Your name:
Lizzie Cooper-Smith.
Where are you from?
Finchampstead, Berkshire, England.
Name of band:
My Everest.
Who else is in your
band?
Laura McReynolds - Vocals/Guitar, Jen Barnegren - Guitar & Edel
Fogarty - Bass.
How would you
describe yourselves?
We're an all-girl pop/rock band playing catchy tunes that people can
sing along to!
Who are your main
influences musically?
Paramore, You Me At Six, All Time Low, Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The
Disco.
What do you hope to
achieve in music?
We want to change people's perceptions of girls in rock music and show
that we're just as capable as all the guys. We want to be the first band that
comes to mind when people think of a 'girl band', and inspire other girls to
start bands too. We'd love to get to the level of a band like You Me At Six,
and play venues like Brixton Academy; maybe even the O2 one day!
What has been the
highlight of your career so far, and why?
In December we were given the opportunity to record two of our songs at
Outhouse Studios in Reading, which was really exciting as we'd never recorded
professionally before. We worked with Ben Humphreys, and the tracks were mixed
by John Mitchell, both of whom have worked with some of our favourite bands on
albums we love, so that was very cool for us!
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
We got to the final of a Battle of the Bands competition once, but the
performance didn't go our way at all! Laura's mic stand started collapsing
halfway through a song, so she had to limbo whilst singing, Jen's guitar wasn't
turned up so nobody could hear her playing, there was terrible feedback from
the speakers, and the bass drum and hi-hat stand kept sliding away! That said,
we still finished in second place. We also wrote a song called 'Riot' in our
very early days; the chorus was just the word 'riot' about 24 times over...
Thankfully, it only saw the light of day at about two gigs! We'd very much like
to erase that from our memories...
If you could choose
just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
Our most recent release, 'Playing Us Like Chess', which was one of the
two songs recorded at Outhouse Studios. It's heavier than our previous
material, and it represents the direction in which we want to go with future
material. We all feel like we challenged ourselves musically on this song; it's
very varied in terms of rhythm and melody, and it's definitely one of our best
tracks so far.
Where can we listen
to it?
You can download it for FREE here: http://myeverestband.bandcamp.com/
Where can we find
out more about your music?
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/myeverest
Official site/band blog: http://www.myeverestband.com
SoundCloud (you can listen to our full debut EP here): https://soundcloud.com/myeverest
Anything else you’d
like to say about your band that I forgot to ask?
We're currently working with the charity ITV Fixers on a project to
encourage girls to pick up non-classical instruments like guitars and drums.
We'll be making a promotional video using our newest song, 'Cut and Crop',
which was recorded at Outhouse Studios. You can read all about our project
here: http://www.fixers.org.uk/news/5523-11208/giving-girls-rock-solid-confidence.php
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