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WHEN BETH Blade was
eight years old her dad gave
her some sound advice.
“I was in this talent contest
at school,” the South Wales
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wanted to be Britney Spears
and Christina Aguilera whereas
I wanted to be Kiss. I got
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ent, but dad said, ‘Beth, just
go out there and do your thing.
If you want to sing Kiss songs
then do it.’ So I did.”
Beth, named after the Kiss
song by her dad, has been
doing her thing ever since.
“Music means everything,” she
says. “When I’m not doing it
myself, I’m listening to other
musicians, playing records,
going to gigs. And, even
though I’m in a hard rock band,
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Lita Ford and Lzzy Hale.
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enthuses, “and Lzzy came out
and began singing a cappella in
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band came out and
rocked it. Nobody
knew who they
were, they were just
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that’s what I’m going to do.”
Beth’s band, the Beautiful
Disasters, met and honed their
craft at the now legendary Fuel
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“Rob, the owner, was really
supportive and from then we
just played every gig we got
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trucks where it’s so windy I
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we’ve done the big ones, like
playing the Kiss Kruise in 2018.
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really meant a lot.”
As for 2020, more gigs and
fresh music lie ahead.
“We’ll hopefully be going
back into the studio at the end
of the year,” says Beth. “It’s all
about getting out there and
interacting with the
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friends, part of our
family. Making
those connections
through music,
bringing everyone
together, that’s
what it’s all about.”
LISTEN TO:
SHOW ME
YOUR
TEETH
(ALBUM,
2019)Beth Blade &
The Beautiful
Disasters
Raunchy, take-no-prisoners, give-no-fucks
rock’n’roll from South Wales’ answer
NEW ROCK to Halestorm. WORDS: ALICE CLARK
“WHEN I SAW
HALESTORM,
I THOUGHT,
THIS IS MY
CALLING.”16 PLANET ROCKInTechnicolour
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