Amy Gore + Nikki Corvette = Gorevette!

Distaff pop/punk-garage rawk summit galore! Check the video, below.

By Blurt Staff

As the story goes, Nikki Corvette - frontwoman for legendary pop/punk combo Nikki & the Corvettes - turned up at a Gore Gore Girls show in Los Angeles and, upon being introduced to Amy Gore by a mutual friend (critic/photog Robert Matheu), hit it off immediately with the other frontwoman. Later, Corvette relocated to her native Detroit for family reasons and she and Gore began to spend time together, spending hours talking about music while hanging out by the record player. 

With members of each woman's bands in different cities, they originally conceived the idea of doing a punk cover band, playing their favorite songs from bands like the Buzzcocks and the Damned. Gorevette was born.

That initial m.o. soon changed, however, when Nikki brought her tune "Lustfully Yours" to the table. Amy began writing songs specifically for Nikki that carry on the ‘Shangri-Las meets Ramones' sound she is famous for while incorporating lyrics rejecting the artificiality of current feminine ideals ("Fake It") and making stand for the hedonistic fun of dancing, cars and staying up all night. They recorded at studios in Ann Arbor in Detroit, tapping the talents of ace producer-engineers Jim Diamond and Pete Bankert, while the great guitarist Deniz Tek from Radio Birdman was on hand for a couple of tracks.

"Rock n' roll, above all else, should be fun," said Gore.

The new tracks are compiled for The Lustfully Yours EP on Strange Girl Recordings, out January 26. Check out the video for "Lustfully Yours" below.

The backstories:

1978 saw the birth of Nikki Corvette's career with the release of the Nikki Corvette and the Convertibles single "Young and Crazy" b/w "Backseat Love" and "Criminal Element". This was all happening in Detroit during the punk rock explosion where Nikki would see herself sharing the stage with The Ramones, Johnny Thunders, The Romantics and many more. By 1980 the band name was changed to Nikki and the Corvettes. They would release their legendary debut album on BOMP! Records, an incredible mixture of 60's style girl group vocals, twangy guitars and teenage pop with plenty of punk rock attitude, with songs about cruisin for boys and fun in the sun. The album and band would influence everyone from The Go-go's (to go for more of a "pop" sound) all the way to The Donnas (see the lyric "I wanna be like Nikki Corvette" from Gimmie My Radio), and around the world to Japan with The 5678's.

Meanwhile, Amy Gore was born in Detroit, Michigan and in 1997 she founded the Gore Gore Girls, the first of a few contemporary all-female garage band. Along with other bands such as The White Stripes, The Dirtbombs, The Detroit Cobras and others, the Gore Gore Girls helped establish the modern American garage rock scene of the 1990s in Detroit. Gore's talents are myriad: she is a ferocious guitarist who has helped bring Gretsch hollowbody guitars their due, a songwriter who distills the perfect pop gem and a studio pro whose unerring ear brought Gorevette to light.

Tracklisting:

1. Nothings Gonna Stop Me*

2. Lustfully Yours

3. Baby Let's Rock

4. Fake It

5. Honey Don't You Know?

6. Brand New Lover*

7. Candy Man

* Featuring Deniz Tek on lead guitar

On the web: http://www.myspace.com/gorevette 

[Photo Credit: http://www.dianaprice.com]