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I would sing. Again, mom was right, and after a few feel her body nervously or calmly depending on the
A L I T T L E H O S T I L E
I N T E R V I E W W I T H F R O N T W O M A N H A N N A H
Love her or hate her, this one-of-a-kind, in-your-face rockin’ diva is a take-no-prisoners artiste.
Hannah Wright can be risqué, cynical, and undoubtedly spirited, but just between us, she carries
a sweet disposition that even her gruff exterior can’t hide. Hannah, a 6’2” singer, songwriter, and
actress, shared her life, love of music, and being touted as a little hostile with ZGP Magazine.
ZGP: When did music start for you? tric Guitar/Keys), Tyler Marberry (Bass), and me. We
HW: I don’t remember a time when music wasn’t a started the band with some other members around
part of my life. I do remember distinctly when my April 2020. COVID couldn’t stop the music. Soon it
genre took a dramatic change. I was riding down the was back to our original trio, however by December of
road with my dad listening to a country station on the 2020, Tyler had brought on two incredible musicians
radio. My dad suddenly changed the radio. Country Chris Thompson (Electric Guitar) and Eddie Melton
twang was immediately replaced with avant-garde (Drums), and we’ve been “A Little Hostile” since then.
metal blasting from the speakers. It was the first time My bandmates are laid back, and I’m eccentrically
I heard Rob Zombie’s hit song, “Dragula,” and I was feisty, so it works; until you press the wrong buttons.
instantly hooked. From then on, it was rock music. Chris and I recently had a blow-up fight, but we ex-
Immediately following Zombie, my dad played “The changed mutual responsibility and mutual apologies
Beautiful People” by Marilyn Manson. It saved my over a large bottle of tequila. I believe it’s healthy to
music life. Our band, A Little Hostile, plays rock, but yell and purge the frustrations like one does at family
I’m working on some cover tunes of Marilyn Manson. holidays, my band is my family, and there are times we
will dramatically disagree like family.
ZGP: When did you know you could sing?
HW: I would sit in my bedroom and practice singing
to Beyoncé and Shakira. But I never did it in front of
anyone. I always thought I could sing. However, my
mom would always hear me and tell me how great I
was, but, hey, it’s your mom. But, I’m glad I didn’t start
ZGP: Where did the band name “A Little singing until I was an adult. Today, many artists began
Hostile” come from? at an early age; I only recently emerged from my pri-
HW: Early on, during a band rehearsal, a song wasn’t vate bedroom lessons with the radio. I learned to do
going as I expected. Exhausted, emotional, or plain different things with my voice, and I am still learning.
delusional, I shouted, “PLAY THE DAMN SONG One of my musical influences is heavy metal front-
RIGHT!” Immediately I was asked by a bandmate, woman Maria Brink with the band “In This Moment.”
“Why are you so hostile? and I replied, “BECAUSE At 43, Brink is doing what I am striving to do. Brink is
I AM A LITTLE HOSTILE.” The frustrated mood everything I wanna be, and because of her, I believe I
turned to a collective, creative mind that we all can do this.
thought, “HEY, that is a band name; our band name.”
ZGP: Who was your first audience outside
ZGP: Sounds like you all are in harmony. household eavesdroppers?
How long has the band been together, and HW: My mom coaxed me into meeting her friends,
how do you make it work? Matt and Mary Foster. The Fosters had an expensive
HW: The original members are Darrien Taylor (Elec- karaoke machine set up in their living room, and
perhaps my mom knew if she could get me over there,
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drinks, I hit that mic in front of my first audience. type of song I’m singing.
That was sometime in 2019, and I have never looked
back. Wait, have I said my mom was right twice now? ZGP: Other than the musically inclined
W R I G H T
snake, what other animals do you have?
HW: I have a 10-year-old German Shepherd and a
Siamese Cat.
ZGP: You know I love dogs. What is the
GSD name?
HW: Nada Kitty - N-A-D-A K-I-T-T-Y
ZGP: That is hilarious. Can I assume the
ZGP: You all play in a lot of bars; how do cat’s name is NADA DOG?
you handle the obnoxious “FREE BIRD” HW: Oh no, her name is Duchess.
ranting wanna be a rockstar?
HW: Generally, “Free Bird” is the first shouted re- ZGP: We’ve talked a lot about your music,
quest, and I firmly tell the gentleman, “We (expletive) but I also read you are an actress?
don’t play that, sir.” However, our talented band knows HW: Yes, and I expect to be cast if your upcoming
most of the requests, and if I do not know the song, book becomes a movie. The “bad guy,” of course. I’ve
I do not mind stepping aside, pull the requester on been fortunate to be involved in two Jaron Lockridge
stage to sing it. The audience interaction is incredible productions. I played “Kayla” in the 2020 movie
-everyone is happy. “Smith”, “Rachel” in the 2017 release of the thriller
“Hongo,” and a Will Black directed film “The Way
ZGP: Where does a lyric come from? Out” in 2016 where I played “Elizabeth.”
HW: Trauma. When I am in a dark place, I produce
the best lyrics from my raw emotions. I have a bottle ZGP: What a fantastic career so far. Where
of wine and write. I’m sitting on several songs written are some places “A Little Hostile” per-
from this emotional abyss, but I’m not ready to share forms?
those lyrics with the world just yet. HW: We play all over West Tennessee. Such as in Dy-
When I need a good cry, I turn to Lana Del Ray. Her ersburg, Tennessee, at a joint called Tapp’d, not to be
music has a cinematic prowess filled with melancholic confused with a similarly named bar we also play here
riffs and emotion-filled delivery. It’s tragic and thera- in Jackson, called The Tap. We also played in Brad-
peutic. People may not remember what you said, but ford, Tennessee back in May for a St. Jude fundraiser
they certainly remember how you made them feel. Del event called, “Annual Patriot Butt-Run” hosted by
Ray’s music begs the listener to feel something. The American Patriot Vanguard MC/RC Tennessee.
music draws people together because we are all united
in the vibration of the sounds. In this beautiful realm,
words become unnecessary to connect us. On stage, Hannah Wright might be delivering her
best aggressive lyrics set to heart-pounding rock and
ZGP: Let’s talk more about uniting vibra- roll music, but off stage, she is a determined woman,
tions. secretly a kind soul, and passionate about life.
HW: I believe there will always be vibrations to con-
nect us. If there was no music at all, vibrations would Bonus: Hannah’s
continue to exist. The sound of footsteps, the earthly “Music and Kindness”
tremble left behind after a clap of thunder. Even my Sentence Challenge
Boa Python gets it. My snake can’t hear the words I
sing, but she can and does respond to the vibration of
the songs I sing. I wrap her around my neck, and I can
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