It's actually from the title track which is one of the more fun songs. It can be taken in different ways. When we wrote it, it was kind of a big F you to everyone who thinks they're better than the next person. When really they are just a big pile of crap. They've got no right to treat other people bad. The verses are meant to be sarcastic, the chorus is kind of a retort. But it's kind of hilarious because the song has been picked up by Radio Disney for example, as an empowering song for young girls. I was like “Oh! Okay. That's kind of interesting.” Not what we planned or anything. Then it's also been picked up by like punk-rock stations and XM Radio and mainstream alternative radio. So the song can be interpreted in different ways. Which is always cool, I think, in a song.
So how did you come up with the name The Dollyrots?
Well, when we first started out the music was very, very raw and punk-rock, it was really fast, very hard punk rock. Then I sang and my voice is so sweet. The words that I sang, a lot of time sounds like I'm being sweet, but it's not exactly the meanings. So we wanted to find two words that summed up the juxtaposition between my voice and the music. I feel like it's a good descriptive term. I hate when band names don't mean anything at all.
It does match your sound very well too. It's a bit, cheerleader with an attitude problem.
The thing is the recordings... the pop sensibilities come across much better on our recordings I think. Then live we're more of a punk-rock band. Yeah we're kind of a band that sounds really good, and polished and pop on our recordings, then we're this really good raw rock band live. Some people probably like the recordings better. Some people say that they like shows better.
So how long have you been on tour?
We've been on tour six or seven weeks. We have three more left. It's been a long cold one, it's kind of awesome. (laughing) I haven't seen a lot of snow in my life, I think I'm getting it all in right now, these two months. I think I will see enough snow to last a lifetime.
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