, Cheese on Toast, Double A /Triple X and 95bFM present the
2006 Girl Monster event featuring;

CHICKS ON SPEED

COS are an all female electropop group which got its origins in Munich,
formed in 1997 after the members had met through the Academy of Fine
Arts, Munich. Chicks on Speed's core members consist of Australian Alex
Murray-Leslie, American Melissa Logan and German Kiki Moorse.

Though usually considered part of such musical genres as electroclash,
actually Chicks on Speed started as a multidisciplinary art group, who
applied punk-inspired DIY ethic to performance art, collage graphics
and home-made fashion (they have created their own stage costumes with
cheap and recycled material such as plastic bags and gaffa tape, for
example).

There have been a lot of emotional feelings towards Chicks On Speed in
various places around the world. At one point they were an opening act
for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and James Brown. However, almost every
night they were booed and had bottles thrown at them by the audience.
At a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Hyde Park, London in June 2004, a
bottle hit Alex Murray-Leslie who then left the stage. The Chicks on
Speed were on stage for approximately 10 minutes.

Most recently (June 2006) Chicks On Speed were part of PopRally at MoMA
(New York) alongside Scottish Artist Douglas Gordon, famous for his
video installation “24 Hour Psycho (1993)” whom also performed as part
of the group.

Radio hits by the group include; ‘Euro Trash Girl’ feat Mäuse, ‘We
Don't Play Guitars’ feat Peaches, ‘Wordy Rappinghood’ feat Le Tigre (a
Tom Tom Club Cover) and recently ‘Plastic Surgery’ (a tribute to 70’s
UK all girl punk band The Slits)

PLANNING TO ROCK

Janine Rostron, aka Planningtorock will visit New Zealand direct from
touring in the US with Peaches, and Europe/USA with The Knife,
originally from England she moved to Berlin and ran into Peaches and
Chicks On Speed and along the way has produced a video installation
inject of music and mayhem and performances at the Tate Modern (London)
and MoMa (New York) Become a part of the alienation.

CHARLIE ASH

Hot, Hot, Hot! Sparks fly as Wellington’s Charlie ASH high on energy,
perform with great gusto their catchy ass tunes. They call themselves
Neo-Punk and have a corker of a live show, combining sword, sweat,
costume and volume.

“Their performances are such a high-octane spectacle that Chicks On
Speed would be impressed.” - Pavement


New Zealand Dates:

Wellington – Wednesday 22 November - San Francisco Bath house

Auckland – Thursday 23 November – The Kings Arms Tavern

Tickets on sale from Real Groovy stores, venues and Fast & Loose (ak
only)


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