Posted by the kid on September 18, 1998 at 11:51:58:
Here is a nice account of Battershell and the Lilith Fair! Enjoy!
Lilith Fuck Fest
The day was hot, moist and sweaty... We arrived early at the Lilith Fair at Jones Beach on Long Island...we had business to take care of.
BUT LET ME BACK THINGS UP FOR ONE MINUTE...
A few weeks before, one of Battershell's songs, "Lavender Moses," had been entered into a Levis'/Lilith Fair Internet contest in which the winner would play at the opening show of the Lilith Fair tour. Now let's get something straight and clear up any confusion right off the bat...Lilith Fair SUCKS...the show is not a full representation of music today and by choosing to leave out kick ass bands like Hole, 7 Year Bitch, Battershell and others, they are aren't celebrating anything
about music except their own ability to discriminate and screw up what could be a great opportunity to have kick ass bands kick some friggin' ass! "So why the hell was BATTERSHELL in the running to be a part of this Lilith Fuck Fest.?" you're asking. We didn't ask to be a part of it but we figured if we won, we'd bring some Luv Punk to the Lilith Fair and open up the labia...I mean doors of the Lilith Fair to other rock n roll bands. Anyway, the voting was corrupted by some computer hacking geeks who wanted keep the Lilith Fair pure and virginal and Battershell
got the prize that was behind door #2...some free tickets to see Lilith Fair at Jones Beach.
NOW...
The day was hot and sticky...like fresh semen on a new dress. We arrived early so we could sell our free tickets and get a little gas money to get to our next show. Tammy Lynn and Hannah Head (the new bass player/see previous story) went on a sticker rampage and put Battershell stickers on every official Lilith Fair tour bus and truck. I stood outside the ticket office hoping to unload the tickets and finally found some poor sucker....I mean nice person who bought the tickets.
Afterwards, we found a place in the parking lot where we could do the most damage, busted out the guitars and with a sign that read "OUT OF 69,000 BANDS, WE GOT PICKED TO PLAY THE PARKING LOT," introduced the Lilith Fairies to LUV PUNK! People began to crowd around and dig what they heard but it wasn't before long that the pigs...i mean police told us to stop or they'd arrest us for disturbing the peace. Tammy Lynn told them that we had a permit to play the parking lot signed by the Professor of Popopian Immigration himself but the porkers...I mean cops weren't amused, at all. I placated them by tossing them some doughnuts
and telling them that if they played nice, Hannah would live up to her name, but the only way to appease them was to shut down. But by then, the damage was done; BATTERSHELL LUV PUNK HAD TAKEN OVER THE PARKING LOT LIKE A RASH THAT YOU JUST LUV TO SCRATCH! Everyone who came up to us said that they wished we were playing inside. That's cooool!
We left Jones Beach with gas money, an arrest threat and the satisfaction that we had converted some Lilith Fairies into Luv Punks...it was a good day! Stay tuned for more Popopian stories and thanks to all you Luv Punks out there for all your help and hard work.
LUV PUNK LIVES!!!
BATTERSHELL
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