Delusions of Adequacy: What’s the story behind how you two met and decided to form this band?

Leslie: Ryan and I met in 1992 at a college radio station in Panama City, Florida. We were both volunteer dj’s there and liked a lot of the same groups. We became best friends shortly after that and spent most of our time together and talking on the phone until Ryan’s mom would make him hang up on me! We formed a band called ‘Bumbletree’ which was kinda riot grrrl, but of course it never saw the light of day. Over the years we continued to work on different musical projects with other people and finally found our way back to each other and making music we both love.

Ryan: I lent Leslie a Morrissey fanzine when I first met her, and she returned it to me the next week having read it from cover to cover. So I knew immediately she would be a loyal friend who also loved Morrissey!! We were destined to make music together; it just took a long time for it to happen.

DOA: Did you hit upon your sound right away, knowing what you wanted to create from the get-go, or did it take some time to become The Lolligags?

Leslie: I think of Ryan as my other self. He knows my mind better than anyone and there is a certain kind of chemistry that we have which makes it a perfect setting to write and make music together. It didn’t take any time to come to this sound, it was very natural. We want the same things and enjoy bouncing ideas off of each other and are inspired, intrigued and moved by the same things.

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