In 2007 someone was kind enough to introduce me to the music of a band called Suffrajett, through a copy of their sophomore album Black Glitter. Even though I was mightily impressed with the album and the band itself, once I’d written my review I figured that was that, y’know?

And it would have been if I had not been asked to contribute to the Band of the Week article listing out the best Indie bands of 2007, because I found myself pushing Suffrajett as being a fantastic band that deserved a fairly high spot on the list. It was at this point that I was asked why I hadn’t featured them as a true “Band of the Week” if I thought that much about them.

I had no answer to that other than to dust off my pride and see if I couldn’t get in touch with the guys (and gal) of Suffrajett and rectify the oversight on my part. Within days, Jason Chasko, one fourth of the band (the bit that thrashes out on a guitar) was kind enough to sift through the list of questions that I wanted to ask about the band, and emailed back some answers.

Let’s get to know Suffrajett a bit more then, shall we?

Who are the individual members of Suffrajett and what part of the sound are they responsible for?

Simi (Sernaker) is vocals, violin and songwriting; Jason (Chasko) is guitar and songwriting; Danny (Severson) is drums and rock sensibilities; and Kevin (Roberts) is bass.

How did everyone meet? Did everyone know everyone for a while or was this a wonderful combination of right people at the right place at the right time?

Simi had a band in 2002 when she met Jason (me) through a mutual friend and eventually I ended up joining the band. A little bit later it was agreed to let the other two members go and that we should start writing songs together. The two of us then recorded the first Suffrajett record by ourselves, with me playing all the instruments and Simi singing and playing violin. We then started looking for musicians to become a live band. We auditioned bass players first and found Kevin, and next we looked for a drummer... which took about a year! Eventually, we heard about Danny who was living
In Chicago, so we went to check him out.  Eventually, we all moved to Chicago from New York to work him in the mix.