WE ROCK LIKE GIRLS DON'T are:
Ros Cairney - guitar and vocals
Vas Antoniadou - drums and vocals
The band formed when Glasgwegian Ros moved to London, advertised for a rock'n'roll freak and met her match in London/Greek drummer Vas.
With bassist Jen Simpson they played their first gigs in 2004, infiltrated the BBC as finalists in Onemusic Unsigned and rocked the X Tent at Scotland's T In The Park Festival.
The band released two classic ltd edition 7" vinyl singles on their own label Distort:
ROCK'N'ROLL FREAK / HIP TO YOU
I JUST WANNA STICK MY HEAD IN THE BASS DRUM / OUT OF CONTROL
"Punishing drums, mastodon riffs, immeasurably terrific" NME
"The best new female rock band on the planet" KERRANG
Jen left to rejoin her brother's band in 2006 and Ros and Vas decided they didn't need a bassist after all.
The duo recorded a self-financed album with Breeders producer Mark Freegard and in October 2008 unleashed ear-splitting new single VIOLENCE. Radio support came from XFM's John Kennedy, Radio 1's Vic Galloway, BBC 6 Music, Total Rock, Artrocker Radio.
"Best single so far" ARTROCKER
"Bold, brash and utterly unforgiving" SUBBACULTCHA
"Violence has the energy and heart of a band that enjoy making music" THE MUSIC MAGAZINE
"Ladies and Gentlemen, THIS is girl power!" THE MAG
Since then the pair have played increasingly wild headline shows as a guitar/drums duo all over the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Italy to fervent live reviews - see BLOG.
Critically acclaimed debut album HOW DID IT GET TO THIS is in the shops from April 6th 2009 on Distort via CARGO. The album has its European release on July 3rd and is available for download now on all major download services.
"HOW DID IT GET TO THIS is the kind of awesome rock record we don't hear often enough" 8/10 NME
"This is rock'n'roll at its purest" 9/10 THE MUSIC MAGAZINE
"Drums, feedback, noise, glitches and after ten seconds the killer riff that sets us free. The groove is found and we are off on one of the most exciting rock rollercoasters of 2009" HUMO.BE
"They've made the album they always threatened" ALBUM OF THE WEEK, ORGAN
"If PJ Harvey and Josh Homme had got together about a decade earlier and decided to indulge their mutual garage-punk influences this is what it may well have sounded like" ROOM THIRTEEN
"Loud, bad-assed and swaggering, WRLGD have carved themselves a secure niche in back-to-basics lo-fi rock" TOURDATES
"Recalling the feral ferocity of early PJ Harvey, the stark rock fire of the Pixies and the insouciance of Yeah Yeah Yeahs" METRO
"WRLGD take their lead from PJ Harvey's playful, satirical 50ft Queenie yet sound deadly serious in their intent to beat the guys at their own DIY punk game" THE SCOTSMAN
"The first time I heard it I wanted to cut off my toes and shove them in my ears, pour lighter fluid on my speakers and throw them on top of a live hand grenade" ROCK REALMS
