Lolita Storm

Lolita Storm
Origin	Brighton, United Kingdom
Genres	Digital hardcore Rock
Years active	1996–2006[note 1]
Labels	Rabid Badger, Digital Hardcore Recordings, 555 Recordings
Members	Jimmy Too-Bad Nhung Napalm Spex
Past members	Romy Medina

Lolita Storm was a digital hardcore band from the UK consisting of Nhung Napalm, Romy Medina, Jimmy Too-Bad, and Spex.[1]

Its main characteristics are chanted punk lyrics about sex, celebrity hatred, drugs, and feminism.[2] All are presented in a comical rather than deeply political form, backdrops of generally highly aggressive breakbeat. In their own words:[3]

The whole point of Lolita Storm is that we’re a backlash against everything you know, style, music. Everything is boring and we decided that it’s about time that someone did something different and encouraged other people to do something different—to do their own thing.

— Nhung Napalm, Lolita Storm stand for nothing and hate everyone

History

On the Rabid Badger label, they released their single debut, "Goodbye America" / "Get Back I'm Evil," in 1999.[4] NME subsequently made this their "Single of the Week."

In 2000 they released "G.F.S.U." (an acronym for "Girls Fucking Shit Up"), their best-known work to date and only album, on the feminist "Fatal" sub-label on Digital Hardcore Recordings (abbreviated as DHR).[3] Followed by two singles from the album: "Red Hot Riding Hood" and "Hot Lips Wet Pants." In August 1999 and June 2000, the band participated in two John Peel sessions.[5][6]

Lolita Storm's last recording on DHR label was an EP, "Sick Slits," in 2001.[7] The next single, "Studio 666 Smack Addict Commandos" / "I am Your Enemy," was released on 555 Recordings.[8] They also self-released a single, "Dancing With The Ibiza Dogs," in 2004, after which the band disbanded.[9]

Lolita Storm reunited in 2006 to record a song "Stranger Than Kindness" for a Nick Cave tribute album.[10] Their song "Red Hot Riding Hood" from "G.F.S.U." album is in the club scene in 2017s Workin' Moms TV series - season 1, episode 8, "Hoop Earring."[11]

After the split, Nhung Napalm (real name, Nhung Dang) later became a qualified counselor, hypnotherapist, and regression therapist.[12]

Discography

Studio albums

• "G.F.S.U." (DHR, 2000)

EPs

• "Sick Slits" (DHR, 2001)

Singles

• "Goodbye America" / "Get Back I'm Evil" (Rabid Badger, 1999)
• "Studio 666 Smack Addict Commandos" / "I Am Your Enemy" (555 Recordings, 2003)
• "Dancing With The Ibiza Dogs" (self-release, 2004)

Other recordings

• "Stranger Than Kindness" on "Eye for an Eye: A Tribute to Nick Cave" (Failure To Communicate Records, 2006)
• "Red Hot Riding Hood (Dist. mix)" on DHR LTD12 CD (Digital Hardcore Recordings, 2000)
• Disastronaut & Lolita Storm "I Wanna Be A China Girl" (Sonic Dragolgo remix) on "Muzik" compilation (Intikrec, 2002)[13]

Videos

• "Red Hot Riding Hood"[14]

Notes

1. No statement of ending and website does not exist anymore, though there are unreleased tracks on their MySpace page. The last Lolita Storm's song was published in 2006.

References

1. "Are You A Drama Queen?". www.vice.com. December 2000. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
2. "Album Review: Lolita Storm - Girls Fucking Shit Up". DrownedInSound. 25 May 2002. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
3. "Rockbites interview: Lolita Storm". rockbites.org. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
4. Lolita Storm - Goodbye America / Get Back (I'm Evil), retrieved 20 September 2022
5. "BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - 21/07/1999 Lolita Storm". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
6. "BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - 14/05/2000 Lolita Storm". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
7. Lolita Storm - Sick Slits E.P., retrieved 20 September 2022
8. Lolita Storm - Studio 666 Smack Addict Commandos, retrieved 20 September 2022
9. Lolita Storm - Dancing With The Ibiza Dogs, retrieved 19 September 2022
10. Various - Eye For An Eye: A Tribute To Nick Cave, retrieved 20 September 2022
11. "Lolita Storm placed in Workin' Moms". ThinkSync Music. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
12. "About me". Counselling & Hypnotherapy. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
13. Various - Muzik, retrieved 22 September 2022
14. Various - Digital Hardcore!!! Videos, retrieved 22 September 2022