Katie Silverman of L.A. indie-pop duo Queen Anne told us about her All Time Low experience...
Katie Silverman: I saw All Time Low’s Nothing Personal anniversary show at the Fonda when I was 14. My dad took me—he’s one of those cool dads. That was my first time being at a concert where I knew every word to every song and could scream along. People were throwing these enormous bras onstage, somebody else threw a suction-cup dildo that Rian stuck onto the drum kit, and the band would do these hilarious bits in between every song, eating rose petals and stuff like that.
I ran into a couple girls I knew but had never talked to, because they passed as normal at school (I was more emo-presenting), and I made my dad hide so I could hang out with them. One of them later ended up being my best friend for all of high school. Standing next to the two of them, pumping our skinny little glow-stick-encircled arms in the air to “Weightless,” I felt for the first time that being one of the weird kids was cool, maybe even a source of power.
That was when I understood that music could do things.
Queen Anne's "Greyhound" single is out now.
Photo by Matt Kallish
