KITTIE Frontwoman On Death Of Father/Manager: 'Our Heads Are Spinning'

September 25, 2008

Indy.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Morgan Lander of the Canadian all-girl metal band KITTIE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Indy.com: What would you like your father's legacy to be? (Morgan and drummer Mercedes Lander's father/manager, David Lander, died of a heart attack in early August.)

Morgan: (He) left his job and took it upon himself to help this band when no one wanted to talk to a bunch of 14- and 13-year-old girls. He relentlessly sent demos, and he did it. As our manager, he got this band into the 1 percentile of bands that make it. You can't pay for that kind of dedication and love. Only now are we realizing how much he actually did. Our heads are spinning.

Indy.com: After Indy, you head to Europe. Do you think metal fans in Europe are more active or engaged than U.S. audiences?

Morgan: It's just different. Metal is a little more accepted in the mainstream in Europe. It's not so much a subculture or counterculture.

Indy.com: You've said that you and Mercedes redefined KITTIE in the "Funeral for Yesterday" album. What's the new definition?

Morgan: It's not wildly different ..... But the attempt was to blend the heavy musical side of the band with a more melodic vocal. In the past, we'd have a heavy screaming song and then a lighter ballad. This was sticking them together. I don't think it's true that you have to scream to be metal. Back when metal was king in the 1980s, there was no such thing as screaming, really. But it was metal: JUDAS PRIEST and IRON MAIDEN. Rob Halford was singing three octaves and people thought it was awesome.

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