Kittie Reflect On Their Legacy Amongst Women in Metal
Ever since the release of their first single, “Brackish” in 2000, Canadian metal heroines Kittie have been an inspiration to women in the metal and hard rock world. Who of us didn’t have pictures of Kittie up on our lockers in high school? Now, 24 years later, the band have a new album coming out in a month called Fire and they’re reflecting on the legacy they’ve established for themselves over nearly two and a half decades.
In a recent interview with Columbus, Ohio radio station 99.7 The Blitz during the recent Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival, sisters Morgan and Mercedes Lander talked about how their band helped blaze a trail for other women in the metal and hard rock world ever since they first hit the scene in the late ‘90s. Here’s what Morgan had to say, as transcribed by Blabbermouth:
“At the time, I really don’t think that it struck us as something that was as monumental as, looking back now, it seems to be, but I know that people like Lzzy Hale [HALESTORM] have cited KITTIE as an influence. And we actually — I remember we played with HALESTORM very early on. They were very, very young. And it’s amazing to see women like that hold power in the industry in that way. And we’re all for it. We slugged it out and did it for everyone.”
Later they talked in particular about their performance that weekend at Sonic Temple and pointed out how they could see their influence on women in action:
“I can see that others see the power in it. I mean, there’s the girls out in the pit holding the girl pit sign today when we were playing, and we were, like, ‘This is amazing.’
“Yeah, we hope our music empowers everyone, and women especially, and we’re happy — we’re happy for it.”
If you’re looking to start your own girl pit at a Kittie show, you can check them out at the following tour dates.
July 6th – Quebec City, QC – Festival d’Été de Québec [Tickets]
July 12th – Toronto, ON – History w/ Vile Creature [Tickets]
July 19th – New York, NY – Palladium Times Square w/ Unearth, Within The Ruins and Stabbing [Tickets]
August 2nd – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade w/ Upon A Burning Body [Tickets]
August 4th – Dallas, TX – The Studio at The Factory w/ Upon A Burning Body [Tickets]
August 23rd – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall w/ VCTMS and Conquer Divide [Tickets]
August 24th – Jackson, MI – Havoc Festival [Tickets]
