The Ticks are perhaps the first rock group in the world that was brought together by the unifying force of ice cream trucks: One of us drives one; one of us used to drive one; one of our husbands used to drive one.
What we really are is three women: Emma Dubner on bass, Julia Randall on drums, and Sue LaVallee on guitar. We all sing, and mostly perform original songs written by at least one of the three of us. Always with a mind to fashion and/or unabashed theatricality, we play driving pop-punk and rock. We enjoy clever lyrics and wry, wicked humor. Plus we want you to dance like crazy freaks!
We started off in 1999, jamming in the rehearsal space of our friends The High Kings. Our first live performance was opening for them at the Prodigal Son in Hyannis, a supposed one time event. To our surprise, our songs of every-girl longing and social satire were enjoyed by the audience! The Ticks were born...
We released our debut album So Young, So Bad in 2003. Recorded by Kevin Reilly at Lookingglass Studios in New York, the record was named a Top Ten Album of the Year by the Boston Globe's Jim Sullivan. We were thrilled when The Ticks were tapped to open for the B-52s at the Melody Tent in Hyannis in 2003 and then again in 2007. In 2004 we released our record Pick Me. It was recorded at Plymouth Rock Studios by Mark Bryant and features crowd favorites"We're Girls" and "Ginkgo Biloba". Over the years, favorable pieces have appeared in the Cape Cod Times, The Boston Globe Magazine, the Cape Cod Voice, Northeast Performer, the Cape Codder and Wicked Hawt.
Lately we've been musing about recording some of our great new songs like "Believin' It" and "Shine". And ice cream trucks still appear in our lyrics: look for "Better Than That" on our next record!