Q&A with the Rosebuds’ Kelly Rosebud

On the Record with the Rosebuds

By ANDY VIHSTADT

Last week, I caught up with the better half of North Carolina’s favorite rock couple, the Rosebuds.

Photo courtesy Myspace.com/therosebuds

AV: You did a bit of stand-up in December. Does the old adage “Every rock star wants to be a comedian and every comedian dreams about being a rock star hold true?

Kelly Crisp: I have been doing it again and it’s sometimes great and sometimes awful. It’s taking a while to understand how to be one person on stage. It hit me in NY this past winter, “I never go anywhere without my boys!” For the last three or so years, I’ve had a group of men with me everywhere I go. So when I went to a comedy show alone, I just didn’t know how to act. I wasn’t performing that night and so it was even weirder. At least if you’re performing, you can hide in the back or hang in the corner and look all intrepid and pretend to write important notes, but if you’re just one person just at a place… I was way self-conscious. But I like being on stage and I like making people laugh.

Continue the interview and grab an MP3 after the jump.