BRAND NU SHOOZ
Nu Shooz is a new group from Portland, Oregon, and they are certainly gaining momentum in the pop world with their hit singles “I Can’t Wait” and “Point Of No Return”—both of which feature zany videos from their debut LP, Poolside. Recently, Valerie Day and John Smith (who are married and who are the singer and guitarist of the group) spoke with ROCK-SHOTS about becoming a successful pop group and how the single “I Can’t Wait” turned them into a dance club and MTV favorite.
BRAND NU SHOOZ
Nu Shooz is a new group from Portland, Oregon, and they are certainly gaining momentum in the pop world with their hit singles “I Can’t Wait” and “Point Of No Return”—both of which feature zany videos from their debut LP, Poolside. Recently, Valerie Day and John Smith (who are married and who are the singer and guitarist of the group) spoke with ROCK-SHOTS about becoming a successful pop group and how the single “I Can’t Wait” turned them into a dance club and MTV favorite.
John, who’s originally from L.A., “just decided one day to walk to Portland. I had three dollars and turned it into an empire,” he jokingly recalls. Since becoming “famous,” the one thing Valerie and John dislike are the constant questions about being married.
“The only problem with being married is that interviewers ask us about it too much,” John says. “Because we’re musicians, and not just married. We like to keep that separate from our involvement in the music business. We’re married, but we’re different people. Val is very much the frontperson and I play guitar and I’m the music director and songwriter. But, yeah, I’m having a great time.”