Check out this video of Semi Precious Weapons during their soundcheck last night is Oslo, Norway. They guys performed a cover of Lady Gaga’s “Dance in the Dark” mixed with their song “Statues of Ourselves”. Such an amazing cover with a really good spin to it!

After our first successful project that the band received in June, we have decided to do another project for Semi Precious Weapons.

You can submit anything: letters, poetry, images, artwork or anything creative that you like the band to see.

Requirements:

• Your submission should be sent to us in a word document format (include your images and artwork in the word document file)
• There is NO LIMIT on how many pages you can submit, you can send as much as you like
• Your submission MUST be sent to semipreciousnews@gmail.com before 12 noon (GMT) on Friday the 22nd of October with the subject “SEMI PRECIOUS WEAPONS PROJECT”

During Semi Precious Weapons opening set tonight at the Monster Ball, Justin broke his wrist on stage. He tweeted immediately after the show, and even missed the meet and greet with fans after the show as he spent his time in the emergency room getting a cast placed on his injury.

I broke my wrist 2 songs in, and still finished our 7 song set! RockNRoll, see u tomorrow night Oslo! Cast and all!

If that’s not rock ‘n’ roll, we don’t know what is! We hope it heals fast Justin!

Last night, 8th October, Semi Precious Weapons made their return to New York motherfucking City! They performed in Irving Plaza with Breedlove and The Dirty Pearls opening, Darian Darling making a stage appearance and Lady Starlight DJ’ing! We wish we were there. Check out these videos and images from the show!

Breedlove

The Dirty Pearls

Lady Starlight

Sticky with Champagne

Her Hair Is On Fire

Put A Diamond In It

New York City tits still sound better than all other tits in the world!

Statues of Ourselves

Magnetic Baby

Leave Your Pretty To Me

Semi Precious Weapons

New York City has given up on rock ‘n’ roll

Rock N Roll Never Looked So Beautiful

Everyone has too many clothes on!

Not only was I a man in heels…

Look At Me

The Band!

The URBAN NOMAD kicks it backstage at El Rey with the charismatic Semi Precious Weapons. The “filthy glamour band” talks about Lady Gaga’s last show as an opener for them, before she became world-famous.

Front man Justin Tranter speaks to the setbacks they’ve experienced as a sexually charged band in a society that may not be ready: “A man in high heels is the most dangerous thing in the world.”

As you can probably guess based on pretty much, well, everything about them, the guys of Semi Precious Weapons weren’t exactly your average high school kids. Because of that, they were bullied just like every other teen who dares to stray from the social norm, and it’s why, in light of the suicide of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi — and a host of other gay teen deaths in recent months — they decided to tell their stories to MTV News.

SPW hope that, much like the message of the “It Gets Better” campaign, they can convince their fellow outcasts that, yes, life does improve once high school is over. Very much so, in fact.

“In every school, there’s always the kid who gets it the worst, and I was, for sure, that kid,” frontman Justin Tranter said. “Every time you had to get in a line that was boys and girls, it was like my worst nightmare. A lot of kids I know got made fun of for being gay; that was not my issue, I was just called a girl endlessly. I definitely was that kid. And when I went to high school, my first semester in public high school, it actually got very, very violent, to the point where I had to switch schools,” he continued. “But luckily, I’m really blessed because my family was so cool that I never really felt bad about it … [and] I used it as motivation to do something cooler. So instead of just switching schools, I convinced my parents to let me go to the arts high school in the city, and I had to audition and get in, and it was a very nerve-racking experience, because not only did I want to go to an arts school, but I needed to leave the school.”

But while Tranter was picked on for his gender issues, SPW bassist Cole Whittle’s experience was a bit different. He was both bully and the bullied, which gives him a rather unique perspective on things.

“I went through a period where I realized what a little a–hole I was, and went around my middle school and actually apologized to a bunch of kids. And then, in high school, I wouldn’t say I was bullied, but being a musician wasn’t cool,” he explained. “I went from being a jock and a wrestler to being a musician over a summer. I showed up dressed like Kurt Cobain, and my friends were like, ‘What the?’ So, it has nothing to do with orientation, it just has to do with ‘you don’t look exactly like me,’ and I think that’s terrible.

