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<\/a><\/p>\nJesse Jo Stark has been touted as many things over the years, but with the recent release of her four track EP Down Your Drain, <\/i>successful musician can be added to that list. Coming into the public eye through the lens of the infamous photographer Cobra Snake during the mid-noughties, whilst still a teen, collaborations with Vans as well as Chrome Hearts, (which happens to be the family business) soon followed. We catch up with her from her Venice home, where she fills us in on making music with Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols to writing her first song at twelve.<\/p>\n
What are your earliest memories of music, what music were you raised on?<\/b><\/p>\n
I feel like when my dad used to play on the way to school, like country and Brian Eno and David Bowie and I hated it because I was younger and didn\u2019t really understand that; I wanted to listen to the Spice Girls, but now I\u2019m stoked because that really influenced my music now! My dad and mum were always into it, that scene, they were always making clothes for all these rock stars so I was always always in the mix of a creative space. Recently though\u2026I actually just downloaded Lola Wolf, Zo\u00eb Kravitz\u2019s band and I\u2019ve been listening to a lot of Fleetwood Mac, The Cramps, Mazzy Star, that\u2019s been my week.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re from an extremely creative household, and you\u2019ve dabbled in both music and fashion, have your parents ever given you any advice?<\/b><\/p>\n
They were always just supportive. My dad bought me a guitar for my birthday when was little and they let me take music lessons; I was never really sporty so music was my outlet.<\/p>\n
When did you first start playing guitar? What\u2019s the writing process like for you?<\/b><\/p>\n
I was like 10, I actually play with the guy who taught me to play Kurt; he\u2019s in my band with me now. The first song I ever wrote was called \u2018my hearts on fire\u2019 and I was like 12, so you can imagine, it wasn\u2019t that great! I don\u2019t play guitar on stage though, but I do write with my guitar. It\u2019s always actually lyrics first. I get the name of my song in my head and then I build a song around that. I wrote a lot in the studio with my drummer Isaac. I have all these really bad voice notes on my phone, and then we\u2019ll go and lay it down and spice it up.<\/p>\n