JAVA JIVE ARTICLE IN THE TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE BY ERNEST JASMIN!
MY HOMETOWN VIDEO - SCENES OF TACOMA, SCENES OF OLD SHOWS.
THE STORY OF GIRL TROUBLE...In 1964 Bon met Kahuna, her brother. Later, in 1983, Kahuna took up the guitar hed built in high school shop class. Bon bought a little drumset from the Sears surplus store. They began to play together in an old shed located next to their parents house. Kahuna played one string and Bon played pretty much as she does today. School friend, Dale Phillips, decided to come over and play his fake Fender bass. The new trio practiced for a few months until they decided it would be a lot easier on everyone if somebody else could sing. They looked through all the possibilities and noticed that K.P. Kendall was taking over as self-appointed Master of Ceremonies at every party they attended. This was exactly the frontman they needed to keep everybody entertained while Kahuna changed broken guitar strings.
TWENTY-THREE YEARS LATER...the same four people are Girl Trouble. After tons of releases on as many indie labels; shows in every punk dive in the Northwest; tours of the US, Canada and Europe; and publication of the fanzine Wig Out, their long climb on the stairway to stardom is not over yet...at least thats what they think! Meet them now or meet them later, eventually youll have to meet them. As Girl Trouble says, Our friends are on major labels. We are on medication. For more information, please stop by the official website listed here. Thank-you...
THANKS FOR ALL THE FUN AT REVERBFEST!
GIRL TROUBLE AND THE MOVIES...
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EXCRUCIATING EYEBALL: This was our own Kahuna's contribution to the Tacoma Grand's 72 Hour Film Contest. They give all 32 teams one prop (a hat), one Tacoma location, one action (dropping, tossing) and one line of dialog ("What we've got here is a failure to communicate"). This was his first entry into the contest. Kahuna made this with the help of Sam Olsen (police officer in black) and Niels Wacht (German translation and voice-over)...
LETCHWORTH ROAD: This film was made by Isaac Olsen and our own K.P. Kendall. This is the third year they've entered and this time they won the covetted Judge's Best Film Award. Starring in this one is KP Kendall as the farmer, Bjorn Peterson as his son, Aaron Salinas and Josh Crabtree as Delmar and Delwayne, and Kris Kendall as the "devil". Be on the lookout for KP and Isaac's full-length movie, Quiet Shoes, coming out the end of the year.
FOOLISH GAMES: Here's the 72 Hour Film Competition 2008 entry from Isaac Olsen and KP Kendall (with additional material by Kris and Ericka Kendall) starring Kris and Ericka Kendall, Stu Michaels, Dick Rossetti, Ryan Anderson and Gretchen Bailey. It won "audience favorite". Check out the all-star zombie cast!
GRUNGE BY ASSOCIATION: 5 REASONS WHY GIRL TROUBLE ISN'T GRUNGE BY STEVE MANDICH
