35 Denton 2015 – Mydolls Interview
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THRWD : An Interview With Mydolls: Houston Femme Punk Pioneers
An Interview With Mydolls: Houston Femme Punk Pioneers
n the late 1970′s, when punk rock was still young, Mydolls were the first feminist punk band in Houston. From what I gather, things were different back then. Most people didn’t appreciate women playing rock music like they do now and the band was from Texas nonetheless – where it wasn’t exactly a nice place to be a misfit punk rocker with offbeat political beliefs.
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DALLAS OBSERVER: 35 DENTON’S SMALLER, MELLOWER FESTIVAL SHOWED ENCOURAGING SIGNS OVER THE WEEKEND
But rather than big-name headliners, 35 Denton needed to thrive on providing surprises from some of the smaller bands in the clubs. A perfect example of this was Mydolls from Houston, Texas, who played to a group of 20 or 30 people from Rubber Gloves on Saturday night. The group’s femme punk aesthetic might fall under the category of something along the lines of “proto-riot grrrl” but they really have a sound that is truly their own. In the ’80s, the band played with punk rock giants such as the Butthole Surfers, Minor Threat and Big Boys. With songs like “Soldiers of Pure War” and “Politician” they variate textures using tribal rhythms, strident and raucous guitars and revolutionary lyrical content.
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Shotgun Seamstress : (Maximum RockNRoll) A World of Her Own: An Interview with Mydolls
Printed in Maximum RockNRoll #356 January 2013, ANTIGRAVITY October 2012 and Fix My Head #4 June 2013
Mydolls are a Houston punk band who began playing shows in the late 1970s. They were an important part of the Texas punk scene alongside bands like Really Red, Big Boys and the Dicks. Mydolls’ music is imaginative, political post-punk that stretches the boundaries of what most people consider “punk” and also challenges the status quo. The band was active until the mid-1980s and then made a comeback in 2003 with the release of a CD anthology of all of their previous work called “A World of Her Own.” The original Mydolls lineup was Trish Herrera and Linda Younger on guitar and vocals, Trish’s cousin George Reyes on drums and Dianna Ray on bass. George was later replaced by Kathy Johnston, who passed away from cancer in September of 2011. Now David Ensminger is the fourth Mydoll, although he does not participate in the following interview. Mydolls is a treat for those of us who already know and love early experimental post-punk bands such as the Raincoats, the Slits, Kleenex/Liliput or Essential Logic. I spoke with Herrera, Reyes, Ray and Younger about the early Houston punk scene, their influences, feminism and kicking cancer’s butt.
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Punk Globe : Fernando Velazco Speaks With TRISH HERRERA OF MYDOLLS
Fernando Velazco Speaks With
TRISH HERRERA
OF MYDOLLS
Texas’s punk scene has never produced any popular music band since the late 70s to the early 80s. It happened because of the fact that most of the bands had been influenced by a DIY ethic. The punk scene could survive thanks to fanzines and independent radio stations support. Mydolls emerged from that scene in 1978 in Houston with Dianna Ray on guitar and Trish Herrera on voice and bass. Later, the guitarist Linda Younger and the drummer George Reyes joined the band. Mydolls released their first 45 RPM “Mydolls ?– Nova Grows Up / The Rapist / In Technicolor” by the independent label C.I.A. Records in 1981. Really Read singer Ronnie Bond was the man behind the label. He was also Linda’s husband.
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Free Press Houston : Take Give with the Mydolls
TAKE FIVE WITH THE MYDOLLS
Contrary to what some people think, the punk revolution wasn’t just in London, New York, and LA but it was something that spread everywhere at the time, including Houston. One of those bands, The Mydolls (Dianna Ray, Trish Herrera, Linda Younger, and George Reyes), are reuniting to perform at Noise and Smoke this Saturday at Notsuoh and, lucky us, we got Dianna, Trish, and Linda to play five questions with us. They were all super nice but we must admit that we were starting to worry about them, a Houston band, being the first band to fail the ZZ Top quiz but thankfully Linda came in and saved the band from eternal disgrace. Way to go Linda! Read more
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