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Julia

Julia: Yes, we have always played together since we can remember! Mom was so dedicated
to the music that she even went into labour when Dad was playing with his band, and that's
when I made my grand entrance into the world. Pablo and I would curl up on top of the amps,
feeling the vibrations of the music as we drifted off to sleep. Pablo was banging on the drums
before he could even reach the pedals. As for me, when they asked what I wanted to be when
I grew up, I'd always say ‘I wanna be a singer!’ We've been on a musical adventure together
from the start.

MW: Jax, how do you manage to juggle two hard working bands? Are there occasions
when tours or recording schedules conflict?

Jax: It’s easier than you would think really. As Girlschool doesn’t do as many gigs as we used
to, I fit the Syteria gigs around them where possible. There's only been one clash and that
was because of the Covid fiasco. But I worked it out. This year has been an especially busy
year as both bands had new albums coming out. I thought the Girlschool one would be
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released in Spring as it was recorded last year, but the record company said July 28 , and of
course that was the date Syteria’s new album was also due out, so we had to change that to
August instead. Other than that, we haven’t had many problems. If something does clash, we
try to move the Syteria gig as I can’t move the Girlschool one, but it hasn’t happened too
often…though this year is incredibly busy as the Girlschool album hit #1 in the rock charts, so
gigs coming in all over now!