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Do
You Look Like a Slut?
Daphne and Debbie have
been best friends for 10 years. They first met in HS and became
roommates in NYC after college. Going through the want ads looking
for traditional work, they found an ad calling for female rappers.
They sent off an application, thinking it would be funny if they
got an audition. Coming up with a band name was easy; they lived
on Avenue D and both of their names began with D. Avenue D is also
the very last street in the east village, and people used to be
afraid to go all the way down there. Perfect. They scribbled down
a few lyrics and did a few rehearsals at the Bowery Bar where Debbie
was working at the time. The audition never happened because the
Bowery loved their act; they wanted Debbie and Daphne to do a weekly
gig.
The rest is history! Word of the foul-mouthed duo spread around
NYC and they soon found themselves playing NYC establishments like
CBGB's, The Cock, Don Hill's, Piano's, Siberia, Deitch, The Warsaw
and Stinger Bar. Having smacked the New York City scene up Daphne
and Debbie took the show on the road, preaching their sexual sermons
across the country and around the world! (Brazil, London, Amsterdam,
Rome, Ibiza, and Germany). Along the way, they have shared stages
with heavyweights like Peaches and The Scissor Sisters.
Avenue
D make bumpin' ghetto music melding cheap beats, cheaper samples
and bargain-basement lyrics as scary and shocking as they are truthful
and funny. Debbie and Daphne write the lyrics and collaborate with
a plethora of musical wunderkinds -- like Tigra (from L'Trimm),
Phiiliip, Cazwell (formerly of Morplay), Mikey P., Larry T., and
ye olde pop culture icon himself, Boy George!
Beyond their collaborations,
the ladies are 100% DIY - which we LOVE! They make all their own
merchandise, distribute their CDs, book their shows, manage their
tours, and make their outfit. In fact, Debbie and Daphne's magnificently
unique sense of style has made them sort of darlings of the fashion
/ art scene!
Avenue D's visual presence, rapacious 'me so horny' lyrics, and
raunchy / surreal dance moves put even the most obnoxious crowd
into the palm of their hands. They are rumored to have a knack for
turning dance floors into human hot tubs full of hips swaying in
abandon and rump shaking in time to Daphne and Debbie's quivering
junky lines. Unfortunately for all those who missed them, they just
finished a US tour. Hopefully, they'll be out on the road again
soon!
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