Or at least was, claims Rose Perry and Nicole VanHaverbeke of The Up andComing Female Fronted Grunge Rock Revivalist band ANTI-HERO (London,Ontario) whose sole purpose is to bring REAL rock and roll (and musicians) back to the currently bastardized music industry desperatelyin need of a musical evolution.

"What a concept ?!," says Perry, "Musicians who can actually play live without lip-synching, sound better than they do recorded, and are not just little prissy sex icons made up by the media - who knew such a thing existed?"

Well, sadly, unless you are from a generation of the past where bands such as The Beatles ruled the charts, one may actually be convinced that to be a big-time celebrity in the "industry", actual musical ability is a minor detail as there are oodles of songwriters at your disposal.

The only things that the pop princes and princesses are concerned with are sex appeal and creating controversy (If I were to mention either of the Jacksons, you will immediately know what I am referring to).

"That is all about to change, " VanHaverbeke pipes up, "Look out world, here we come." And she's right in saying so, two females front this act, but don't be easily mislead into thinking the music is tame, these girls rock out just as much as the guys, in many cases, even more.

Perry(formerly of the all girl band HER) on lead vocals, songwriting, and rhythm guitar with VanHaverbeke by her side on bass, and backing vocals(more so screeching in the same manner as Ms. Courtney Love) accompanied by Jesse Tomes (formerly of the industrial/metal band Eliminate the Body) on lead guitar, and songwriting, with Matty Cole (formerly of The Shifted) pounding on the drums, there's no doubt in our minds or the minds of their fans, ANTI-HERO is the remedy music execs have been searching for.

In the few short months, ANTI-HERO has been together, they have already received phenomenal acclaim from being nominated as this year's Best Punk/Alt band at this year's London Music Awards and, as well, they have managed to share the stage with such well-known acts as Robin Black; The Intergalactic Rockstars, Minx (ex-Scratching Post), The Flairs, Rockit Girl (ex-Veruca Salt), The Black Donnellys, and 63 Monroe, but sharing the stage with big names and playing to a big crowd is not something that's new to any of these seasoned musicians.

Each and every member of this band has a hugely extensive musical background - Perry was an opera singer for 14 years, VanHaverbeke, a death metal guitarist for too many years to count, Tomes, a classical pianist, and Cole, began drumming shortly after smashing his first guitar after witnessing the airing of, "Seems Like Teen Spirit" for the first time. With the release of their highly anticipated album/DVD, "Unpretty" prophesied to be a gold selling record by acclaimed producer Rob Sanzo/Signal to Noise Studios (Scratching Post, Treble Charger, Robin Black, Joydrop, SkinnyPuppy) along with their debut music video, ANTI-HERO will soon be a name labels definitely want to add to their roster. Sex appeal, raw talent, and just damn good music....RockrGrl, LondonIndie