Morningwood. Is there a better band name out there?

With a blend of pop and hard rock, Morningwood has had some considerable success so far in their early career. They were finalists in Yahoo.com’s Who’s Next in 2005, their song “Nth Degree” reached #30 on Billboard’s US Modern Rock chart, and will be touring with other great acts all over North America this year. Last week, we were fortunate enough to interview Morningwood’s lead singer, Chantal Claret, over the phone. This leads us into a new feature on our humble little website, where BotD proudly presents…

10 questions with Morningwood

- by Mattias and Dave-Os -

1. When I first heard Morningwood perform, Bif Naked came to mind. Who would you say are your main influences?

C: Well I’ve never really heard any Bif Naked before so I can’t tell you that she was one of mine. Musically my personal styles are blues and jazz ladies. In terms of rock influences, probably like classic rock from the 70’s like Queen and whatnot.

2. I recently saw your video for Nth degree. That was an awesome video. There were so many costumes. How long did it take you to film that?

C: There were 2 days to shoot, about two 18-hour days – we didn’t really rest much.

M: Wow, I would have thought that would have taken like a month or so.

C: A month!? We don’t have that kind of time. (*laughs*)

3. You recently did an article in Blender on how to buy lingerie for your lady. As a lady, what would you get for your guy that is equally as sexy?

C: Me in lingerie. Or me out of lingerie. Either Or.

M: Haha Great Answer.

4. I played the Wet-T shirt game on Morningwoodrocks.com. That was an awesome idea. Who came up with that?

C: That would be the Capitol new media staff. [They] do really fun stuff like that. They always pass it by me first, just because of the fact it’s not us doing those things. I always double-check them first because I like them a lot.

5. When I was first looking you guys up, I went to morningwood.com…

C: Oh yeah the alarm clock...

M: Yeah the alarm clock that wakes one up to sex noises. What do you think of that product?

C: Originally before they had the alarms clocks, [the domain] was for sale. They were offering it for a couple thousand dollars, so those alarm clocks must be makin’ the bank if they can afford that website. I was just like “yeah no thank you, we’ll take morningwoodrocks.”

M: Oh you had say in that?

C: Oh yeah, they offered it to us for a couple thousand dollars before the alarm clock people had it.

M: Well yeah morningwoodrocks is a good name anyways.

C: Yeah I think they serve the exact same purpose.

6.If you could be a food, what kind of food would you be and why?

C: Ah good one. I would be a Cherry Tomato because I’m small and perfectly formed.

M: Haha, Great answer.

7. What would be worse? Running into a wall, or having a wall run into you and why?

C: I think a wall running into you because that would probably mean I’m on copious amounts of drugs… If a wall was actively running…

M: Yeah it happened to me once or twice…it was kind of weird.

C: Yeah I would say the wall running into you – that sucks

8. I’ve read a lot of your interviews. There’s usually talk about how fans get naked on your stage. What’s the craziest story you’ve got involving a fan?

C: There’s different varying degrees of crazy. I tend to think everyone’s pretty sane – even the crazy ones. There’s reasoning behind insanity; restraining orders, and straight jackets, literally straight jackets aside, I think everyone has their [moments].

9. What’s Alesse?

C:What? What is less? LS?

M: You know Alesse, those birth control pills. They have those commercials….they use the “What’s Alesse” slogan.

C: Wait so your telling me, your not even asking me what it is. It’s birth control then; I use the rhythm method.

M: It was like perfect set-up for a joke.

C: (*Laughs*) There you go I gave you the punchline.

10. Who would you like to see next on Band of the Day?

C: I would like to see this British band called A…. No, I would like to see The Shazam. They’re from Nashville Tennessee. They’re awesome.

Chantal was great and we’d like to quickly thank everyone who made this interview possible. As you can see, the “Alesse” joke bombed, which raised a very important ethical dilemma: “How often should a rabid monkey be fed poisonous bananas?” We’ll leave that up to you to decide. We’ve got some more great interviews coming up, so make sure you keep updated.

Until the next time, champs,

The BotD Team