As the music world's glitterati scour the corners of high fashion for just the right Grammy night ensemble, Nashville Pussy drummer Jeremy Thompson finds himself facing a similar quandary.

"I've been trying to find a Metallica 'Metal Up Your Ass' T-shirt to wear to the Grammys, but I haven't been able to locate one yet," he says, pondering the fashion statement he wants to make at the band's mainstream coming out party. NP's song "Fried Chicken And Coffee" is up for the Best Metal Performance Grammy, a category that sees them square off against Rammstein, Rage Against The Machine, Judas Priest, and the aforementioned Metallica. Wednesday will also see the guys and gals of Nashville Pussy walk among the ranks of the mainest of mainstream artists, making them the proverbial sore thumb.

"I'm going to be dressed like somewhere between Evel Knievel and Ted Nugent,"> guitarist Ruyter Suys promised. "It's all going to be like red, white and blue star leather pants and a cute little cowboy-esque top, and (bassist) Corey (Parks) is going to be in head to toe black leather with flames climbing up her legs and crawling around her cowboy hat." [28.8 RealAudio] Given the fact that Corey stretches her curves out over a 6-foot 3-inch frame (her brother is Cherokee Parks of the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies) and Ruyter has no problem flaunting the gifts god gave her, they shouldn't be hard to miss.

"Just because of the name alone, I think they're gonna try and skirt around the issue of trying to do anything with it," Ruyter said. "They're just gonna blanketly cancel the whole thing from being televised, that's what we've heard. I don't think it'll be televised."

In other words, don't expect to hear a Grammy announcer roll out the name Nashville Pussy on Wednesday night. Ruyter said. "As much as I know everybody would like to hear the word 'pussy' on television, I don't think it's going to happen yet." [28.8 RealAudio]

Of course, the band is surprised that such an event is even remotely possible. "Me and Blaine were at home, and we got a message on our answering machine from this reporter in Nashville who happened to have our phone number and he just left a message saying, 'What's you reaction to being nominated for a Grammy?' and we like, 'What?!,'" Ruyter said of the day the band got the news. "We played this thing back like eight times."

"When Blaine and Ruyter called me up, I thought they were kidding," Jeremy added. "You know, most of the people you see that win Grammys are like Bill Ocean or whatever. They have videos out and heavy airplay, and we don't have any of those things, but somebody flanagled us in there."

Of course, those aren't the only factors that differentiate Nashville Pussy from the rest of the Grammy pack. The band seems to exist in a timeless pure rawk biosphere, unencumbered by the advances of modern music. Exhibit A: when asked about their Grammy competition, specifically Metallica, Ruyter replies, "I haven't heard anything they've done since they got that new bass player," referring to Jason Newsted, who joined the band after Cliff Burton's death in 1986.

Long story short, Nashville Pussy will be pretty far removed from their natural habitat on Grammy night.

"There's nobody there or is going to be there that we actually have respect for or anything like that... well, Kiss will be there. That'll be cool. Kiss are buds, we can hang with them. If Hanson's there, I'd go and kiss their ass for a little while. I like those guys," Ruyter said of the ceremony. "Maybe if John Fogerty's there, that'd be cool. If AC/DC was nominated for something I'd be happy, but other than that I can't really see myself getting very excited about it. Who cool is going to be there? Is Motorhead going to be there?"

Faced with the prospect of spending the evening with the Celines and Shanias of the world, the band is planning to make their own brand of fun. "I think we're going to try to tackle Johnny Rotten, and that's about it... kick his ass," Ruyter said. "We think we're just going to be general pariahs on the whole scene. We're going to try to take advantage of all the free food. "We're excited about it, but at the same time it definitely feels like we're crashing someone's party, like someone's senior prom or something like that," Ruyter added. "I'm sure we'll wind up getting kicked out."

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