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And the rock-star poses and hair-flings seem to come second nature to them, to the point where it seems like they’ve been doing this for 30 years. (Formica is 21 and the other three are just 19.)
“A year ago, I was in high school,” said Colucci. “I had no idea what it was like going out on the road, putting out music. It’s a lot of work. But it’s fun work.”
“Now is just a really exciting time for rock,” Perron said. “I got into Halestorm when I was 12, and Nita Strauss had just joined Alice Cooper. They were my first female guitar players to look up to. It’s really important to support women in rock and stick together and inspire young people to just go for their dreams, no matter if there’s something stacked against them.”
“It’s amazing to see this platform become more feminine,” added Suppa, the booming bassist who appears to be on a mission to single-handedly bring bell bottoms back. “It’s predominantly been a male-dominated thing. It’s been really nice to be part of this sisterhood with the women we’ve met.”
Their music deals with the dark side of relationships, but almost every song ends with the protagonist realizing she’s in a no-win situation, cutting her losses and moving on.
“It’s easy for people to say, ‘Oh, I’m heartbroken, this is the end of the world,’ ” Formica, who wrote the band’s first single, “Hate,” about a failed relationship. “And it is, for a second. But stuff
In 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was incorporated.
In 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage.
In 1932, German President Paul Von Hindenburg was reelected in a runoff, with Adolf Hitler coming in second.
In 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey purchased the contract of Jackie Robinson from the Montreal Royals.
In 1963, the fast-attack nuclear submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593) sank during deep-diving tests east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in a disaster that claimed 129 lives.
In 1971, a table tennis team from the United States arrived in China at the invitation of the communist government for a goodwill visit that came to be known as “ping-pong diplomacy.”
In 1974, Golda Meir announced her resignation as prime minister of Israel.
In 1998, the Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators reached a landmark settlement to end 30 years of bitter rivalries and bloody attacks.
In 2005, Tiger Woods won his fourth Masters with a spectacular finish of birdies and bogeys.
In 2010, Polish President Lech Kaczynski, 60, was killed in a plane crash in western Russia that also claimed the lives of his wife and top
Polish political, military and church officials.
— ASSOCIATED PRESS has to go on. Pick yourself back up and just keep going, because if you don’t, nobody else is going to. I talk about really dark stuff, but in the end, it’s all about overcoming.”
And even though threequarters of the band isn’t old enough yet to legally drink, they’re already thinking of their legacy, particularly when it comes to the next generation of young girls thinking of picking up guitars or drumsticks.
“The thought of being that inspiration for another young woman is just amazing,” Formica said. “We receive (direct messages) from people like, ‘My granddaughter loves you guys and wanted to play guitar but she didn’t think it was something she could do until she saw you.’ ”