At first glance Candace Kucsulain of Walls of Jericho may
appear tough, bold, angry, but nothing could be further
from the truth. This red-headed Detroit spawned front
woman was all cheeky dimpled smiles and laughter as she
and I recanted stories of our hometown.
In Detroit the music scene is a
bubbling cauldron consisting of
anything from blues to death metal,
but anyone who's anyone has played
at the Wired Frog. The Wired Frog is
a venue that is open to the public and
all ages, holding up to 2,000 people in
a chilled concrete tomb. What does
the Frog have to do with Candace?
Well, she was the very first hardcore
kid to book a show at the place with
the band "Pets or Meat," to which she
performed back-up vocals. Though
the Frog no loner exists the fact still
remains, Hardcore bands owe a great
big thank you to Ms. Candace for
opening the door for their scene on
the 8 Mile side of town.
No, this isn't an Eminem sob story.
There are no gang fights, no rap-offs,
nor white boy bashing beat downs.
8 Miles isn't all that bad, I lived
directly off of it by two blocks, and if
one lives anywhere, you'll find trouble
if you go looking for it. So being from
Detroit doesn't necessarily make you
hard, but it doesn't hurt either. In her
case, being tough comes from being
one of the few girls in a Hardcore
band. "You know, I had to be tough. I had to portray this
tough image. And it had to be me. That’s not- I mean, I
have that side of me, but I have so many other sides and I
don't feel like I have to just show one thing to the world.
appear tough, bold, angry, but nothing could be further
from the truth. This red-headed Detroit spawned front
woman was all cheeky dimpled smiles and laughter as she
and I recanted stories of our hometown.
In Detroit the music scene is a
bubbling cauldron consisting of
anything from blues to death metal,
but anyone who's anyone has played
at the Wired Frog. The Wired Frog is
a venue that is open to the public and
all ages, holding up to 2,000 people in
a chilled concrete tomb. What does
the Frog have to do with Candace?
Well, she was the very first hardcore
kid to book a show at the place with
the band "Pets or Meat," to which she
performed back-up vocals. Though
the Frog no loner exists the fact still
remains, Hardcore bands owe a great
big thank you to Ms. Candace for
opening the door for their scene on
the 8 Mile side of town.
No, this isn't an Eminem sob story.
There are no gang fights, no rap-offs,
nor white boy bashing beat downs.
8 Miles isn't all that bad, I lived
directly off of it by two blocks, and if
one lives anywhere, you'll find trouble
if you go looking for it. So being from
Detroit doesn't necessarily make you
hard, but it doesn't hurt either. In her
case, being tough comes from being
one of the few girls in a Hardcore
band. "You know, I had to be tough. I had to portray this
tough image. And it had to be me. That’s not- I mean, I
have that side of me, but I have so many other sides and I
don't feel like I have to just show one thing to the world.
So that was something that I had to get over for a while. It
took me a while to be able to get onstage and feel
completely comfortable with who I was on stage. A lot of
people just thought I was a bitch. That I was just rough.
But in honesty I'm just a quiet person, I'm total a dork,
I wanna read, I wanna listen to
music, and just hang out. The
bitch thing was a big thing for
me."
What about this softer side?
What about the deeper
meaning of it all? "The Hunted- which
is a new song on the CD. I love
that song because it's eerie, it's
got this dark eerie feeling to it
and it makes me giggle because
it's so catchy. But at the same
time that song is about
something that’s very
important to me, it's something
that- I don't want to say our
band revolves around, but it's
something that has obviously
inspired who I am today, and
it's about rape awareness.
We're letting other people
know that this has happened
and that there are people that
go through this and are here,
and things can get better. I did
an interview today, no fucking
joke, and this guy was like 'Oh,
you talk about rape awareness,
that's a hardcore thing.' And
I'm like not really, because a lot of
bands talk about it and you know it's a heavy subject. And
you know what he said? 'Oh yeah, you're right, because
there isn't a lot of women in this type of music so it doesn't
get talked about.' And that's exactly why I talk
took me a while to be able to get onstage and feel
completely comfortable with who I was on stage. A lot of
people just thought I was a bitch. That I was just rough.
But in honesty I'm just a quiet person, I'm total a dork,
I wanna read, I wanna listen to
music, and just hang out. The
bitch thing was a big thing for
me."
What about this softer side?
What about the deeper
meaning of it all? "The Hunted- which
is a new song on the CD. I love
that song because it's eerie, it's
got this dark eerie feeling to it
and it makes me giggle because
it's so catchy. But at the same
time that song is about
something that’s very
important to me, it's something
that- I don't want to say our
band revolves around, but it's
something that has obviously
inspired who I am today, and
it's about rape awareness.
We're letting other people
know that this has happened
and that there are people that
go through this and are here,
and things can get better. I did
an interview today, no fucking
joke, and this guy was like 'Oh,
you talk about rape awareness,
that's a hardcore thing.' And
I'm like not really, because a lot of
bands talk about it and you know it's a heavy subject. And
you know what he said? 'Oh yeah, you're right, because
there isn't a lot of women in this type of music so it doesn't
get talked about.' And that's exactly why I talk
