The former Mrs. Comatose has been busy lately, on a plastic surgery holiday with Joshy Firecracker. But
Raven Storme has never been one to stop - well, not until she was locked up for 47 weeks, after surviving a helicopter accident. Rest up? No. She's still our Raven, raring to go. Cayla Hotline speaks to her.
"My whole right side was smashed in," she says. "The surgery I'd already had kind of saved me - my cheek and breast implants pushed in, making me look asymmetrical but still providing me with a soft landing." Totally Raven, mentioning her looks first - and totally Raven, being saved by fake tits. "I've had to have a lot of work done. My jawline, I hate - I used to have a strong jaw when I was little, which is why I had surgery on my face in the first place. Now it's just back to how it used to be. My boobs are a completely different story, Joshy calls them a trampoline, and considering that I've gone up a couple of sizes, he's probably right." She laughs.
However, it's not just cosmetics. She's had to have some pieces cut off. "I cut my right leg pretty hard on impact, cutting off the circulation, so .... I'm officially an amputee up to my knee," she says. "The same thing happened with half of some of my fingers, so I've had those cut off too." The way she doesn't seem upset, and is much more bothered about having a thick jaw than a missing leg, is just - Raven. "I've had worse surgery, bigger things to get used to, and I'm not going to let it stop me from being what I want to be. Look what happened to Joshy after the Molotov. Didn't deter him."
There's been a lot of focus on 'disorder girls' lately, what with Kamikaze Kate coming out about her Tourette's Syndrome, and Radio Vine talking about - whatever she has, I forget. Now that you fit into that category, will it come into your songs?
"Trust me, I've always fit into that category." No further explanation. "But now it's visible, I guess it will - I won't overdo it, but it's part of my life. I want it to be as little a part of my life as possible, but it's still going to be there."
The beautiful 'fixed' Raven Storme - all tits'n'tats"I want to get back to work as soon as possible," she says. "I've got a signing to the prestigious Studio 60 Records, and I'm not going to let them down. I've already got some guitar work planned with Kamikaze Kate, and then I'm going to release my next single, which is called 'Bonsai Kitten'. I wrote it ages ago, but it was never released. It seems appropriate now. Lookit."
A mirrored face looks back at me
Does it lie or do you see what I see
I'm not too bad but for one mistake
I must fix it I'll do whatever it takes
If it wasn't my mouth it would be my hair
There'll always be something wrong somewhere
I wish I didn't care
I must be perfect to be a star
Even if it means I have to go this far
And get inside the jar
Because I'm just a bonsai kitten
In pretty pieces I'm sitting
Because the laws my mind has written
Take over my life
An unreal face and body stare
At me from each glass surface that I dare
To look at I wish I could see the me
That I've made and that I was born to be
If it wasn't my jaw it would be my chest
Convincing me that it's all for the best
I wish I had confessed
I must take everything day by day
No matter what happens along the way
I don't know what to say
Because I'm just a bonsai kitten
In pretty pieces I'm sitting
Because the laws my mind has written
Take over my life
The cuts the scars
The gashes down my arms
I hate this place
It's time for me to destroy my face
I'm a bonsai kitten
I'm bleeding on the glass
Hope my owner can't see it
Or else they'll take me back
Yes I'm a bonsai kitten
Different in every way
Sometimes I wish I was like the other cats
But this is how I stay
If it isn't my face my body as a whole
Is taking on the status of a paperdoll
Cut out another hole
And when people ask me in random chat
If any of me's real I can't answer that
No fur left on this cat
Because I'm just a bonsai kitten
In pretty pieces I'm sitting
Because the laws my mind has written
Take over my life
In so many pieces I'm sitting
Let my mind become unwritten
Break the glass of the bonsai kitten
Give me back my life
Take over my life
Give me back my life
Take over my life
Give me back my life
Take over my life
Give me back my life
Take over my life
Give me back my life
I'm just a bonsai kitten"It's going to be out on July 4th, which is the day before my 28th birthday. I don't want to say that I didn't do anything while I was 27. I don't know why, it just seems such an important age - to die? And that's the last thing I want to do."
Raven Storme - "Bonsai Kitten" is out on 4th July 2011 on Dark Blue Music and Studio 60 Records.
