Brooke= Drums. Elija= Bass. Kelly= Vocals & Guitar. Krystle= Guitar & Vocals.
Past members: Josh N. on drums & Alana D. on bass when the Pink Slips were known as Miss Communication.
Influences
The Kinks, The Go-Go's, Babes in Toyland, Kleenex/LiLiPUT, coffee with cream and lots of sugar, vodka and Parliaments, The Ventures, The Slits, Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, The B-52s, Slant 6, late night drives and the ones who got away.
We were: Young &full of blood. Talented. 3/4 lady. One of the few girl bands to come out of North Dakota. Awesome in bed. Wreckin homes and stealin lovers. In love. Maltempered. Maybe a bit rough around the edges.
We disappeared one day and no one ever saw us again.
This is our obituary. I hope you enjoy our music even though we are not around to play it for you. You woulda loved us live.
My dearest Kelly, this is for you to decide my friend. Look inside your heart, you will know... Some will say, "Kelly can't trust things of the flesh, but rather the steel in her hand." Where others will say to you, "Come my child, Steel isn't strong, flesh is stronger. My sweet sweet Kelly, Have you not yet learned? "What is steel compared to the hand that wields it? Look at the strength of your body, the desire in your heart. I gave you these." Its a quandary most will take with them to their graves. Flesh or steel, steel or flesh? I hope you are well, I'll always have a warm place in my heart for the pink slips.
Say... If I remember right a long time ago (a couple years maybe?) I was talking with one of you over the internet about the release of a full length CD and the possibility of purchasing one. Did the CD ever go through and how could I get one?
Tears of sadness for you, More upheaval for you, Reflects a moment in time, A special moment in time, Yeah we wasted our time, We didn't really have time, But we remember when we were young.
We Start Fires play The Clapham Grand in London on Wednesday 6th June. For tickets go to
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=220573
The 7" single “Magazine” is available now in all good record shops as well as online.
The band will be supporting Good Shoes at:-
Sheffield Fuzz Club - 7th June
Liverpool Academy - 8th June
Hull Welly Club - 9th June
"Debut album from the incendiary new wavers. It sounds like Blondie doing
Elastica doing Weezer. Ace, obviously." NME
"Sludge-sleek pop songs with spiky guitars and ear splitting noise
freakouts. Ones to watch." The Guardian
"Like one of the Deal sisters in a cosmic deathray fight with Be Your Own
Pets Jemina." NME
The incredible 8 piece winners of Glastonbury Unsigned funkin’ hip hoppers ‘The Bellagios’ play Camden Green Fair on Sunday 3rd June in Regents Park at 5.30pm. Come down for the day…it’s all free!
Friday March 2nd Minot ND
@ Red Carpet (16 South Main St. Minot ND)
Battlefields(fargo doom)
Viper Strike(digital grindcore)
Crimes Of The Conspiracy(minot hardcore/screamo)
Oblivious Enslavement(minot black metal)
Crime Rate In Iowa(minot screamo)
$4.00 6:00pm SHARP all ages
www.myspace.com/minotredcarpet
Saturday March 3rd Williston ND
@ The Old Armory (320 1st Ave E Williston ND)
Battlefields(Fargo doom)
Viper Strike(digital grindcore)
Thee Alcatraz (Williston screamo)
Crimes Of The Conspiracy(Minot hardcore/screamo)
Me At My Darkest(Minot screamo)
more bands TBA
$4.00 all ages 7:00pm
Friday March 2nd Minot ND
@ Red Carpet (16 South Main St. Minot ND)
Battlefields(fargo doom)
Viper Strike(digital grindcore)
Crimes Of The Conspiracy(minot hardcore/screamo)
Oblivious Enslavement(minot black metal)
Crime Rate In Iowa(minot screamo)
$4.00 6:00pm SHARP all ages
www.myspace.com/minotredcarpet
Saturday March 3rd Williston ND
@ The Old Armory (320 1st Ave E Williston ND)
Battlefields(fargo doom)
Viper Strike(digital grindcore)
Thee Alcatraz (Williston screamo)
Crimes Of The Conspiracy(Minot hardcore/screamo)
more bands TBA
$4.00 7:00pm all ages
We are heading to Texas in March for SxSW so if you know anyone down Austin way who is putting on shows or who wants a wee Scottish indie band to play their party please point them our way!!!
May your karma rock in 2007!!!!
Luv
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P.S.
Click on the picture for our the video of our single Chinese Burn
UK Release is 22 Jan 07 on Art Goes Pop
"talented whore"...yep, you know Brooke, ha! We like to refer to her as simply "Bitchface" now. We hungout and went over your myspace the other night, it was cool. Sick of Sarah didn't even know that lil whore had picks up on your site...see, Bitchface. Good deal, I'll tell her HI for ya!
man, i'm back in the bizzity bizzity marck. its like i never left! oh, the slips. i was just reminiscing about my basement today. my poor, poor parents. heh.
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