Hai kids! Today we’re talking to East London Punkstresses WetDog (not to be confused with Wet Dog who are an entirely different band). The band have been likened to lots of other girly punk bands like The Slits, The Raincoats etc, but amazingly manage to sound nothing like those guys at all. Their haphazard-yet-melodic punky guitarism is different... maybe not as 'different from anything else ever' as the slightly over-zealous press release promises, but enough to remain interesting for as long as they're on the stage and in right yer face. Reforming into the new WetDog 2.0 line up of Billy Easter, Rivka Gillieron and Sarah Datblygu a couple of months back, they have been gigging all over the place, making a St Bernard sized splash into London's band scene. Srsly, guise, no power in the verse is gonna stop these guise (girls). We hooked up with the Dog on a sweltering-hot morning in a cluttered back room somewhere in East London. High jinks and horse-drawn-carriages soon ensued…

No power in the verse'

DP: Hey guys! Soup?

All: Hey Don’t Panic.

DP: Soo, you guys are starting to make waves nowadays. You’ve got your new album coming out in a few days. How long has it taken you to get to this point.

B: Wet Dog has existed for around two or so years now, but the band you see before you (me, Rivka and Sarah) has only been around for a few months. Our last bass player left and I joined the band.

DP: Cool, so you managed to find a replacement bass player on short notice?

B: No, I didn’t play bass before I joined the band. I learned for the sake of the band.

R: She is good though.

Oli (photographer): Better than Sid Vicious?

B: Yes, I would say I’m better than that guy. Better hair also.

DP: Agreed. We keep seeing your music described in all sorts of incomprehensible ways. How would you describe the WetDog sound/ethos in a way that even our readers could understand?

R: I guess we'd describe it as 'rank incompetence'.

S: No, 'joyous, ramshackle punk lite'.

B: With harmonies.

R: We don't really have any influences per se but I was always really into these guys. *shows tattoo on arm* They're called DATBLYGA. They're a Welsh band.

DP: Wat? How do you even pronounce that?

R: DAT-BLEY-GA

B: I'm really influenced by Duffy.

DP: Duffy? Wat? Surely shome mishtake?

B: No seriously I really respect Duffy. Her, Adele, Amy Winehouse...

DP: What’s it like as a credible girl group? Like I said before, when researching you guys we kept coming up with genius quotes like "they’re like the Slits" etc…

S: It hasn't really caused us any real problems. People do bring it up a lot. It's like the status quo for bands is to be men so as soon as you pick up a guitar and you're a girl it's kind of like breaking the rules and everybody starts getting excited.

R: Yeah, people do bring it up a LOT. Three vaginas in a band = serious business.

See more on the girls here.

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