Sorry this took a while longer to get archived but when Corin Tucker and her band originally came into KPFK to record this performance/interview we were in the middle of our fundraiser and things were crazy. I ran an abbreviated version of this interview on Mother’s Day, but wanted to broadcast the full version before posting it here. Corin Tucker is a true icon in my book, through her work with seminal Riot Grrl bands Heavens To Betsy and Sleater-Kinney. She’s got one of the most distinctive and powerful voices in the history of rock and thankfully she’s returned full force after a brief hiatus from music.
As you can hear in the interview, the Corin Tucker Band is definitely a band in the strongest sense of the word. Though Corin’s name is on it, the other members are equally important, including multi-instrumentalist Seth Lorinczi, recently drafed bassist Mike Clark and Sara Lund, one of my favorite all-time drummers for her previous work in Unwound. During the interview we talk about how the band got together, getting back into the swing of things after the hiatus from Sleater-Kinney, dig deeper into some of the themes of the record and even talk a bit about the importance of community/non-commercial radio. The band performed three tracks, “It’s Always Summer,” “1,000 Years” and “Dragon,” all of which are also featured on their KillRockStars album, 1,000 Years. I would have liked to have taken many more pictures but I had to run downtown and missed my opportunity to take some pictures and video of the band playing as I returned mid-performance. Perhaps next time…Enjoy the set!
Corin Tucker Band on KPFK’s Melting Pot: Recorded 05-06-2011