Meet Razor Auckland’s very own lesbian rock band. They will be playing at Candy Bar this Saturday17th July. LadyFix spoke to Kelly Rice the lead singer.

Who makes up the Razor band
Kelly – lead singer,  Emma – drums and backing vocals,  Leanne – guitar,  Deb – bass,
Wendy – guitar and backing vocals

You started in 2003 to play at the Lesbian ball, how did you get together, were you all friends? Whose idea was it.
Emma gave me a call and told me to go to her house.  I arrived and met Deb and Leanne. Emma tossed me some lyrics to Cool Woman by Def Leopard and we just went from there.  Seven years later we’re still going!
It’s been amazing getting to know the girls.  Playing live together creates a bond between us that you never experience unless you are part of a live band… it’s very hard to explain but it really is the best drug in the world.

How did you come up with the name Razor?
We wrote so many names down but the only one that we felt kind of suited us was Razor.  We think we are edgy, or maybe we are just on the edge lol! 
But seriously, it had all the right connotations – being lesbians we know what it means to be on the edge of society but if you mistreat a razor you will get hurt and we kinda liked that!

How do you decide what songs you will play?
We all offer songs that we like then we have a crack at them and if we don’t like them we just say “hate it”.  The song pretty much gets dropped after that but at least two of the band have to hate it. 
What’s cool is sometimes we think a song will suck and it ends up been  great to play and sing. 

How often do you practice – do you play regular gigs or just gay events?
We are a casual band but we play all sorts of crowds… straight audiences absolutely love us!!! 
We played in Tauranga at an after-theatre party that had hundreds of very conservative, straight people and they had heard we were a ‘lesbian band’ so it took about two songs to get them to like us then they just went crazy for Razor. Rock will always transcend homophobia, racism and sexism… that’s why I love it so much! 

Who are your favourite lesbian bands/musicians?
Joan Jett, Grace Jones, Pretenders, The Runaways, Florence & The Machine, Pink (although I hate her image but I can’t fault her as a singer), Ladyhawke… I could go on for hours but those are the ladies that come to mind right now.

What can we expect on Saturday night?
A great time from a bunch of chicks who love to rock and aren’t afraid to get down and dirty!

So ladies make sure you head on down to Candy Bar this Saturday to check out this great band.