WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?: Laina Dawes Interviews Skin of Skunk Anansie for FADER

Riding high with onAnarchytechture, the industrial/punk/metal/futurist modern rock band’s first album in four years, Skunk Anansie is slated to storm the main stage at AFROPUNK BROOKLYNon Sunday, August 28.

Fierce frontwoman Skin leads the charge, of course,after sitting down last week with Laina Dawes, author of What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal.

Among the topics covered duringthe pair’s FADER chat are the passion of the band after twenty20 years to...