Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia became the first ever cover-woman of Revolver magazine back in 2006. The issue and article highlighted “The Hottest Chicks In Metal” and featured “13 Molten Maidens,” “Girl-On Girl Antics” and “Totally Naughty Interviews.”
In a new interview with Belgian Jasper, Scabbia was asked how she felt being featured on the cover. “The thing is that I never saw the malice in it,” Scabbia said. “I always thought that it’s actually a very powerful thing for a woman to be feminine. I love women power. I love to be empowered by who I am, and I don’t want to hide myself because I’m a woman and if I show my legs that means I’m worth less. That’s not my problem. So when I actually went on that cover of Revolver magazine, because I was the very first woman to to actually appear on that cover, for me, it was just the biggest honor because it was the first time that a magazine, an American magazine, would give a woman the pleasure of being on a cover. So for me, it was something that blew my mind back then.”
Scabbia continued: “I was just happy if more women could come on board of this women-fronted, the female-fronted band, stuff like that, even if that’s a definition that I never liked. Maybe because I was coming from a different world before Lacuna Coil — I was listening to a lot of dance and R&B music, so, for me, it was already normal to see women playing music and singing. It was nothing new. Metal was predominantly followed by guys because it was a more aggressive and heavy sound, but I never looked at myself as the different element or I am different or I’m worth less because I’m a woman. So it was never my personal problem. It is true that perception of people — you have to deal with it. You have to expect a reaction. Everything you do, everything you say, you have to expect a reaction. And I would never go over the line, showing myself, but that’s because I don’t want to do it. But I don’t care about what other persons want to do, other women want to do with their body — it’s up to them, and I’m not going to judge them, but for sure you have to prepare to a reaction as soon as you do something. It’s discouraging that they only see the look of it, but I’m also sure that every woman included in those Revolver magazine ‘Hottest Chicks In Metal’ were talented as well. So at least we got attention back then. And I mean, it happened to ladies as well to look at a singer because he was hot or considered sexy a singer. So whatever. If you can use it as a tool to get attention and you’re okay with it, as long as it’s your decision, you can do whatever you want.”
Watch Scabbia’s full interview below.
