On one cold night around Samhain 2007, Anarcho Blonde was sharing a bottle of wine or two with her then bandmates at the Hole in the Wall, Torquay’s oldest pub and a beacon of merriment and music since the Middle Ages. As the glasses were being refilled for the n-th time a strange longing took hold of her, and she sat for the next ten minutes writing to the Muse of Punk Rock about her desire to meet a girl who would understand her deepest rock and roll longings. A girl who ‘d love Hole, The Gits, L7 and Betty Blowtorch. And though it felt at the time like the ramblings of a very merry woman, the Muse decided to act upon it. Julie Knives landed on the Torquay punk rock scene like a Molotov Cocktail in the middle of a cat fight: suddenly, spectacularly and just in time to make a bit of damage in style. She could play any and every riot grrrl anthem and was looking for a partner in crime to satisfy her cravings. So when Anarcho was booted out of her then band ‘Rehabs 4 Quitters’ in the summer of 2008, things were ripe for the seeds of ‘Husbands ‘N’ Knives’ to be sown. They had a few sleepless nights of jamming, during which they wrote their first songs, “Dry”, “Domestic” and “3 Bottles”. In September 2008 they recruited stakhanovist builder and soul-searcher Craig McCracken on bass and, later on, drummer Chester, an intriguing character with a love for jazz, Dadaism and surrealist poetry. When Chester left, Dave, the ever-busy co-owner of Ryan’s bar, agreed to fill-in. Yet another drummer change in Winter 2009 established the now legendary Mike Porter as official HNK member.This present day their line-up consists of Anarcho Blonde (vocals), Julie Knives (vocals/guitar), Craig McCracken (vocals/bass) and Hermit (drums).‘Husbands ‘N’ Knives’ played their first gig in May 2009 at Ryan’s Bar, Torquay, and have an 11 track CD “Raised On Synthetic Bitch Milk”, which is available on ituneshttp://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/husbands-n-knives/id448689217Notorious for their DIY mentality, Their first band rehearsals consisted of a PA system borrowed from Matt Shrapnel of ‘Shrapnel Suntan’, a mouldy, beaten up guitar amp and a £65 charity shop drum kit - which was held in place by a breeze block and plenty of gaffa tape…to this day they still firmly believe in the use of Gaffa tape to fix all of their technical issues.