She’s Your Sister is a rock band from Chicago. In the winter of 2004, three musicians responded to a classified ad in the Chicago Reader. They met, decided that they didn’t hate each other, and formed a little band for shits and giggles. Six months later they found themselves on a California tour, and eighteen months later, they moved to California, abandoning Chicago and its nü metal for warmer climes.
As a rock band, She’s Your Sister could rattle off a token list of influences, but that’s rather boring. Instead, we’d rather tell you that Job listens to Slayer, Theo prefers Ween, Joel has a penchant for In Utero, and Jenn always likes some obscure band the rest of us aren’t hip enough to listen to.
People have told us we sound kind of like Smashing Pumpkins or the Pixies or U2 or the Clash or 3 Dog Night (huh?), but since none of that makes much sense, we just tell people that we write three-minute pop/rock songs with loud choruses, riffy guitars, and vocals that, well, are either “soaring,” “intense,” or “loud” – depending on the positive adjective you care to attach.
We all come from different musical backgrounds. Jenn has played with girl rock bands like Rockit Girl, Theo has played in girl-punk bands like Nancy and the Knockers, while Job has just played with girls. Joel was once Tommy in Tommy. Theo played in an alt-bluegrass band called the Flesh Mountain Boys (they rule) and Job’s stint in metal/’90s rock bands doesn’t change the fact that his nickname is “the Administrator.” Someone else is nicknamed “butter pants,” but we don’t talk about that in polite company.
We should tell you that we just finished our first album, In Between. We think it kicks ass in the sort of rough-around-the-edges way a first album should. We recorded it at Gravity Studios with Mark Berlin, Doug McBride, and our producer Adam Newman. So please turn it up to eleven and enjoy.
Joel Whitley-vocals, guitar
Theo Dimitriou-guitar
Job Springer-drums
Jenn Johnson-bass
For more information, visit their website: http://www.shesyoursister.com
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