We walk down the street, and most people don't even talk to each other at all. That's why I love shows and music and concerts. I saw these strong women on stage, and they were expressing themselves in this big room of all these strangers coming together and nobody knows each other, yet everyone wants to celebrate together. I'd been to SPAC so many times as a little girl with my mother. At 3 years old, my mom had me at concerts at SPAC. So I grew up with my mom embracing a lot of strong frontwomen. She was so strong and powerful, and I grew up with my mom loving her and Stevie Nicks and Tina Turner. I think for some people, they weren't always quite so used to it in the heavy metal scene, but women have been around in rock 'n' roll and heavy metal for a while. So, I had to start looking at it as, "I'm a powerful woman and I'm going to create whatever it is I want, in any genre of music it is that I want, and nothing's going to stop me." And that's how I had to really look at it. When somebody is really true in that, and they're doing something powerful, I don't think anybody could deny that. And I think that it doesn't matter if you're a woman or a man. It's really about art, and it's really about the music and the show. But really, to me, that was a bunch of bull, because we're all so powerful.
I used to kind of look at it like, "Oh, it's kind of hard being a girl in this scene.". I mean, somewhat here and there, but I don't choose to look at it as like (that).
MARIA BRINK FULL
What's it like to be a frontwoman in what's largely a scene full of men? Were there any specific challenges to get where you are today? I want them to see something they've never seen for their entire lives.
And for people to be captivated and not be able to just turn and walk away. So that's my goal that I have with our show. I want you to be able to watch our show, to be able to, even if you muted it, you could still feel all of those emotions, just visually watching us. I think that when you listen to our music in the dark, it makes you evoke all these different emotions, from love, pain, torment, sexuality - it doesn't matter what it is. We needed to do something different with our music and special and evolve into something we've never done. But what I knew is I wanted to evolve everything. So we pulled together and pushed forward. Our managers dropped us, and we almost stopped, but we couldn't let other people's disbelief in us stop us believing in ourselves. It was right at that time, at the end of the last album, everything kind of fell apart. We'd been struggling so hard to get to the point where we are now for so long. When we did this album, basically, we wanted to shift everything. it can be a little challenging, but we make it work. When you don't have as much room on the stage to do the full production. I don't know, there's something special about them I really actually love. and the energy is so tight because everyone is together and close and getting so crazy. There is something about the lights and the huge arenas that is really special, but nothing can quite compare to those intimate shows where it's sold out, and it's a thousand people. We got to play Madison Square Garden before. How does a small venue like Upstate Concert Hall compare? You've played for some pretty big crowds on big-production tours. They never bring it up, they never say anything about it, and I think they just know that I'm really an eccentric artist. He comes to the show, and he supports me, and he has his hands in the air - and my grandmother - and they're just loving. He believes me and supports me.Īnd my grandfather, he's kind of the king of the family. And that's what it really comes down to: Expression, performing art.
My son's an artist as well, and we really have come to just let each other express ourselves through our art however we feel comfortable. But to me, I'm an artist, and me and my son have a really beautiful relationship. I think, for me, the biggest challenge is being a mother with my more provocative side. My mom always supports me in whatever it is that I do, and she loves me. My mom is a total free-spirited hippie flower child. Well, I don't have a father, so there's no daddy being protective of the daughter. Was there ever a time when your family didn't get it? You have a pretty bold stage persona, and there are families that would have a hard time coming to terms with their little girl doing what you do. It's always one of my most special shows. My whole family comes out - my grandma, my grandpa, all of them. It's always a little nervous for me, because it is hometown and it's all your family and friends. What's it like to come back to play for a hometown crowd?
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