ROCKWiRED MAGAZiNE iNTERViES CORRiN CAMPBELL AND THE ELECTiON

MARCH 8, 2010
GRRRL POWER!
CORRiN CAMPBELL TALKS TO ROCKWiRED
ABOUT HER BAND'S DEBUT CD GAME NiGHT
BALANCiNG MUSiC WiTH LiFE iN THE SERViCE
AND ESCHEWiNG THE ANGRY FEMALE ROCKER STANCE
iNTERViEWED BY BRiAN LUSH
In my tenure as a music journalist, the notion of a tough, aggressive female rocker is not an alien one to me. Many of my favorite interview subjects have been with women who could kick my ass such as LITA FORD, TERRI NUNN of BERLIN or the sadly defunct all-female band SCARLET SINS. Along comes a singer-songwriter like CORRIN CAMPBELL who emphasizes girl-power through her and - her band - THE ELECTION’s raw, gritty, balls-to-the-wall rock approach that eschews the victim-hood and the angst that had COURTNEY LOVE leaping into crowds or PAT BENATAR shoulder shimmying out into the street with a bunch of dime-a-dancers. If that wasn’t enough to set her apart from the AVRIL LAVIGNES of the world, CAMPBELL is enlisted in the US ARMY! Let’s see your average woman rock warrior do that! In speaking with CAMPBELL, playing the role of a woman wronged runs contrary to the message and the sound that he wishes to put forth. “I want to be different because I don’t like harnessing anger and creating angry music.” says CAMPBELL “A lot of people say that they get their anger out by putting it into song and then putting out these angry songs like ALANIS MORRISETTE. It works for people like her and I have respect for that but for us – even though some of the lyrics are full of angst, the sound of the music is pretty bouncy and positive and very organic.” (READ MORE)