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Witches of the Week #4: Desert Sharks




1- Where is the band from and what's the best thing to do there?

We’re from Brooklyn! We’re going to sound biased, but NYC is the best city in the world. There’s tons of live music (including an incredible DIY scene), amazing food, some great beaches (we know they’re not as clean as in other parts of the world but we still love them), everything is open late, you typically (quarantine time excluded) can explore any possible interest here at any time. We love it.

2- What does your name stand for and what was the runner up?

I wish we had a cooler backstory for our name - though we do share our name with a swim team in El Paso and a motorcycle club somewhere in the Middle East. We tend to have a hard time agreeing on things and naming the band was no exception. We wrote a song called “Tequila Shark” which someone suggested we should use for our name. But we vetoed “tequila” in favor of “desert” because we liked the sound of it and that it was an anomaly.

3- Describe your sound using a movie title.

“Attack of the 50 Foot Woman”

4- Describe each band member using a meal.

Rebecca - ​Pasta WITHOUT black pepper
Stefania - ​Rare Steak and a Twizzler
Stephanie - ​Taco Bell but make it vegetarian
Sunny - ​Death to Bananas/Avocados

5- Name 3 bands who would headline your dream fest?

Veruca Salt, L7, Queen

6- For or not being described as "female fronted"?

Who’s your favorite male fronted band?

7- Are you signed on a label and why?

We’re signed to an amazing label from Brooklyn called ​Substitute Scene​. Emily, the owner, is incredible! We’re obsessed with our labelmates. We love Substitute Scene’s values, representation, and approach.

8- What's the most punk thing you've seen on tour/in a show?

Years ago we played a show at this shithole of a bar and the band before us, their guitarist in the middle of a song got pissed, put down his guitar, stuck a cigarette in his mouth, and left and went outside to smoke. About 3 songs later he walked back in the middle of a different song, still smoking, and finished the show. Or the time we had to play a stage right after some guy threw up all over it. Vomit is pretty punk.

9- Best quarantine activities?

Getting drunk, eating food, hangin with cats, Netflix, and playing instruments.

10- What's the best way to support your band?

Play our music! Like it or not, streaming matters. If you like what you heard, share it. And then if you really wanna get wild, we have vinyl and merch at desertsharks.bandcamp.com

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