Day and fellow Copenhagen local Kim Necroman formed the band, now based in LA, more than a decade ago after they met while each appearing with their own bands, Patricia's band, Peanut Pump Gun, and psychobilly favorites, Necromancer, at a Cologne, Germany Festival Concert in 1996.
The two became friends, started playing together, and later married. They added Day’s old colleague from Peanut Pump Gun, Henrik Neidermeir on drums and started the band. Day has said that they formed The Horrorpops to “Crush Genres.”
Day, who played guitar in Peanut Pump Gun, then switched to bass for the Horrorpops, has been the inspiration for many female-fronted bands. “As far as bands go, the more women in the music business, the better,” she has said. When I started, there were no other bands fronted by females, and the other sex didn’t want to play with me. We’re still at the point where every female vocalist has to be compared to Madonna or Gwen Stefani, simply because they are the only females on the rock charts. So I still feel I have a lot to prove, and I’m hoping on getting that changed around. Having it so someday gender isn’t that important in rock & roll is something that’s very important to me.”
The Horrorpops have recently toured with Danzig and The Dropkick Murphys and will play the Vans Warped tour again this year. Their latest album, Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill “is a return to the clasic new wave sound that we love,” says Day. Her vocals on Kiss Kiss are definitely more Siouxsie Sioux than Gwen Stefani, much more the obvious influence on previous Horrorpops albums.
The band currently includes Neidermeir Day and Necroman and 2008 Go GO Dancers Rita-tah and Tweek.
By Frances Brennan
THE HORRORPOPS