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Garage a Go Go: An interview with ATL’s Coathangers

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Outside of reality television, porn and contemporary art, there aren’t many places that value amateurism quite like garage rock. From the Shaggs to Meg White, there’s a proud tradition steeped in the simple idea of not having a clue how to play your instrument. It’s one that Atlanta’s Coathangers fully upheld during their first show in 2006, when Minnie, Bebe, Crook Kid and Rusty Coathanger shambled through their first set at a friend’s party. With their middle-school band level chops, songs about boobies and parcheesi and a band-name pulled from Urban Dictionary, it didn’t appear to be a recipe for lasting success. Nearly eight years have passed since that debut house show and the slapdash tour that followed; now the band that’s set to hit the Ten Eleven this Monday is all but unrecognizable. Trimmed to a leaner power-trio lineup, bassist/singer Meredith (Minnie) Franco, guitarist/singer Julia (Crook Kid) Kogel and drummer/singer Stephanie (Rusty) Luke have now morphed into a formidable live act with their strongest release to date—March’s Suck My Shirt—to back them up. “It’s been about a year since (keyboardist Candice [Bebe] Jones) left the band, so we’ve had time to re-adjust,” explains bassist and singer Meredith Franco, speaking […]

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