So Exploders, isn't she a precious jewel? But she's something more than pretty and hot, as in our best Rock Girls tradition. Also she's a strong and determined woman whose personal history may touch the heart of more than one of you. Read the following lines and discover the sensational life of Tuesdae (Vexy Strut lead singer), our December wonderful lady!

Hi Tuesdae! Welcome on our Rock Girls Section! Reading your biography online I've been very impressed by the amount of experiences you have already done. Your career in the show biz began early. You were a little genius! Let's start from your early age, describe us who was Tuesdae when she was a child, which dreams she had, what she feared, what she loved, what she wanted to become one day…
I grew up on a farm in the Catskill Mountains of New York. We were very poor, and I was raised with a strong work ethic from the time I could walk. I remember saying to my mother that I wanted to be a showgirl and move to New York City - I said this when I was five years old. That year, my Mom and Dad got divorced. Daddy re-married and had three more kids with my stepmother. So I grew up in a big family of seven children. My mother was forced to leave the farm, and I spent most my time with her and my three whole siblings. She worked hard as a nurse to pay rent in a small town near the farm. At age 10, I got my first paying job cleaning houses. The money I made went to buy groceries and pay for ballet lessons. Mom realized I had a lot of talent for a child, especially my singing voice, so she started taking me to auditions at the local theatre. I was cast in my first opera at age 10. I think I was paid $20 for that show, which was amazing! I tried to give it to my mother, but she told me to save it for good luck. I still have that $20 bill.

I also read that you lived in Monte-Carlo, spending many late nights singing at the Bravo Bar with Prince Albert of Monaco and that you also studied music theory at a prestigious conservatory in Manhattan. Why did you decide to leave Monte-Carlo and to settle in New York to receive a proper scholarship? How did you manage with all this? How was living in Europe in so a prestigious place attending such royal frequentations and what exactly you disliked of the conservatory in Manhattan?
Monte-Carlo was like living in a dream, but eventually you wake up. I'd perform in a show at the Monte-Carlo Sporting Club 6 nights a week, then sing at the Bravo Bar til the sun came up. I was so naive, I'd never been drunk! I'd just drink Shirley Temples and flirt with Prince Albert. It was all so innocent and sweet, really. I left Monte-Carlo because it was too perfect. I wasn't comfortable unless I had a small struggle in my life. So, I returned to New York and went to school. And I got my struggle. The conservatory was a good place for me to discipline myself. I learned a lot about music theory and vocal technique - things I use everyday in rock n' roll. But I was so broke at the time, I couldn't afford to eat, and I hated being told what to do, how to behave. So when I graduated, I immediately started producing my own cabaret shows. This way I could have complete control of my talent.

Can you describe us in what did your own cabaret shows consist? Which kind of outfit did you wear in those occasions and how were theatre stages prepared to let you perform? Why do you like cabaret that much and who is the artist who inspired you the most in this concern?
My cabaret shows were always based in rock n' roll. For example, I did a bossa nova lounge version of "Welcome To The Jungle" by Guns n' Roses. The costumes were always 1920 theme, I was obsessed with that era. Theatre stages were home for me. I've always felt the most comfortable with myself on stage. I've spent so much of my life performing, that it's been hard to stop the show once the curtain falls. Few people know who I am. The persona takes over. I'm trying trying to beat that.

Tuesdae, I also know you won "Best Cabaret" from New York Magazine at age eighteen and that you performed for two years at "Windows On The World" in the World Trade Center. Describe us the best and the worst moments of that period of your life.
The best and worst moments are the same: the constant hustle. I had to work so hard to make money and a name for myself. But it made me into the powerhouse I am today.

It's true that your award-winning Monday night cabaret, "The Stereo Show", has the last event at the WTC before the September 11 tragedy? I suppose that experience has a particular importance for you also considering what happened later on. What do you feel to say about the Twin Towers attack and what do you think about Bush foreign politics?
I left the World Trade Center at 2:00am on September 11. A few hours later the building collapsed, it was terrifying. It was such a beautiful day. The sky was so blue. But the smell of burning bodies and the Towers lasted for months. I had nightmares for a week about Bin Laden forcing me to have anal sex with him. Crazy, but true. As far as President Bush is concerned, I voted for him again this year. He won the popular vote. He made history as the president with the most votes ever. Most of America understands he is a great president. He's a cowboy, and that is just what America needs right now.

You're a strong woman Tuesdae, you never give up, even in hard times. Maybe our readers should discover also your determination and skills as a person who is able to reinvent herself. Let's talk about the new form of DJ'ing you created.
I am a survivor, thank God. My health has suffered because of my lifestyle and poverty, but I never back down. I was living in New York City and needed cash. So I learned how to DJ, but added a gimmick to make more money. I did it topless. A few years later, I have Playboy to thank for legitimizing topless DJ'ing as a lucrative business, although I quit when Vexy Strut was formed. That was my goal all along - to get your attention as a singer and songwriter. So what - I showed you my boobs. Mission accomplished!

