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Dum Dum Girls’ Dee Dee Penny: “All Men Should Be Feminists”

The rock ‘n’ roll frontwoman has a message for her fellow AllSaints campaign stars…

Dum Dum Girls and Haunted Hearts frontwoman Dee Dee Penny is just one musical star of AllSaints latest photography project, Biker Portrait Series Part II, and she has a message for the all-guy bands who were also involved: “All men should be feminists, hands down.”

The legendary rocker also shared her favourite NYC venue and most iconic biker jacket with MTV.

Read on to hear more from Dee Dee Penny, as well as Skaters and Drowners, who also don their favourite AllSaints biker jackets for Biker Portrait Series Part II.

Dee Dee Penny from Haunted Hearts/Dum Dum Girls

How do you think you reflectAllSaintsas a brand and how do you think they reflect you as an artist?

The aesthetic is an easy fit. As a whole, the band wears simple black layers, which is essentially what AllSaints specialise in. On any given day, we all have on tight black pants (leggings to denim to leather), a black or white top and either a draped coat or a leather jacket. Since pairing with AllSaints for the ‘Under These Hands’ video, it's really become auniform. It's classic, clean and put together, butcomfortableenoughto travel in. [related]

Which musician is the owner of the most iconic biker jacket you've ever seen?

Marianne Faithfull's full body leather inThe Girl On A Motorcycleis iconic as f**k.

You were involved in Rookie's Feminist Warriors song; if you could teach the all-male bands in the AllSaints campaign one thing about womanhood, what would it be?

All men should be feminists, hands down.

Which of the bands in theAllSaintscampaign with you would you most like to cover a Dum Dum Girls track?

Io Echo!

Where is your favourite New York venue to play?

Bowery Ballroom ’cuz there's residual glitter from Patti Smith's NYE shows ... and (Le) Poisson Rouge forsomethingmore intimate.

Skaters

Which musician is the owner of the most iconic biker jacket you've ever seen?

Sid (Vicious)!

You used to play Pixies covers when you first got together, but if you were to cover a Drowners track, which one would it be and why?

‘Long Hair’. I like the sentiment.

Which of the bands in the AllSaints campaign with you would you most like to cover a Skaters track?

Drowners do a mean cover of Miss Teen Massachusetts already.

Where is your favourite New York venue to play?

Now - Irving Plaza

Last week - Bowery Ballroom

Drowners

How do you think you reflect AllSaints as a brand and how do you think they reflect you as a band?

They make leather jackets; we’ve always worn leather jackets.

Which musician is the owner of the most iconic biker jacket you’ve ever seen?

Dee Dee Ramone

Which of the bands in the AllSaints campaign with you would you most like to cover a Drowners track?

Our fellow New York band, Wet.

You released your first studio album this year; what do you want to conquer in 2015?

The infamously difficult second album.

Where is your favourite New York venue to play?

Bowery Ballroom

Visitwww.allsaints.comfor more onBiker Portrait Series Part II. All images byBon Duke.

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