The Mint Chicks Newsletter Interview

The Mint Chicks

Interview by Lisa Jones // 5 June 2006

Who are your favourite NZ bands and artists?
I’ve always really loved This Night Creeps. I also really like Missing Teeth, the D4, the Datsuns, Fever Lake, Army of Darkness, the Shaky Hands, So So Modern, the Checks, White Birds and Lemons, the Vacants, Sunny Tokyo, the Rock n Roll Machine, Disasterradio, Malenky Robot, 1000, and a whole lot more I can’t think of right now.

What is your favourite NZ venue?
At the moment I’m enjoying the Castle in Hamilton, but over-all I think the Wunderbar in Lyttleton is one of the coolest venues in the world.

What is the best thing about being in The Mint Chicks?
It seems like we’ve earned the right to do whatever we want and still have a reasonable profile at the same time.

What is the best live gig you have ever been to?
Iggy and the Stooges, BDO this year.

Where do you see yourselves in 5 years?
working hard and making money with no day job.

How do you keep in contact with your fans?
mostly through themintchicks.com and myspace. The usual I suppose. I have a pretty close relationship with a lot of our fans, some of them just become mates so it’s nice to have pen pals.

What rumour would you like to start about yourselves?
I’ve heard them all. The truth is way more crazy than anything I could up with.

What advice would you like to give to other aspiring musicians?
If you’re a musician, than make music.

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About the interviewer Lisa Jones

I’m Lisa, Muzic.NZ’s founder and manager. I also manage the Aotearoa Music Industry Collective as well as the Aotearoa Rock Community and the Gig Space Facebook groups. Born and raised in New Plymouth, and now based in Palmerston North – I’m married to Adam (our IT guy), and together we have 2 amazing children. Rock is my favourite genre of music, but I enjoy a huge variety of genres from old school hip-hop through to metal, punk, pop, folk and EDM. My advice to NZ musicians is to build yourself a great support network, never be afraid to step out of your comfort zone and talk to other people involved in the music industry. And don’t give up.. as long as you love what you are doing, don’t stop doing it. If you believe in yourself, you can achieve anything. — MUZIC.NZ (MNZ) WEB: https://www.muzic.nz/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/muzicnetnz IG: https://www.instagram.com/muzicnz/ YT:

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