An Interview with Homewrecker and the Bedwetters, July 2022
Who/what inspires your music?
Joy — I’m very inspired to perform in this band because of the opportunity to be able to be queer and fem on stage and not feel bad about it or feel shame from other people.
I’m simply inspired by the fact that we can let loose.
Also I’m a really big see you space cowboy fan and find a lot of stylistic inspiration from them.
Dom — I would say queer artists that are comfortable and open and honest in their music, and simply do what they want, play what they want, and are proud of it. I’ve also found a lot of inspiration from Guerilla Toss.
Definitely Cyber Grind.
in general, any hardcore bands that are queer and fem!
Devin — I’m inspired a lot by making music with my friends, and pretty much anything i’m listening to at the time!
Right now I feel we’re all pretty inspired by mortality rate, sissy fit and knocked loose.
How did you come up with the name?
Dom — I was trying to think of somewhat crass words that had to do with the general idea of being a slut.
I view the word homewrecker as having a similar negative connotation, and I wanted to essentially reclaim the word as I feel the word puts all the blame onto one singular person when that’s usually not the case, and is often used to slut shame women.
I also wanted the name to be more light-hearted and not just edgy, so I came up with the second part bedwetters because it loosely fits with the word homewrecker as they have a similar sound.
I liked the way it rolled off the tongue, and the second part helps because I don’t like to take this band or myself too seriously, so it helps to add something silly.
How would you describe your sound?
- Dom — I usually say more hardcore punk, queer punk, queer core, glitter punk, mostly just… gay noise!
we’ve gone through a multitude of different genres in a very short time, but as of right now i’m sticking to gay noise.
How did the members meet?
- Dom and I (Devin) both used to be jazz study majors, and we met in a vocal ensemble class when one day he reached out and we eventually became friends, and he later reached out asking to start a band with me as a drummer and him as a singer.
Jaden — I was skating and I heard a band playing from outside the venue, so I went in and met the rest of the band! I started going to their shows frequently and Dom eventually reached out and we became friends, and eventually I joined.
Joy — I met Devin and Dom both through the vocal ensemble class, and I loved the overall message of the band because it meant a lot to me, as I was extremely frustrated being a trans woman playing music and all that it comes with and it was really inspiring to see this openly queer band, so I started showing up wherever they were playing!
I had played a few gigs in the past with Devin, and eventually I was asked to play bass for homewrecker.
If you had no choice but to become a cover band, who would you cover?
Weezer. Next Question.
What is the hardest part about being in a band?
Dom — Honestly, how overwhelming it is. Even good things can be overwhelming sometimes, at least at this point and being in this band, there’s so much of EVERYTHING!
Simply just finding a way to manage everything that comes with being in a band
Ex. going on tour and having people know us around, it gets stressful.
The hardest part is just being able to organize my thoughts and everything that has to be done, and putting in the work in order to keep the band running. It can be hard when the messages keep piling up.
Everything we deal with is all incredibly positive and fun, it’s just the sheer amount that it comes in can be very overwhelming.
What is your end goal?
blow up and act like we don’t know nobody.
If someone wrote a book about your band what would it be titled?
“Piss my Ride: the Homewrecker Story”
What is the craziest thing you’ve experienced as a band?
playing at pearl street.
We played in Austin [TX] at a co-op and it was wild.
I’ve never been to a place like that before, it was very fun.
we walked in, they said “you can put your gear behind my back”. We were in a cafeteria kitchen. They had big industrial pots and pans on a giant stove, the biggest box of vodka I had ever seen in my life, accompanied by a giant pot of nasty jungle juice. flies and everything.
There were what looked like 1,000 people living there and they all came out, and we played the show in the cafeteria and we all had a big water balloon fight at the end.
Which song of yours was the most fun to write & make?
Probably our song Gender Traitor. a lot of it was impromptu and on the spot, it was a good time.
mine (Devin) is probably fem 4 all. The whole process was a lot of fun because we each had different ideas and we ended up changing it a whole bunch, and when it all finally came together it was sick.
Dom — I was very nervous to play fem 4 all because I had initially written it entirely differently from the end product, but it ended up sounding really good.
I might also say gender traitor is my personal favorite because of the time in the studio, we were given a lot of creative freedom to make a lot of noise and figure out how we wanted it to sound, and I had so many ideas that I wanted to implement into that song but I didn’t get a chance to, and then in the studio we finished writing it and added so many things that I had been wanting to add.
Joy — mine is boobs. It’s unreleased right now because I’ve only been in the band for about 2 months.
You’re on tour right now! Which show are you most excited for?
Devin — I’m really hype for DC. just being in the area, a lot of history that’s come out of there.
Dom — Right now, I’m most excited for Nashville because we’re playing with Green Death Jazz Group. It’s between Nashville and Philadelphia because in Philly we’re playing with Sexual Jeremy.
Jaden — I’m excited for all of them. I don’t have a specific favorite, they all excite me!
There’s at least one band at each show that we’re all very excited to be playing with, so it’s hard to pick one.
Joy — Same, I feel it’ll be cool to play with Sexual Jeremy and the Greensborough show.
How has your queer identity impacted your musical process/journey?
Jaden — I think that being openly queer and playing music is a gift. I think that it might not always present itself as one because of the way people will treat you, and the way people will look at you.
I think at the end of the day it’s a gift, and it’s the driving force behind whatever musical process I’m a part of.
Dom — Being queer effects every aspect of it. it affects every process of writing the songs, finishing the songs, finding venues to play, accepting or declining shows, networking, people we talk with/play with/DON’T talk or play with, people we associate with, etc.
it has to do with everything because it’s one of the most important things to us, like Jaden said, It’s the driving force of why we do what we do.
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