So I last I attended an event at the Cutting Room by Marie Claire Magazine, they were hosting a performance by The Vasserettes.
What or Who are the Vasserettes?
The invitation toted them as “one of the hottest new bands out of L.A.!
Get an exclusive first listen to their sure to be hit single,
“Are You Ready for the Real Thing?”.
Ok. Simple enough, First thing, WHAT is a Vasserette?
If you Google it you are going to get links to all types of lingerie.
A closer look will land you to this wikipedia entry and of course www.vassarette.com
Turns out the Vassarette is a brand of women’s underwear owned by Vanity Fair Brands. Their lines include bras, stockings and lingerie, and they were previously a major manufacturer of girdles.
So I have my first free drink and think ok, an an all girl bra wearing rock band.
Cool. I’m thinking Lita Ford multiplied by 4 for the 21st century!
A woman in the audience tells me they already did the song and they are about to do it “again”? (you mean they already performed and will do the same song
They get introduced, they come on stage, ready their instruments and go right into the song “Are You Ready for the Real Thing?”
3 minutes later the song is over, no thank you, no introduction of the band.
1. Who cooked up th hair-brained scheme?
2. Where do I file a complaint?
3. Why do the same song twice?
4. How do you consider yourself a rcck band with only one song?
Overall all, the song is catchy in a Josie and the Pussycats (cartoon) or even GEM-Truly Outrageous. But not good enough to chart.
If your gimmick is to wear bras on stage, the least you could do is fill them.
After a goodnights sleep, I come to realize it was all a clever marketing ploy by Vanity Fair.
Create an all girl rock band whos gimmick is just bras.
Like Russell on Fat Albert use to say:
“You can pay for school but you cant buy class!”
