with Jucifer
Jucifer is made up of married couple Amber Valentine and Edgar Livengood, who just began their ninth straight year on tour. Priding themselves on shows that give audiences a mix of mind-bending heavy metal with precision rock and lighter vocals. Jucifer promises a live performance that will convert any dubious listener. Jucifer will perform at the Jackpot Music Hall on April 3.
What do you like best about your fans?
The coolest thing about our fans is that they span the greatest section of humanity. They listen to our music because it's trendy to do so. When they're with us, they're with us for good. One thing that blows my mind is how so many fans come to shows bearing some kind of gift. One girl brought us a handmade guillotine in reference to one of our albums; other people bring us their artwork or samples of their writing. Sometimes people will just bring gas money. One person gave us three prepaid gas cards, which blows my mind that someone would do that for a stranger.
How has your experience as musicians changed because you two are a couple?
Our ups and downs don't come necessarily because of our romantic relationship, but because we're the forces in the band who both write the music. It's sort of like having two strong partners, like Lennon and McCartney, who are trying to be democratic but both have strong ideas.
Where did the name Jucifer come from?
Edgar was working in a restaurant kitchen during the O.J. Simpson trials. He was listening to NPR in the kitchen while he was working and they were talking about whether O.J. was guilty and someone said, 'If he was guilty, then he's the devil and the juice is Lucifer.' When Edgar heard that he made up the name 'Jucifer.' We ended up using it for our next show and the rest is history.
What can you say to those who aren't familiar with your music?
If you're into the heaviest music in existence, you'll love our music. But some fans of heavy music don't like our albums because we do
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Devil juice. Jucier is made up of married couple Amber Valentine and Edgar Livengood and promises live performances that will leave listeners wanting more.
record things that are quieter and prettier and delve away from completely assaulting the audience. For that reason, there are a lot of people who enjoy our music but don't like heavy music at all. We're sort of a weird band because we seem to be able to pull people out of their comfort zones and make them enjoy us.
Madeline Hyden
$.50 JELLO SHOTS
$2.7 DOMESTIC
BREWTUS BEERS
SUNDAY- THURSDAY
SAT 14 STORY OF D : ARCHETYPE FAREWELL SHOW!
FRI 13 STEDDY P & DJ GTAIN
DAVID HASSELLHOFF ON ACID • JOHNNY QUEST
LEFT E. GROVE
SUN 15 SHELLSHAG EARLY ALL AGES 6:30PM
THIS BIKE IS A PIPEBOMB + STUPID PARTY
FIEND CLUB 10:30PM A MISFITS TRIBUTE
STEVIE CRUZ'S BDAY! W/ UNKNOWN PLEASURES
JOY DUVRION TRIBUTE
MON 16 DISAPPEARS NEW FRANKLIN PANTHERS
THU 12 VALENCIA ALLE ALL AAGES 6PM
HOUSTON CALLS * MEESE * AUDIOVOK
VOLUNTEERS 10:30PM
FAREWELL SHOW!
SUN 15 THE KELLIHANS ST. PATTY'S WARMUP 5PM
THOMAS FUNCTION 10PM
THE TERRIBLE TWOS
MON 16 NEIL HALSTEAD
JOSHUA JHAUS & BARCLAY MARTIN
TUE 17 ST PATTY'S DAY W/ 45 RPM 1PM!
CHAIRLIFT 10PM
YACHT • MAX JUSTUS
FRI 13 BOO & BOO TOO
WRONG CROWD * FORTUNING • DJ PABLO 77
THU 12 STARDEATH & WHITE DWARFS
BAIOWOLF
SAT 14 THE DACTYLS MANSION
March 26, 2009
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