Prima Donna‘s latest video, “I Don’t Want You to Love Me,” featuring the dudes in their Stretch Fuck’n Jeans. You might remember ‘em from their “On The Road w/Stretch Fuck’n Jeans” blogs while on tour with Green Day throughout Europe and Asia. These guys are super cool and we love seeing ‘em rock our duds.
Prima Donna will kick off their Fall European tour w/ an all ages show at the Troubadour with The Lords of Altamont on August 19th.
Billie Joe Armstrong in Stretch Fuck'n Jeans! (c) chris dugan
Check out Billie Joe Armstrong rockin’ his Stretch Fuck’n Jeans in his Greenday side project, Foxboro Hot Tubs! Also in the Hot Tubs is our “On the Road w/ Stretch Fuck’n Jeans” blogging alumni, Kevin Preston! (Go HERE to read Kevin’s blogs!)
Billie Joe’s wearing the JUNKIE-DAGGER jeans in cherry red.
LA’s Prima Donna, who went On the Road through Europe (then Asia!) in their Stretch Fuck’n Jeans supporting Green Day, are back home! We (the Webmaster and I) went to their homecoming show with our photographer hats on to watch them lay waste to the Key Club Saturday night. An awesome collection of supporting bands got the crowd warmed up for a killer show. And Kevin, Aaron, David, Erik, and Daniel gave the capacity crowd just that, a kickass set of glam-punk-infused rock n roll that pulsated with raw energy.
Here is a juicy taste of the show photos. Check out the full set at the PH photo page.
…..and then we woke up and brushed off the all the dirt. Zurich was killer. It turned out that we were staying in the same hotel as the Jonas Brothers. I was a little bummed to find out that the 100 girls waiting in the rain weren’t there for Prima D, but we signed autographs for them anyway.
Italy Italy Italy! What can I say? It’s heaven on earth. Pizza & Peroni all the way. I’d go back tomorrow if I could.
Now about the last show…Green Day has a tradition of pranking the opening band. We got it pretty good! The details are a little blurry. Before we went on, they filled all of our water bottles with vodka, so I was already hammered before the 2nd song. Let’s just say that by the end of our set, the stage was covered (and I do mean COVERED) in toilet paper, vodka, shaving cream, tequila, confetti, feathers and Gold Bond powder. To get revenge, we ran up on stage in matching track suits during their set and flashed some mangina to the band. It was pretty nasty!
**note from the Webmistress … We have some evidence and photos coming soon. In the meanwhile, we have a taste of the Prima Donna and Green Day prank madness in this crazy bit of video**
Green Day is the absolute best band to go on tour with! I wish I could do it all again!
=Kevin Preston=
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Both 02 shows were rad! We heard there were 20,000 people at each one. People were even fainting during our set. When we got to Sheffield, they were having a giant Halloween party. We didn’t dress up this year, so we just told everybody that we were the Jonas Brothers.
Manchester was insane. We checked out some of the nite spots on our day off and saw a couple of street fights. They were pretty gnarly. Those kids like to headbutt! The concerts in Manchester were some of the best for sure. I love all the rock & roll kids out there!
Foxboro Hot Tubs - see full size in gallery below
After Manchester we got on the road back to London. After our show at Wembley, I strapped on my guitar to play with Foxboro Hot Tubs for a small club gig at 2am. It was wild! Pure Lushotology! If you don’t know about the Tubs, look us up…stat! The drink of choice is usually Pabst Blue Ribbon, but since we couldn’t find any, we drank anything and everything we could find. The flight to Munich that night was a bonafide puke party…..and you know those are always the best!
We checked out the legendary Hofbrauhaus in Munich for some hair of the dog. We ran into some really drunk Aussie kids and ended up hanging with them until we passed the fuck out…
Sorry for the late blog. My memory has been pretty cloudy lately. Since I last wrote, I’ve done 16 shows and a lot of other things…
Spain was an absolute blast. Those kids really know how to rage. In Paris, things got nuts. We celebrated Aaron’s birthday with a booze cruise around the city. I’m still amazed that nobody fell overboard. We drank as much Rebel Yell as there is water in that river.
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Germany reunited us with our dear friend Texas Terri. We also got to hang with Campino from Die Toten Hosen, which was pretty bitchin as well!
Scandinavia is fucking gorgeous. In Sweden we ended up hanging with our buddies, Eagles of Death Metal, on our night off. After that we were drinking homemade moonshine in somebody’s basement. When we woke up, we barely made it to our interview with Rocket Radio, “The Rock Home of Stockholm.”
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So, Amsterdam…yeah. Well, we had a great time. Somehow amidst all the debauchery, I still had time to feed the ducks.
We just finished up some crazy shows in Ireland and Scotland. They are some of the most genuine fun-loving people I have ever met. Right now I’m sitting backstage in what’s said to be the best entertainment venue on planet earth, the O2 Arena. This one’s for Michael!
First things first, a couple of weeks ago I got a phone call from Green Day & Co. It went a little something like this:
GD: Hey Chinatown (that’s the nickname Tre gave me…long story), we wanna bring Prima Donna on the Euro leg of this tour. What do you think?
KP: Bitchin! No way! Killer! Rad! For real?
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Next thing I should have done was call the band, but no. I called up Lip Service and said, “Gimme some Stretch Fuck’n Jeans!!!” Now that I handled that business, we were on a plane to Lisbon, Portugal. It was one of those flights with the personal T.V.s and since I don’t sleep on planes, I think I watched about 9 movies.
