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Vagina Panther might be New York’s most savage beast
The name Vagina Panther has positive and negative effects on being noticed, the group agrees. Lots of people assume it’s a joke band because of the name, but the group is obsessed with how it sounds (the bassist has four pedals), its artwork (three of the bandmembers are graphic designers) and music videos, which are over-the-top but professional. McGill says if someone’s not immediately psyched about the band name, he’s learned to immediately follow up with, “Oh, but there’s a girl in the band.”
Swafford, Good and guitarist Dirt wave started playing together in 2007 for fun. They were all friends and it was nothing serious. As they started to accumulate a set of songs, they began to recruit friends, getting John McGill to join on second guitar and June Sung on vocals. Dirt wave left the band to concentrate on art, so Sung decided to take on guitar duties in addition to being frontwoman. Even though she never played guitar that much, in a few months Sung learned all of the songs and the band was set. The group built a practice studio out of a loft space in Greenpoint, named it the Fuck Box and Vagina Panther was born.
The band has one album that it selfreleased last year. The 11-track debut is a serious effort, even if the album cover is a tit with a drop of milk coming out of the nipple and the CD art is, you guessed it, a vagina. The record is full of catchy riffs, short and simple guitar solos and songs with topics ranging from hating the country outside new york (“I Hate Grass”) to Jack and the Beanstalk (“Dave, You are Killing Me”) to looking like a badass rocker in front of your dog (“Eye of Inez”). There’s AC/DC chanting, sound effects of cars and even the Hot 97 wah wah waaaaaaaah siren. It’s fun as hell. But the band is more interested in being great live.MORE
DID YOU JUST SAY VAGINA PANTHER? [INTERVIEW] Warning, the radio interview starts immediately and loudly so be prepared to turn it down (or off).
Join Brian Ball, Host ofWomensRadio Music Review, in welcoming Brooklyn’s illegal rock bandVagina Panther.Claiming influences such as signs written in poor English, bands that think they're Jesus and mucked up train rides, Vagina Panther makes magic out of these touchstones. VP is comprised of Dead June on vocals & guitar, Kit Days on Guitar,Johnathan Swass on Bass and Trent Good on Drums.
In this twenty-minute interview, we meet with ¾ of Vagina Panther, including Dead June, Kit Days and Johnathan Swass. VP discuss the methods behind the madness of their self-titled debut release, the innovative stop-motion cinematography behind their breakthrough video, “Dave, You Are Killing Me” and the pros/cons of how Vagina Panther is perceived by the masses.
In-between the seriousness, VP discuss several alternate names for the band, their open-ended quest for an adept intern, things they’ve burned in their childhood and their official stance on vampires and the Twilight New Moon film.
Here, you’ll also discover how Vagina Panther freely exercise their creativity in forming a 360 degree project for their brand, the licensing/collaborative experience that went into the creation of their debut release and how to acquire limited edition artwork from the album.
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Why They're Called... Special CMJ Edition!
Why Vagina Panther: "Like all good things in the world, the name's origin is completely random," says Dead June, singer-guitarist for the Brooklyn, New York, garage-rockers. "Trent [Good] and Jonathan [Swass], who are the bassist and the drummer, were hanging out with friends and someone said the word 'vagina' at the same time as someone else in a different conversation said 'panther.' And the guys were, like, 'That's the best band name ever!' That was about five years ago. We've actually had discussions recently about changing the name. It might be too shticky."
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