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Semi Precious Weapons

Semi Precious Weapons

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Rock out with Semi Precious Weapons and see first hand how they’re changing the scene. They talk about their style icons that inspired them. Hosted by Miriam Rothbart.

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Young Hollywood

Welcome to Younghollywood. com.

Young Hollywood

Hi Young Hollywood.

Young Hollywood

I'm Miriam and I'm here in the recording studio with Semi Precious Weapons.

Young Hollywood

I love your music videos, they're full of, I mean, very unique and stylistically.

Young Hollywood

How involved are you as a band in, in creating that look and that feeling on the music video and?

Semi Precious Weapons

It's all our, it's our look.

Semi Precious Weapons

It's not really the storylines but the concepts and the, yeah, everything is we've done it all 100%.

Semi Precious Weapons

We actually Cole was sketching stuff for our new video earlier.

Semi Precious Weapons

Yeah, cool.

Semi Precious Weapons

That's how it is.

Semi Precious Weapons

It's very cool.

Semi Precious Weapons

And then in the and then in the middle I do that and it's awesome.

Young Hollywood

I like it because usually you see, you know, this effort to make everybody look the same in the band but here we have people, I mean you all have your own individual style.

Young Hollywood

It's almost like you're in different bands but you have a cohesive sound.

Semi Precious Weapons

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

What are some of the style icons that have inspired you?

Semi Precious Weapons

Uh, well for me personally, uh, my biggest style icons are Sharon Stone, uh, Marilyn Monroe and Marisa Tomei.

Semi Precious Weapons

Turbo from Breakin, the breakdance movie and LL and Willie Nelson.

Semi Precious Weapons

My mom's closet, that's my.

Semi Precious Weapons

Yeah.

Semi Precious Weapons

A good friend of ours Jimmy who makes these half jackets.

Semi Precious Weapons

You know why are you wearing a half jacket right now?

Semi Precious Weapons

Changed mid and you guys in the.

Young Hollywood

You guys are going on tour with Lady Gaga.

Young Hollywood

Tell us more about that.

Semi Precious Weapons

We knew her back in New York a couple years ago.

Semi Precious Weapons

Uh we used to play shows together and she's you know blossomed into this, you know, magical performer and uh, an artist, you know, so it's it's great to be able to work with her again now.

Semi Precious Weapons

So it's amazing.

Young Hollywood

I know that Perez Hilton is a big fan.

Young Hollywood

He blogs a lot about you guys.

Young Hollywood

He's a big supporter.

Young Hollywood

How did that come about?

Semi Precious Weapons

Basically what happened is that uh Justin sent him a video a couple years ago just like, hey, check it out.

Semi Precious Weapons

I actually sent him the same email 20 times.

Semi Precious Weapons

I just resent it like every three days and then one day he just wrote back and he said this is awesome.

Semi Precious Weapons

What's the MySpace page?

Semi Precious Weapons

And then the next morning it was, I had like 45 texts of everyone like, oh my god, you're on Perez Hilton.

Semi Precious Weapons

We did the whole Perez Hilton tour.

Semi Precious Weapons

It was amazing.

Semi Precious Weapons

We started as the opener.

Semi Precious Weapons

And then we were the support and then we were the co-headliner.

Young Hollywood

Anyone in particular that you aspire to working with in the near future?

Semi Precious Weapons

I would love for Cindy Crawford to star in one of our music videos.

Semi Precious Weapons

I think we'd all like to make a record with Jay-Z.

Semi Precious Weapons

He's the raddest right now.

Semi Precious Weapons

I think he's the most badass and the most rock and roll.

Semi Precious Weapons

He's probably the most fascinating character out there right now.

Young Hollywood

And do you think he could crossover to Glam Rock and maintain his swagger?

Semi Precious Weapons

Yeah, 100%.

Semi Precious Weapons

If there's anything we have it's lots of swagger.

Semi Precious Weapons

We are Semi Precious Weapons and he wants to fuck Young Hollywood.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Miriam Rothbart

    Host of the interview

  • Semi Precious Weapons

    The band being interviewed

  • Cole

    Member of Semi Precious Weapons, sketches for videos

  • Sharon Stone

    Style icon inspiration

  • Marilyn Monroe

    Style icon inspiration

  • Marisa Tomei

    Style icon inspiration

  • Turbo

    Style icon from the movie Breakin'

  • LL

    Style icon inspiration

  • Willie Nelson

    Style icon inspiration

  • Jimmy

    Friend who makes half jackets

  • Lady Gaga

    Artist Semi Precious Weapons toured with

  • Perez Hilton

    Blogger who supported Semi Precious Weapons

FAQ

Who are some of Semi Precious Weapons' style icons?+
Their style icons include Sharon Stone, Marilyn Monroe, Marisa Tomei, Turbo from Breakin', LL, and Willie Nelson, among others.
How involved are Semi Precious Weapons in their music videos?+
The band is 100% involved in creating the concepts and look for their music videos, with members like Cole sketching ideas.
How did Semi Precious Weapons start touring with Lady Gaga?+
They knew Lady Gaga from New York when they used to play shows together, and later toured with her after she became a big performer.
How did Perez Hilton discover Semi Precious Weapons?+
A band member named Justin repeatedly sent Perez Hilton a video, which eventually led to Perez Hilton blogging about them and becoming a big supporter.
Who would Semi Precious Weapons like to collaborate with?+
They would love for Cindy Crawford to star in a music video and would like to make a record with Jay-Z.

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