When we got to the arena in Lisbon, it was really a trip to see how giant it was. We even have a 40 foot banner to play in front of. I think the banner itself is bigger than any stage we’ve played on previous to this tour. The show was sold out and the capacity was 12,500. By the time we hit the stage, it was about 90% full! During our set, Tre set off some pyrotechnics. It was a real killer! Thousands of kids bopping along to Soul Stripper? I can get used to this!
Watching Green Day after we played was fucking amazing! I have seen them close to 30 times now and they still blow me away every time! They are the best live band on the planet. I woke up the next day with one of the biggest hangovers I’ve ever had, but I was relieved that it wasn’t all a dream. Kisses to Portugal!
We have an awesome treat for you in this month’s On the Road. For the next four weeks, you’ll join the guys from Prima Donna as they take their Lip Service Stretch Fuck’n Jeans on the road with Green Day through their European tour.
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Prima Donna’s sound is like nothing you’ve experienced. Imagine what would happen if juke-joint rock-n-roll, old school glam, and first wave punk had a three-way love child and you’d be on the right track. Depending on your own favorites, you’ll pick up flavorings of Stooges, Mott the Hoople, Bowie, Dolls, Heartbreakers, X-Ray Specs, Damned, just to name a few, but the whole sounds is purely Prima Donna’s unique recipe for kick-ass glam punk rock-n-roll. Here’s what a few reviewers had to say:
“Energetic and genuinely anthemic choruses, rousing hooks that amplify their Johnny Thunders influences while adding their own sense of seedy majesty” LA Weekly
“In a better world, songs like “Soul Stripper” & “Everything’s Wrong” would be blasting from radios all across the nation. Pick this up & inject yourself with a healthy dose of rock & roll” AMP
If you’re getting the feeling there’s nobody who does it quite like Prima Donna, you’re absolutely right. Here’s a little taste …
Since forming in 2003, the guys in Prima Donna have been awfully damn busy. In 2005, they hit the road on an eight country European concert tour with Texas Terri, played part of the American tour wit ex-Pistol Glen Matlock’s Philistines and released their first album, Kiss Kiss on Brunette Records. In 2007, they featured “Soul Stripper”, a new track from their latest release, and put out the killer heart-shaped vinyl single Eat Your Heart Out on Puke N Vomit Records. 2008 was no less busy. They released their most recent disc, After Hours on Acetate Records, and singer/guitarist Kevin Preston played guitar in the Green Day side project Foxboro Hot Tubs.
This year, Prima Donna toured the U.S. with Eddie and the Hot Rods and later with Duane Peters Gunfight before joining Green Day on their current European tour. Those of you across the pond can check out upcoming dates on their MySpace page.
Prima Donna are:
• Kevin Preston – vocals, guitar
• Aaron Minton – saxophone, keyboards
• David S. Field – drums, percussion
• Dan Nyby – bass guitar
• Erik Arcane – guitar
I had a chance to ask Kevin a few questions to get us all better acquainted before we spend the next month together.
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Webmistress: Rumor has it, you owe the start of Prima Donna to a ladies’ bathroom. What can you tell us about that?
Kevin Preston: Well, there are many stories about how we met. Most of them stem from too much Whiskey. Truth is, we met at a Josie Cotton concert.
WM: Your sound is such a rich fusion of styles, from classic juke-joint rock to early punk like Iggy & the Stooges, and a healthy bit of glam. Did it develop when you started playing with each other or was it something you imagined before Prima Donna?
KP: I had a bunch of songs written before we started that were definitely influenced by all of the above. When we began jamming together, the energy was hot! It definitely enhanced the songs.
WM: You’ve just started touring with Green Day. What is the biggest difference from shows you’ve done in the past?
KP: The biggest difference would have to be the amount of people. Before these shows, a big show to us was 700-1000 attendees. Now, We are playing to crowds of over 10,000! It’s rad. Don’t get me wrong, we still love the club experience, but playing arenas is bitchin!
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WM: Who would be the other half of your ultimate dream double-bill? KP: Green Day! It has also been a dream of mine to play a show with Adam Ant. It would have been awesome to share a bill with Josephine Baker, if we were around back in those days.
WM: It must be said … you are some seriously fashionable dudes. What inspires your look?
KP: First off, thank you! Over time I noticed that I had quite a collection of wild clothes that I permanently borrowed from ex-girlfriends. It started there, now it’s a monster! We all just try to dress in a way that is both regal and trashy. Everybody in the group is a real killer in the style department!
WM: On the same thread, what’s your one absolute must-have fashion item?
KP: Oooooohhh. I could go on and on, but if I had to pick one thing, faux fur coats. I don’t like real fur, only faux fur. The wilder the better.
WM: What’s next for Prima Donna?
KP: When we get back to Los Angeles, we are going to start recording a new record. Then, it’s back to Europe for a headlining tour! After that, we have been chosen by NASA to be the first band to play on the moon. That will make history.
Prima Donna‘s latest video, “I Don’t Want You to Love Me,” featuring the dudes in their Stretch Fuck’n Jeans. You might remember ‘em from their “On The Road w/Stretch Fuck’n Jeans” blogs while on tour with Green Day throughout Europe and Asia. These guys are super cool and we love seeing ‘em rock our duds.
