North Shere Hows = Friday, December 3, 1999

atiershell

Battershell, Friday, Dec.
3 at the Starfish Room .
with Spitfires, Jet Set and
Come Ons. .

” John Goodman
This Week Eititor -

: Johng@nsnews.com
FOR an American band, .
Battershell sure spend a
lot of time in Canada.

In fact you can’t buy ~~
- their latest CD. Zuv' Punks on
;. anywhere else. “Our record is only out in
_Canada,”. says guitarist/vocalist Tammy
-Lynn. “Our lahel. (Ng) decided ‘to release it
- in Canada first — we had a really good |. |
response.at cur Canadian Music Week show
“and figured it would be really smart to do
.:, the record here: first. It’s fun for us — we're
“_s, going next door to release it and then we're
going home:?.- 2: oS : ;

". But asking the. New York City punker to.

“define home is'a tricky question at the best
of times. “Iwas born in Louisiana and we .
basically travelled the country, my mom, sis-
ter.and, Seurh Carolina; North,
Carolina, Arizona, ‘Kentucky, Northern: ..

alifornia“—.1"m_a southern girl who grew
up‘in Northern California. Touring doesn’t.
bother me:I feel ght at home in the van.”

=o it"s

shot the cover, bringing B:
“much closer to punk classi
responsible for Iggy and the Stooges’ Raw ©

“White Wedding”. In con-
cert they have also been
known to pay homage io the
punk god iggy with their
rendition of “Search and
Destroy.” :
A circus freak theme runs —
through Luv Pusks, intro-
ducing listeners to the band’s
fantasy world: The first track
segues from material taped at
a Concy Island freak show
into the tune “Enter Freak
Museum.” “You're on a
rollercoaster and it’s like.a
slow ride up right before you
go over — that’s what we, were going for.”
Veteran rock photographer Mick Rock
attershell thac
m. He was

Power cover, Lou Reed’s Transformer and’
many other memorable images. “Mick Rock,
is hysterical. We weat to his studio and saw |
his Iggy Pop and David Bowie pictures — .

_. he’s photographed all our heroes. And he’s
a freak. He comes to our shows when he’s

in New York. He spins arcund when he - -
akes pictures. He'll leave messages — ‘Oh,

2D sorry darling, I can’t go to your show —

See Border Page 38

BATTERSHELL (Left to right: Hannah -
Head, Tammy Lynn and Charlie Lauth |.
es play the Starfish Reom tonight...