Pop Quiz: Juliette Lewis

Pop Quiz: Juliette Lewis

Aidin Vaziri | Juliette Lewis must be insane. She's just signed up her band to tour the country with Chris Cornell, the leather-voiced former front man for Soundgarden and Audioslave. We imagine his fans are going to be a bit skeptical about the whole thing, primarily because Lewis is best known as an actress who once portrayed Jennifer Lopez's best friend in a movie called "Enough," she used to date Brad Pitt and she's a big-time Scientologist. Plus, the last time we saw her she was decked out in head-to-toe neon-yellow spandex. But the biggest head-scratcher for the old-school metal fans is going to be the glam-rock blast of Juliette and the Licks' new album, "Four on the Floor." She's probably going to melt their heads.


Juliette Lewis
Q: Are you ready to face Chris Cornell's fans? From what I understand they are mostly Neanderthals.
A: We're so excited I can't even explain it to you. We've played so many different kinds of shows. Once you've opened for Turbonegro and Social Distortion, you're pretty much ready for anything. We just played to a bunch of Iron Maiden fans in Spain. We haven't been in the States, so you have no idea what we've done as a band. His audience is rockers and we're a rock band, so it's a good match. It's a nice, healthy crowd.
Q: I remember a few years ago you were pretty much the only woman on the Warped Tour.
A: There were three bands that had women in them. That's what's so great. It's where we cut our teeth. In a narrow view, I'm this crossover act because of the movie thing, but I'm sort of this underdog upon underdog, so the Warped Tour was great. It was for kids, and they don't know who I am. To them, we're just a loud, ruckus-y band. That's what festivals are about. We made a lot of friends. My Chemical Romance was checking us out show after show.
Q: How many of your moves do you think that guy from My Chemical Romance stole?
A: Shut up. He has a lot of awesome moves. I love the camaraderie between bands that you develop. It's a real community. You have a mishmash of all kinds of people. You're just joined by music and these audiences. It's more part of my nature than something else.