“And also, bullying is worse now than it’s ever been in human history, because now you can be a cowardly bully. … Making fun of a kid 20 years ago in front of his face was bullying, but now you can sit at home and be an anonymous bully and reach three times the audience with your stupid computer,” he continued. “Back in the day, the worst thing you could do was have four people on speakerphone and call some kid a loser, and it’s like, ‘Aw, that sucks.’ But now it’s getting to the point where it literally can cripple you. So if anybody has a bully they want to send to me, I’ll choke him out, immediately.”

And obviously, both men are living proof that life does get better once high school ends. They tour the world with Lady Gaga, party hard (and often) and command a loyal legion of fans. In fact, they consider themselves, as Tranter puts it, “the coolest guys on the planet.” So much so that they wrote a song about their experiences — one that has become an anthem for their fellow outcasts.

“We have a song called ‘Statues of Ourselves,’ and now, when we’re playing these headline shows, we look out, and whether it’s girls who are overweight, or whether it’s teens with gender issues, or whether it’s the jock dude at our show who feels slightly out of place in our world, when that song starts, you can see [it] in people’s faces,” Tranter said. “This song it kind of, for me at least, it’s my personal anthem and my friends’ anthem, that it doesn’t matter that people think we’re losers, we think we’re cool enough that we’re going to build statues of ourselves.”

And if all of that isn’t enough, Whittle has one last piece of advice for anyone who’s being bullied or feels like they just can’t go on.

“Just know that the guys picking on you or saying sh–, one day, they’ll be sitting in a Cheesecake Factory somewhere staring at their wife,” he laughed. “And you’ll be doing what we get to do every night. Trust me.

-Source: MTV

Check out this EPIC video that The Montreal Gazette posted of the guys performing “Semi Precious Weapons” at their headline show in Montreal.

Check out these videos from the Semi Precious Weapons Dirty Showbiz show in Chicago – credit to @Schuster85 for sending us them through on Twitter!

SemiPreciousNews.com was lucky enough to recently catch-up with the superstar that is Darian Darling! You guys know her from her amazing blog, from being a part of the Precious Empire, and also as one of the New York scenes most amazing icons! Darian was gracious enough to grant us an exclusive interview with her, where she speaks about several topics, from her fascination with everything blonde, to her blog, to Semi Precious Weapons – plus much more. The interview was amazing, and we appreciate so much the fact that Darian took time out of her schedule to answer our questions!

Make sure to visit Darian’s blog, A Guide to Life for Modern Blondes, where she speaks about everything from blonde icons, to the amazing lifestyle she has. It’s one of the most entertaining reads you will ever find on the web and has recently celebrated its first birthday.

Once again, thank you so much to Darian Darling for this AMAZING interview!

Darian Darling: A Guide to Life for Modern Blondes – www.dariandarling.com
Darian Darling on Twitter – www.twitter.com/dariandarling

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Hi Darian, for those who don’t know you how would you describe yourself and what you do?
I am a NYC based lifestyle blogger, muse, socialite (albeit a broke BUT gorgeous one) and personality. I am also a makeup artist, but these days, for the most part, I only work with Semi Precious Weapons.

You have a blog which admires and appreciates blonde icons past and present, when did you first admire and appreciate blonde hair?
I have always loved glamorous, confident and powerful women but especially blondes. If you had to trace the blonde obsession I’m sure it must have started while playing with Barbie and She-Ra dolls as a child. Obviously one was a fashion model while the other was a super-powered, sword wielding princess but both were extremely confident, beautiful and made interesting fashion choices. Then I discovered Madonna at 10 and that sent the obsession to a whole other level, since she always exudes ultra-blonde glaMOUR and über-confidence and featured iconic look after iconic look.

What motivated you to start the blog?
I started the blog as a way to incorporate all the things I love; makeup, style, glaMOUR, interior decorating, art and baking. Having worked as a makeup artist for 11 years in everything from retail to film to fashion, I have amassed quite a solid knowledge of beauty advice and style references which I though should be shared with the world. I’ve been a blonde (off and on) since I was 15, so I also know a lot about upkeep and maintenance. Another one of my passions is that I love to bake, entertain and decorate, so thought it would be interesting to see if I could incorporate the two polar opposite worlds of fashion and homemaking into something cohesive. I chose the topic of “blonde” just so the blog had a very specific voice and point of view, and yet was a subject that would be very broad and have a certain level of longevity. I also wanted to do something that would counteract all the shit-talking and negativity found on celebrity gossip blogs. I don’t want to make fun of people. I only want to celebrate them. Love and glaMOUR makes the world go round.

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