Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?
Ramona: The Breeders, The Kills and Sleater-Kinney.
What inspires or has influenced your music the most?
Ellie: I won’t lie. I started playing drums because of Zac Hanson. I was 12, in love, and thought if I learned to play that one day we could have beautiful, blonde babies together. I’m still waiting.
Ramona: Definitely not Zac Hanson.
When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/single/etc?
Ellie: We’ve released our EP, You Shouldn’t Be Mine.
Ramona: The EP was inspired and influenced by psychoanalysis; early morning swinging at the park; 36,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean; muses; Michael Jackson; the artist formally known as Prince; and the year of the Watersnake.
If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why?
Ellie: Chrissy Amphlett. She’s a big inspiration to Ramona and me. An amazing woman and an incredible musician. Plus, I like to think she’d have dug what we do.
What do you hate about the music industry?
Ramona: Money as the driver.
What makes you happiest about what you’re doing?
Ramona: The fact that Ellie and I just get into the studio and the music just happens so naturally. We just click.
What part of making music excites you the most?
Ramona: When you know you have a song swirling around inside you.
Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it?
Ramona: Putting on red lipstick.
Ellie: Hiding a glass of bourbon and coke and stretching my dodgy shoulders.
If someone made a movie about your life, who would play you?
Ramona: It would have been River Phoenix.
Ellie: Darryl Hannah, circa Blade Runner.
When are you doing your thing next?
Ellie: At our EP launch – Saturday May 31 at The Old Bar. Adalita’s playing bass for us that night, so it should be pretty excellent. We are also being supported by Ali E and The Aves.
