If you’re yet to hear of these birds, you ought to soon. On the line-up for 4ZzZfm’s Market Day next Saturday is Brisbane band Butcher Birds, who have been gigging around town. Bassist Joanna Jane Nilson (who also sings for The Mean Streaks) speaks to Scene.
“The band started when I met Stacey through her boyfriend Nate, who played in the Wulvs,” explains Jo. “The Mean Streaks did a couple of shows with them. I met her and thought that she was really strong and funny and cool. I wanted to start a gang with her, and the next best thing was starting a band. I didn’t have the time or the means to do anything, but I learnt to play bass anyway because I wanted to play with her so badly. We got our friend Steve who played in Wulvs to play drums. I met Jacinta at a Red Paintings show in the toilets when The Mean Streaks played with her band, Dictator Chic.”
Among various local bands, Jo says she is influenced by seminal bands such as Bikini Kill, PJ Harvey, Roy Orbison, AC/DC and Sonic Youth. “Sonic Youth influenced everyone who came out of the nineties and the early noughties, and some parts of the 80s, so it’s hard to escape them even if you don’t like them directly.”
Despite yet being played on 4ZzZfm, the band is well in support of Market Day, and is looking forward to playing. “There’s always all these great bands that play. It’s kind of like a big house party, getting horrendously drunk on tinnies with everyone you know, and everyone should come and support it, because they’ve done a lot of good for me in the past. Triple Z is a good showcase for us, because we just need to play to a wider audience. I just like being a girl playing and if other girls can see that, that’s really cool.”
Butcher Birds will also play Ladyfest in November with Erase Errata. “It sounds like an interesting day,” says Jo. “Obviously, there are not many women doing rock n roll stuff in Brisbane, so it’s really great that girls are doing stuff to bring other women to the forefront creatively, and that’s never a bad thing. I just wish there was a larger variety of bands on the bill perhaps.”
The band is also hoping to get a CD out soon. “We have actually recorded, but that’s not out yet. We’re kind of looking for someone to help us release that. It’s just a little five song EP. We recorded that with a friend of ours, Emerson. It’s going to be called Eat Their Young. We’re getting it mastered this week, and that has most of the tracks we play live on it. Hopefully we can get it out in the near future.”
“The band started when I met Stacey through her boyfriend Nate, who played in the Wulvs,” explains Jo. “The Mean Streaks did a couple of shows with them. I met her and thought that she was really strong and funny and cool. I wanted to start a gang with her, and the next best thing was starting a band. I didn’t have the time or the means to do anything, but I learnt to play bass anyway because I wanted to play with her so badly. We got our friend Steve who played in Wulvs to play drums. I met Jacinta at a Red Paintings show in the toilets when The Mean Streaks played with her band, Dictator Chic.”Among various local bands, Jo says she is influenced by seminal bands such as Bikini Kill, PJ Harvey, Roy Orbison, AC/DC and Sonic Youth. “Sonic Youth influenced everyone who came out of the nineties and the early noughties, and some parts of the 80s, so it’s hard to escape them even if you don’t like them directly.”
Despite yet being played on 4ZzZfm, the band is well in support of Market Day, and is looking forward to playing. “There’s always all these great bands that play. It’s kind of like a big house party, getting horrendously drunk on tinnies with everyone you know, and everyone should come and support it, because they’ve done a lot of good for me in the past. Triple Z is a good showcase for us, because we just need to play to a wider audience. I just like being a girl playing and if other girls can see that, that’s really cool.”
Butcher Birds will also play Ladyfest in November with Erase Errata. “It sounds like an interesting day,” says Jo. “Obviously, there are not many women doing rock n roll stuff in Brisbane, so it’s really great that girls are doing stuff to bring other women to the forefront creatively, and that’s never a bad thing. I just wish there was a larger variety of bands on the bill perhaps.”
The band is also hoping to get a CD out soon. “We have actually recorded, but that’s not out yet. We’re kind of looking for someone to help us release that. It’s just a little five song EP. We recorded that with a friend of ours, Emerson. It’s going to be called Eat Their Young. We’re getting it mastered this week, and that has most of the tracks we play live on it. Hopefully we can get it out in the near future.”
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