Finally there is Tate (keyboards, saxophone, vocals). She is a pretty redhead with this fresh-faced, almost innocent look to her that makes it seem kind of deliciously wicked when she is singing "my body your party..." Tate was my interview source for this story.
I suppose I should get back to the "Dirty" part because no doubt I have aroused the curiosity of more than a few readers and so, without any further teasing, I will give you the mental release that you want. Perhaps I can best illustrate the "tongue in cheek" (ahem) sexiness which pervades almost all of their songs by sampling some lyrics from their 2% Faster CD FOR YOU:
(1) FROM Breakup Song: "My body your party"
(2) From Candy Boy: "C'mon and put out, put out, put out like a man"
(3) From Are You Hot?: " Get the ice, let's make a mess...use your teeth, now your tongue, let me show you how it's ... done"
Now imagine those lyrics set to an upbeat score (think maybe B52's) and being enthusiastically sung by two pretty girls and you have an idea of what Dirty Lenin is - serious performers doing what they love to do in their own unique way and that, my friends, is what art is all about. I can see these guys becoming sort of a "cult" band like the Rocky Horror Picture Show was a movie. Check them out on their website or their myspace page. If you just want to skip all that foreplay and get right down to it you can order their CD.
(Photos by Mike Johnston)
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