Life In A Bubble by Brenda Kahn       Ever wonder what all the numbers above 5 on a Marshal Stack sound like? No need to wonder any longer - just come out and see BUBBLE in Seattle this weekend for an all-ages show at the Hi*Score Arcade. Off stage, singer Share Ross gives us the low down on life in a BUBBLE.       WOMANROCK: Sonically what does Bubble represent? Share: We're rock-n-roll with old-school punk overtones. LOUD Gibson guitars thru Marshalls ala the 70's. Lots of pop melodies. Dino's a GREAT bassist and Bam is like Keith Moon, John Bonham and, of course, BAM himself all rolled into one maniac! My favorite category someone called us was this: "alterna/glam/punk/pop"! WOMANROCK: I read on the web that you and Bam are married. How does being in a relationship affect the band and vice versa? Share: Sometimes it's great and sometimes it drives us crazy. I think we act pretty professional around the band. But we're definitely a team and try to include Brent and Dino in that feeling. Our goal is that BUBBLE becomes a family. Whenever someone becomes an integral part of the band circle, like our mix engineer, Adam, we call them part of the BUBBLE family. We all have dinner together in our backyard a lot and frequently socialize. If you're gonna spend that much time on the road as a unit, ya better like each other! As far as the marriage, we take time away from the band, even on the road, to just "be married". We are very aware of the need to nurture our relationship and do our best to keep it fresh. We live in a studio we built and we play in both BUBBLE and the DOGS D'AMOUR together. So it can get overwhelming to talk about business all the time. We've invented "band-free-conversation-days". Where we can only discuss subjects outside of music. Basically, it boils down to love, trust and respect. Fortunately, we both have that in spades for each other. WOMANROCK: When was "how bout this" released? Did it come out on your own label? Share: We released "how 'bout this?" on April 7, 2000. Yes, we put it out on our own label, Basement Boy Records. WOMANROCK: What are you doing to promote the release? Have you toured a lot? Share: We've done a decent number of online and print interviews. We play LA quite a bit and are touring up the west coast for the second time this year. We toured Japan in April of this year and are returning in December. We're also touring the UK in December. We haven't toured the entire U.S. yet because we haven't found a distributor for America. WOMANROCK: Any good road stories? Share: Road stories??? Hmmmm...how 'bout the whole band getting drunk in Tokyo, collapsing arm in arm on the floor of a club and singing ALL of "Wild Horses" (Stones) at the top of our lungs ACAPPELLA!!! That was a great night. Another fun one was our last show in Tokyo at the Loft (sold out!!) and for the encore, we did what we do all the time at rehearsals....Bam and I switched instruments. So he played guitar and I got to play drums!!! The crowd went crazy and we felt like we'd shared a secret with them. WOMANROCK: Are you working on new material? Share: Yeah, are we ever!!!! We're working on an EP to be released very soon. (Nov. 2000?) And, we've started working on our second album. Tentatively titled, "Rockets and Volcanoes". A lot of the material is close to done and just needs fine tuning. I am sooooo excited about the new record! This band is great both in the studio and playing live and now the writing is coming from everyone. The new record will rock a bit harder. WOMANROCK: Does living in Hollywood influence your writing? Share: I don't believe Hollywood influences us much in the actual music but the lyrics probably bear some LA reflections. "Castle on the Hill" was definitely LA inspired. WOMANROCK: Is the LA scene a good place to be for a rock band right now? Share: The LA scene. There are certainly a LOT more clubs a rock n roll band can play now than three years ago. It's still challenging to get a reaction from the cynical Hollywood crowd but when ya do it feels GREAT! WOMANROCK: Do you feel the ROCKRGRL Conference is opening doors for women in music? Share: Well, I hope so! It seems a lot of industry is taking the Conference seriously so there's bound to be a positive ripple effect. Cd Purchase info: Buy online at www.cactusjuice.com or www.perrisrecords.com. In LA and Vancouver, BC. at Virgin Records. In UK at Virgin, Tower, HMV and indie shops or online at: www.changesone.co.uk. In Japan at Brand X in Tokyo or Disk Heaven in Osaka. Band Members: Share Ross: vocals, guitar Bam: drums, vocals Brent Muscat: guitar, vocals Dino Everett: bass, vocals               _________________________________ Find out more on Bubble at: http://www.planetbubble.com               _________________________________ Brenda Kahn is a New York recording artist and the editor of WOMANROCK.com. Past notes from the Editor.

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