When I was seventeen I was introduced to a band called Rasputina by my best friend. This was in 1996, grunge was dead, and bands like Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails were becoming the voice of our nation's now supposedly miscreant youth. Rasputina had the same angst and aggression, pain and loss, dark humor and occasionally off-color subject matter of these bands--but they were three women, and they did it with cellos. I hadn't heard anything like it before or since. They played cello like...

lil_tuffy

MODERATOR

San Francisco, CA

MAY 14, 2004 10:53 AM

Yay. Good interview!

Irina

HOPEFUL

Chicago, IL

MAY 14, 2004 02:06 PM

Really awesome interview. Rock.

Arsenic_

HOPEFUL

Washington, DC

MAY 14, 2004 04:18 PM

hm... I should do a set with my cello.

johnnyxcliche

Minneapolis, MN

March 2004

MAY 14, 2004 04:28 PM

HOLY SHIT!!! I was surfing the site and I saw Sarah's name and thought to myself...isn't that the girl I had Spanish class with? And then I thought, didn't my mom used to work with her at Pamida?...wow, who'd have thought that two people from Montevideo would be on SuicideGirls in an interview, and as fate would have it be seen by yet another person from Monte...I wonder if either of them remembers me...Sarah and Jewel were probably the two coolest girls I knew in school...those were the days...

Scylla

SUICIDEGIRL

Tuvalu

MAY 14, 2004 04:44 PM

Excellent interview and great questions!

valerio

Brazil

December 2002

MAY 14, 2004 06:07 PM

i just luv this band....2 bad i can't c them on tour cause i live in brazil.....i doubt they would ever come here...

Poison

SUICIDEGIRL

Kentucky, USA

MAY 14, 2004 07:04 PM

YAY RASPUTINA!!! I fucking love them.....I wonder if they've seen me naked yet?

ChazStrummer

Cedartown, GA

OLD SKOOL

MAY 14, 2004 09:09 PM

great interview! i saw rasputina when their first cd came out. they were opening for a band called kula shaker.

Love

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

MAY 14, 2004 09:29 PM

Yay!!! They're so awesome.
I saw them in S.F. last year, and it's still one of the best shows I've been to.

LV

Des Moines, IA

October 2003

MAY 14, 2004 10:41 PM

Nice to see this interview, really caught my eye. I also "discovered' Rapustina back around 1996/1997 and really liked their music and presentation.

Kestrel

Austin, TX

July 2003

MAY 14, 2004 10:52 PM

I love this, thank you!

OneDarkFlame said:
hm... I should do a set with my cello.

I feel THAT! I should get back to practicing one of these days...

[Edited on May 14, 2004 by Kestrel]

surlyclown

Los Angeles, CA

March 2004

MAY 14, 2004 10:54 PM

Superfantastic interview. I have tickets to see them in a few weeks and I can't wait to see 'em again.

Judas

SUICIDEGIRL

Minnesota, USA

MAY 14, 2004 11:44 PM

thank you for the love, for i am the lassie that did the worky.

and i'm a tired bunny. i was just going to pop out the door to work today when i espied that neodrunk had written in my journal that the interview was up. woo hoo!

now i go to sleep. thank you to everyone who helped me out with questions and support. it's a good thing to have this to be proud of.

and johnnyxcliche, if you are who i think you are, you look nothing like you used to in your profile pic which makes me wonder if you are who i think you are...

Dejajeva

Syracuse, IN

December 2003

MAY 15, 2004 12:37 AM

i like gingerbread coffin.

aoife

Hilton Head Island, SC

October 2002

MAY 15, 2004 09:01 AM

loooovely interview. I heart Rasputina.

Thistle

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

MAY 15, 2004 10:56 AM

yay!!!!!! thanks for using my question! ! !

Walden

Saint Louis, MO

May 2004

MAY 17, 2004 10:12 AM

Ah! I was so happy to find this! I've been a fan of Rasputina (lovely ladies that they are, lovely music that they play) for such a long time. Fabulous job on the interview.

Arsenic_

HOPEFUL

Washington, DC

MAY 17, 2004 10:55 AM

Kestrel said:
I love this, thank you!

OneDarkFlame said:
hm... I should do a set with my cello.

I feel THAT! I should get back to practicing one of these days...

you and me both! I don't play cello that much anymore because I've found a friend in my guitar... but thanks to Missy, I broke out my Rasputina CD, and now I cant stop.

Thank you Missy.

EvanX

Grand Rapids, MI

June 2003

MAY 17, 2004 07:44 PM

Sweet interview!

malex

San Francisco, CA

July 2002

MAY 19, 2004 12:30 AM

Wow, it rocks that Zoe Keating is a Burning Man regular... I've probably met/had a crush on her and didn't even know it.

PheageyThisSucks

Ocala, FL

December 2003

MAY 25, 2004 09:40 AM

Nice! Imissed this the first tie arond but caught it thank goodness! I definatly going to see them in Tampa or Orlando. And The SG-B II show too.. .

Great interview . Very informal but informative...

surlyclown

Los Angeles, CA

March 2004

JUN 02, 2004 05:23 PM

Just saw them last night and they were fucking incredible! The new songs sounded great and they played a lot of stuff from 'How We Quit the Forest,' as well as the requisite covers. Melora's introductions were funny as hell too, covering every topic from tether ball to Stevie Nicks to Disney's California Adventure (the new Howard Hughes ride sounds fun as hell.)

I Rasputina.

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MAY 14, 2004 06:00 AM

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MAY 14, 2004 02:06 PM

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Washington, DC

MAY 14, 2004 04:18 PM

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March 2004

MAY 14, 2004 04:28 PM

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Tuvalu

MAY 14, 2004 04:44 PM

Brazil

December 2002

MAY 14, 2004 06:07 PM

SUICIDEGIRL

Kentucky, USA

MAY 14, 2004 07:04 PM

Cedartown, GA

OLD SKOOL

MAY 14, 2004 09:09 PM

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I'm lost

MAY 14, 2004 09:29 PM

Des Moines, IA

October 2003

MAY 14, 2004 10:41 PM

Austin, TX

July 2003

MAY 14, 2004 10:52 PM

Los Angeles, CA

March 2004

MAY 14, 2004 10:54 PM

SUICIDEGIRL

Minnesota, USA

MAY 14, 2004 11:44 PM

Dejajeva

Syracuse, IN

December 2003

MAY 15, 2004 12:37 AM

Hilton Head Island, SC

October 2002

MAY 15, 2004 09:01 AM

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

MAY 15, 2004 10:56 AM

Saint Louis, MO

May 2004

MAY 17, 2004 10:12 AM

HOPEFUL

Washington, DC

MAY 17, 2004 10:55 AM

Grand Rapids, MI

June 2003

MAY 17, 2004 07:44 PM

San Francisco, CA

July 2002

MAY 19, 2004 12:30 AM

Ocala, FL

December 2003

MAY 25, 2004 09:40 AM

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