A Chat with Cassidy Fleeman of
Anti Groupies
Interview by Ken Morton - Photo by Jack Lue
2 years.
Meet Cassidy Fleeman, the guitarist and vocalist of Anti Groupies - an amazing all girl band on the rise. Their debut single Blessing In Disguise has just been released with a new one on the way. Cassidy and Anti Groupies are really making a name for themselves on the local Los Angeles music scene, and recently played at the world famous Whisky A Go Go on the Sunset Strip. Cassidy is also the recent addition of a band called Side Chicks, who are also ready to break it out above and beyond the City of Angels. Highwire Daze recently caught up with Cassidy to find out more about her participation within the ranks of Anti Groupies and Side Chicks. Read on...
What do you think about the local Los Angeles/OC music scene? Who are some of the local bands in the area you could recommend? I love the local scene. Everyone is so positive and supportive and it has been such a pleasure getting to know and work with everyone and build each other up. Some of my favorite bands are Speed of Light, Familiar Faces, Poppy Harlo, Jordi, Black Rock Candy, and I could go on forever.
Introduce yourself, tell me what you do in Anti Groupies, and how long the band has been together. My name is Cassidy Fleeman, I actually turned 20 the day this issue is coming out! I play guitar and I am the lead sing in the Anti Groupies and we have been a band for a little over 44
Where did the name Anti Groupies come from and what inspired you to use that moniker? When forming the band I always had the name idea “not your groupie” and I actually have a song I’m writing called that, but the name didn’t flow as well as I had liked. Our original bassist and my good friend Riley came up with the term “Anti” and then we came up with “Anti Groupies”. The whole concept for the name came from an experience I had going to one of my first gigs and the bouncer wouldn’t let me March/April 2023
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