UNDERGIRL

Amy DiCamillo - guitars/vocals ? Matthew Billick � guitars

Frank Domanico � drums ? Becky Vomit- bass

 

The band�s name may be inspired by a certain 1960s cartoon superhero, but make no mistake � there is no mild-mannered alter-ego behind UNDERGIRL. The perfect combo of rock hero attitude, indie street cred and sex appeal, UNDERGIRL is raw aggression ready to slap some life back into a sleepy music industry.  If the Dead Boys and the Hot Snakes had a baby, named her rock �n� roll, and she grew up to have the mouth of Mick Jagger, the hair of MC5, the moves of Marc Bolan, the mind of Syd Barret and the heart of Nick Drake, you might begin to get the picture. 

 

�There is nothing better than this band,� pronounces frontwoman Amy DiCamillo.  The Courier-Post (N.J.) seconds that emotion by naming UNDERGIRL one of the 10 must-see Philadelphia area bands for 2005.  Not to allow DiCamillo�s red-hot bravado to be called false for a minute, UNDERGIRL backs it up with a brand new release, MY FLASH ON YOU � 11-tracks of fast �n� furious female-fronted punk rock straight from the City of Brotherly Love.

 

MY FLASH ON YOU features edgy instant classics like �Radio Action,� �Fancy Snakes,� and the riot-grrls-rock anthem �Boy�s Club.�  But how did this estrogen-infused band, with roots deep in the guttural Sex Pistols �70s and branches that reach beyond the new millennium, get started?

 

While doing time at West Chester University, DiCamillo disc-jockeyed at the school�s radio station, spinning her modern rock favorites like R.E.M., The Clash, and Gene Loves Jezebel.  There, she met a slew of musicians who later moved to Philadelphia and went on to form bands of their own. DiCamillo took inspiration from her college companions and was sure she could out-rock them all.   

 

Hanging out on the Philly scene and meeting friends of friends quickly led the singer to meet up with guitarist Matthew Billick, drummer Frank Domanico, and bassist Annah Winfield.  After a few quick personnel changes, Winfield was replaced by a young woman who had picked up the bass only six weeks prior.  Her name, true-to-outrageous form, is Becky Vomit.  Oh, and the band members don�t necessarily always get along. But it�s the fight in them that generates the tunes and makes the whole thing work its magic. So it was that UNDERGIRL rocked live for the first time on a Super Bowl Sunday.

 

MY FLASH ON YOU, like the band�s 2001 full-length debut, She's Too Much for My Mirror, was recorded at Slugg Studios in Collingswood, NJ and produced by Kris Alutius.  By October of that same year, enthusiastic reviews propelled their track �My Girl� all the way to acclaim Down Under � the song appeared on La Femme, No Homme? (She Loves You Vol. 1), a compilation of female-driven bands on independent Australian label, Half a Cow.

 

Onstage is where UNDERGIRL really puts out. They�ve performed on the Warped Tour have shared the spotlight with the likes of The Strokes, Lunachicks, At the Drive-In and The New York Dolls� Sylvain Sylvain.  But �talking about the past of the band bores me� says DiCamillo.  So onward, and away we go to the future of new, raw rock with UNDERGIRL.