Kittie‘s debut album Spit hit like a thunderclap in 1999, cementing the band’s place within the nü-metal scene. Tracks like “Brackish” turned instantaneous anthems, propelling the all-female Canadian group into the highlight throughout a time when the style was dominated by males. Nonetheless, when Steel Hammer journal lately requested frontwoman Morgan Lander to choose her favourite Kittie deep reduce, she did not hesitate in choosing a observe from that album that she thinks “flew principally beneath the radar” on the time.
“Hilarious and controversial tune title apart, I believe that that tune is the darkish horse of the album,” Lander shared. “‘Brackish’ is a big tune for lots of people, even to this present day. There’s ‘Charlotte,’ and ‘Spit’ being the opening tune units the tone. However ‘Do You Suppose I am A Whore’ has flown beneath the radar as one in all my private favorites and one of many heaviest songs on the album.”
“It is about holding a mirror as much as your self and in addition exploring the concepts of notion and who others would possibly assume I’m,” Lander defined. “Early on, there have been lots of people who judged us for our seems to be, how we wished to decorate, how we wished to painting ourselves as younger ladies, and our validity did come into query. I believe, sadly, plenty of ladies nonetheless need to wrestle with these items, even to this present day.”
Regardless of the tune’s private and cultural significance, it disappeared from Kittie‘s reside units for twenty years. However the band lately dusted it off, bringing it again for his or her efficiency on the 2023 Sick New World pageant. The reception confirmed what Lander had lengthy believed — that the tune resonates simply as strongly immediately because it did when it was first launched.
“We introduced the tune again for the Sick New World pageant, and it went down rather well,” Lander stated. “I believe the tune type of transcends nü-metal, however we’ve got embraced the affiliation with nü-metal in having been there for the most important hype of it and representing ladies within the style as effectively. However that tune simply resonates with folks. It is so heavy, it is so impactful. It actually interprets effectively reside and it is plenty of enjoyable for us to play.”
“The band that we are actually could be very completely different to the band we have been then. However it was a option to convey it again reside, as a result of it does nonetheless maintain up in a approach alongside plenty of our newer materials by way of how heavy it’s,” Lander stated. “I believe it has an everlasting high quality, and it’s a nice illustration of the band and who we have been again then.”
The return of “Do You Suppose I am A Whore” is type of a re-affirmation of Kittie‘s distinctive place in nü-metal historical past. As one of many few female-fronted bands to attain mainstream success within the style, their affect is undisputable, even when the trail they carved wasn’t all the time clean.
“There are nonetheless hurdles to beat, however there’s much more illustration in steel and excessive music,” Lander acknowledged. “I would not declare it myself, however I’ve heard some folks say that Kittie walked so others might run. We did endure quite a bit within the music business as younger ladies.”
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