Lesbian Snake Charmers
Lesbian Snake Charmers
In the summer of 1989, Shaunna came home and told me that she had started playing in a band with a woman named Jai Jai Noire, a politically inspired lesbian performer who played thrash punk ska ala the Clash type of stuff. Shaunna told me about a drummer that Jai Jai had found from southern California named Wanda Day. Shaunna went on and on about her and so I really wanted to hear this chick play. I (literally) crashed their next rehearsal and quickly was asked to join Jai Jai’s band. I recall being impressed with the fact that she named her band “Lesbian Snake Charmers” which I interpreted as a giant fuck you to the mainstream music business. It was still the homophobic 80’s.
Wanda was the hardest hitting drummer I had ever heard, a small, wirey explosion of a woman sporting a bright red mowhawk and a fiery confidence. That particular band didn’t last long, the music didn’t click for me and the band’s hierarchy was stifling for the three of us. It wasn’t long before Wanda, Shaunna, and I quit the band to start our own project.
Susie Bright 11:51
Lesbian Snake Charmers 14:08
Tom Ammiano 17:22
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