Meow, Scratch and a Guitar to the Face – The Kannana Speedcats

The Kannana Speedcats play kickass Runaways-influenced rock and roll. They manage to be both tough and lovely at the same time, and their drummer is fantastic. She plays a simple kit and beats on it the way a drummer should. Here is an oldish 2008 ‘so, who are you guys’ type interview with them from a blog called We Love Jett (vids below).

The 'cats all jumping at the same time (including drummer)

The ‘cats all jumping at the same time (including drummer)

RJ: First of all, can you give us a quick introduction to the members and how the band got together?
TJ: The members are Lily Sunocoff on vocals, Tomoko Marie Jett on guitar, Beh on bass and Natsuko de Twist on drums. The way we got together is that me, Lily and Beh were dancers for the 5,6,7,8’s and we saw Natsuko doing the twist. So we grabbed her and that was it. We were the Kannana Speedcats. Continue reading