She almost died of some illness that’s not been heard of affecting humans over in Aotearoa for like 20 years, erysipeloid…. fronted crazy crowds with her axe despite (or maybe cause of, who knows) aspergers syndrome, today plays as many as ten instruments and you can read more of that biographical stuff on wikipedia for better or worse… but here’s the thing that I actually wanted to get off my chest:

It was when I first heard her riffs on Two Lane Blacktops 7″/EP when I fell in love with overseas alt rock… hell, let’s say rokinrol after all! Not to forget that back then I found my all time favorite 1971 drag racing movie (though this description doesn’t really do justice to the film). That enough? Then check out Pip Browns upcoming solo effort and let it be the thing that drags you out of a grey winter day:

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