But you're also a talented singer with an incredible voice: what about your band Vexy Strut? When did it all begin? How would you describe your cooperation and friendship with the other members?
I had been writing songs for years. I gave up opera to pursue rock n' roll. I funded my ideas with DJ gigs. When I moved to LA two years ago, I started looking for band members. It was so difficult. It took one year to form the band, and I've already fired two lead guitarists. The boys in the band are family now. I'm really close with the drummer Casey Wood and bassist JK Famous. They've been with me from the beginning. It's like having three boyfriends at once, except I don't fuck any of them. I front and write for Vexy Strut, as well as manage and fund the band. It's extremely stressful, but I don't trust anyone to take us to the next level. I'll have to find a brilliant manager soon!

Many newspapers label you as a rising rockstar and you're an international rock DJ who appeared in "Playboy" in the April 2004 Music Issue as one of the "Top Seven Female DJs in the World." How do you feel about all this attention on you? Are you ready to conquer the world with your powerful personality?
Bring it on fuckers!

What would you say to our Exploders to talk about your sound and your songs? How do you use to compose and arrange and it's you who writes down also the lyrics?
Vexy Strut has a definite "sound". All of this is new to me, we've only been a band for about 6 months. I play newly recorded songs for people, and they always say it "sounds" like Vexy Strut. I get the GN'R comparisons the most in song style, along with a bit of the Runaways. We've only recently started to write songs together. I would bring fully written songs to the boys and they'd learn them. Now I bring song ideas to JK and Tommy (the guitarist). They come up with some riffs, I go home with their foundation and build a song over it. I write all the lyrics and melody. Lyrics are so vital to the band's persona, I would never give that responsibility to someone else. Vexy Strut songs are chapters of my life. They are the only entrance into my world.

Which Vexy Strut song are you deeply closer to and for what reason? And which is, or which are the songs by other artists you would absolutely love to cover?
Right now, my song "New York City" is particularly special to me. I had such a difficult life there, I just don't know how I made it out alive. Or how I survived for so long living in the worst conditions. I wrote that New York is "Like a one night stand that should've been more". That sums it up. As for covers, Vexy Strut does "Barracuda" by Heart. We slay it! I love Ann Wilson - she's such an inspiration!

Which newspapers definition of Tuesdae do you think is the best ever written? What about the ones who compare you to Axl Rose or to a mix of Axl Rose and Sebastian Bach? What do you think about these two legendary rockers? Who would you choose of the two for a stage duet?
It's really amazing to be compared to both Axl and Sebastian because I'm a woman. I already met Sebastian at the Viper Room. He kissed me and it pissed off my boyfriend! Skid Row! Come on! Anyhow, it's always been a dream of mine to meet Axl Rose. He's the reason I gave up opera for rock n' roll. I wanted to be him. A Duet? Axl from 1986 and me... that would be killer.

Who is, or has been in your opinion the most seductive and charming man in the show-biz?
Elvis Presley, then Rick Springfield.

Now tell us the greatest movie you've ever seen, the most recent book you read, the best album you ever listened to and the most spectacular rock concert you've been at.
Greatest movie: "Sunset Boulevard" starring Gloria Swanson. Recent book: Actually, the only book I read "All You Need To Know About The Music Business" by Donald S. Passman. Best Album: "Appetite For Destruction" by Guns n' Roses. Rock Concert: Jerry Lee Lewis.

The craziest or most dangerous thing ever done in your life:
I'm surprised I'm still alive. Seriously. Spend one night out with me and you'll understand.

Where's the freakiest place you had a sexual approach?
I like to have sex in my bedroom. Freaky doesn't do it for me.

Stop with silly questions, and let's concentrate on something more personal. Is there a dream you wouldn't fail to realize? If there is can you tell us which one?
Happiness.

Add comments to the following artists:
Doro Pesch (Warlock): She could beat me up! I just listened to her MP3's and I don't care for her songs. It all sounds the same, and her voice tends to go flat holding notes. I've never heard of Doro until you mentioned her, but I'm glad I checked her out. She'll probably beat me up for saying what I did, but it'll be fun.
Lita Ford: I like "Kiss Me Deadly". I slay that song at karaoke!
Marianne Faithfull: Groupie.
Joni Mitchell: Boring.
Patty Smith: Scary.
Janis Joplin: Fucking awesome!
PJ Harvey: Weird, but cool.
Nina Simone: Never been into her.

Thanks so much Tuesdae and keep on rockin'! Here you are free space to tell whatever you want to our Exploders!
If you can dream it, you can be it.

Intervista realizzata e tradotta da Margherita Realmonte
Photos by Ian Scott & Mark Mazzanti (http://www.markmazzanti.com)