The Hissyfits: Photos and Tour Diary

2002

LADYFEST LONDON

FEATURING: The Hissyfits, The Gossip, Bangs, Chicks on Speed, Holly Golightly, Sarah Dougher, Katastrophy Wife, Mirah, The Haggard, Electrelane, Angelica, Gina Birch, Mika Bomb, Tender Trap, Kirby, We Start Fires, and more!
August 1-4, The Garage, London, England

photo by SAIR

photo by Bob Stuart

photo by Bob Stuart

Ren at The Garage in London, August 2002

BRIGHTON

The Hissyfits & The Pattern

August 4th, Brighton, England
August 5th, London, England

There are Elderly People in Overton!

Vrankrijk, Amsterdam
Princess and Sivan

Sivan sits on Ladyfest Glasgow

Karen - licensed in pursuance of act of parliament for public dancing, singing and music.

Hallie Bullitt- also licensed in pursuance of act of parliament for public dancing, singing and music.

West 13th, Glasgow - with Kirby

W.I.R. Showcase, Lucky Lounge, Austin, TX, March 2002

Highlights from SXSW, Austin, TX, March 2002
(Click here for Concert Review)

The Music Box, April 2002
SXSW 2002: Live from Austin
Written by T.J. Simon

The Hissyfits at
The Red Eyed Fly
March 13, 2002

Does the idea of a band that combines the sounds of The Go-Go's and The Strokes sound good to you? Me neither, but somehow New York City group The Hissyfits makes it work. Shrieking guitars, pounding drums, and rockin' viola (go figure) provide the backdrop for little girl harmonies over a New York sneer. Black leather, fishnet stockings, tattoos, and smeared eye shadow set the scene for this hard driving set that recalled the sound of Veruca Salt. These four ladies are the kind of girls that your mama warned you about. Princess, Hallie Bullitt, Ren, and Sivan set the room on fire as they ripped through girly punk rock songs from last year's likable Letters From Frank (***1/2)...the show was superb.

Getting lost on the way to Austin from Houston and having to pull numerous "bobgoblins" (i.e. U-Turns).
Staying with our gracious host Alon at his lovely home, fully stocked with a lifetime supply of animal crackers and OJ.
Our rockin' SXSW show at Red Eyed Fly (unfortunately plagued by technical difficulties!)
The adorable glam/goth-y boys singing along in the front row at the show.
Telling scary stories back at Alon's w/Kevin BigShot and the Arlo boy.
Our radio interview where the guy said, "Wow, you guys are really good looking."
Our Levi's photo shoot where we got lots of cool clothes and jumped into The Greenhornes hotel room bed shot!
The Deathray Davies SXSW show where Princess danced on the stage and Bobgoblin drank beer onstage.
Running into all our superstar cutie boy friends from NYC (The Realistics, Natural History, French Kicks, etc.) everywhere we went.
Getting lost on the way back to Houston and having to pull numerous bobgoblins.
Our awesome show in Houston at Fabulous Satellite Lounge which was followed by a fetish/horror strip show.
Getting lost on the way back to Austin.
Our Women In Rock showcase at Lucky Lounge where we played with Harlow from Bands on the Run and Princess had her guitar stolen right before the show.
When Hallie broke her string during the WIR show and Princess played drums while Sivan and Karen sang an acapella version of Danzig's "Mother".
Driving back to Houston to catch our flight, then having to drive back to Austin because Ren forgot her purse (at least it wasn't her viola this time! ;)
Flying home with the Natural History boys.

Locked down at the Coolgrrrls Party in L.A., Jan. 2002

Goin' Back to Cali, Jan. 2002

It was cold and dreary in NYC, so we packed our bags and headed to L.A.--one of our favorite places to play. Frank from Coolgrrrls invited us to play a Grrrls Nite Out Party at Goldfinger's and although the stage was so small we almost fell off and Princess blew up El Centro's amp, we still had a fabulous time and got to hang out with some old and new friends: our kind hosts Kiyoshi and Josh, Princess's ex Johnny Reno and his new squeeze Julie Boo Boo, superstar hottie G.W. from the totally dope L.A. band 1976, Sivan's best girl Amber, Hallie's special boy Amo, Ren's friends and family, and all the L.A. Coolgrrrls! Other highlights from our trip include playing with The Angoras at The Garage and with Captured by Robots at Spaceland. We wished we could have stayed longer, but we know we'll be back soon...