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Tired of music dominated by impressario-backed, barely pubescent girls touted as "edgy"? Four funked-up, punked out mamas—PLACENTA—have been laboring in a basement in Oakland to bring forth pro-adult, pro-woman, pro-sex and pro-breastfeeding hard rock music that is witty, yet still leaves listeners feeling blissfully stupid and sweaty. What makes 4 mothers decide to start a rock band, and possibly a movement? Is it the single mom, struggling on the edge of poverty,pissed-off at her |
 Back row, left to right: The Down-Low, kt, Kjetset; front:Mother Nature |
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abusive ex-husband, finding no other outlet? Is it the lesbian step-mom, loving her step-son, fearful of losing him to a country gone mad with the blood-lust of war? Is it the married mom, whose bi-racial children face obstacles she could never have imagined? Is it the grandmother, whose life partner is dying from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis while her grown children birth the next generation? Or is it rock and roll—the rawness, the loudness, the brash in-your-face, sweaty, stinkin’ thrill of it? The Bay Area’s Only All-Mom Hard Rock Band, PLACENTA, mixes punk with funk, politics with poignancy, heavy distortion with lactivism, and delivers every thumping original and wildly creative cover with the power of four sexually mature women. Founded in 2001, as The Lactators, PLACENTA has garnered praise from such diverse publications as The Wall Street Journal “Placenta rages”, to Slingshot! “obnoxious, powerful, screamin', thrashin'” to USA Today “…the rules of motherhood are being radically rewritten--with a snarl, cymbal crash and power E-chord that would make the lads in AC/DC stand and salute.” PLACENTA’s stage show includes sing-along hardcore punk songs (they give away sing-along sheets at every show), chants that no cheerleader would ever attempt, and a guest spot by someone known only as Virginia Moist…. Is it the rock-steady, unflappable drummer (kt), the ultra-cool hat-to-the-back how-did-she-do-that lead guitar player (Kjestset), the funky, mysterious dance-as-she goes bassist (The Down-Low), or the oh-my-gawd-she-can-really-belt-it and did-you-catch-the-antics lead singer (Mother Nature, as in "Don't Mess With") that makes audience members rethink "mothers" and "rockers", referring to them simply as "mother rockers"…? Join PLACENTA at the Camp Betty Campout and decide for yourself! Q&A
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