We welcome to the checkered cast our first interview episode with Charm City's Rudest Rude Girl Lady Hatchet aka Kristen Forbes Guitarist & Lead Singer of The Scotch Bonnets. We discuss her introduction to ska, the early 90s music scene including riot girl & the womens indie rock movement, some of her experiences playing in bands as a professional musician, and talk about issues women face trying to make a name for themselves in the industry. Lady Hatchet does a weekly livestream on Sundays at noon called Slice of Hatchet check her out on Facebook to subscribe, she provided all of the music featured in this episode including her single "Tik Tok" (https://youtu.be/Zjy_UknGX98) & of course our theme song “Ruder Than You” was provided by The Scotch Bonnets (http://www.thescotchbonnets.com) if you would like to support her as a hard working professional female musician buy some music from her sites or send a donation via venmo @ladyhatchet

The other female empowerment music podcasts mentioned here are She's A Punk by Siobhan Woodrow

(https://shesapunk.com/)

& Mabel Syndrome (https://www.mablesyndrome.com)