Bully is currently touring America with Best Coast and on June 18th they played the Newport. Alicia Bognanno is the fiery onstage front woman of the Nashville-based punk band. Offstage Alicia is probably one of the sweetest, friendliest musicians I’ve ever met. She’s probably also the coolest person I’ve ever eaten pizza in a bathroom with. While she gnawed on a quick slice from Mikey’s after her set, she answered a couple questions in the quietest spot we could find in the Newport, the bathroom.
It’s a friday night and you’re not on tour, where are you, what are you doing?
I’m sitting at my house watching netflix and hanging out with my dog.
What do you like to watch?
I haven’t gotten to watch netflix for almost a month! So I binged watched the new season of OITNB last night.
What is your favorite comic book?
I love “Unloveable” by Ester Pearl Watson. It’s based off a diary she found in the girl’s bathroom in the 80s. It’s a really hilarious graphic novel about a really awkward teenager. It’s awesome!
If you could play in any venue or at any festival, what’s the dream?
I want to play Primivera [Sound] in Spain. I’ve never been there so I think that’d be awesome.
Who would you consider the be the most underrated musician/songwriter?
I have no idea… I don’t know.
So you did all the sound engineering on the album right?
Yeah!
What was that like?
It was great! I’ve never done it any other way, so it was just the usual for Bully.
What was your favorite part about making the new album?
Probably just having the freedom to do whatever I wanted to do with it.
How’d you feel when Best Coast asked you to tour with them?
We were so excited! It’s a much bigger tour than we usually do. We’re usually just playing little rooms.
– these are awesome! She is gorugoes and so are these portrait! And she totally does not look like that cat is giving her ANY trouble totally casual haha!