KITTIE drummer / co-founder Mercedes Lander is featured in a new interview with MetalAssault.com. An excerpt from the chat is available below.

Q: Angela Gossow of ARCH ENEMY recently criticized Revolver Magazine's 'Hottest Chick In Metal' award. What are your thoughts on that?

Mercedes: "We've actually never been in an issue of that magazine either. And considering that we're really the only all-girl metal band at this level, which is pretty funny, I personally don't care about whether people think I'm hot or not (laughs). I play music and I'm not here to look attractive. If people think I'm attractive, that's a bonus. But I don't care what people think of my appearance."

Q: The reason for naming the band Kittie was to have a name contradictory to what the music sounds like, so that people are shocked when they hear you for the first time. Does it still happen?

Mercedes: "I think so, perhaps. But people know a little more about the actual band now as opposed to when we first started and made the band. That's kind of what we wanted to achieve I guess. In our 12 and 14-year old minds I guess it sounded like a wonderful name. But you know, whatever. It just happened!"

Go to this location for the complete interview. A review of the show that took place on the same day (March 19th) in Los Angeles is available here.

Kittie will be heading out on tour this spring supporting INSANE CLOWN POSSE, KOTTONMOUTH KINGS and COOLIO. Dates will run coast to coast through the first week of June.

"We are very excited to finally have our first support slot in over 10 years be with one of the biggest cult bands of all time." says front woman Morgan Lander. Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 19th and Saturday March 20th. Lander continues "We can't wait to play to an entirely different audience, spray some bitches with Faygo and have a hell of a lot of fun this summer!"

May

10 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
11 - Tulsa, OK - Brady Theater Outdoors
13 - Louisville, KY - Inn Place Hotel & Conference Center
14 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
15 - Rochester Hills, MI - Meadowbrook Amphitheater
16 - Columbus, OH - The LC Pavilion Outdoor Amphitheatre
17 - Charlotte, NC - The Uptown Amphitheatre at The Music Factory
19 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
20 - Baltimore, MD - Pier Six Pavilion
21 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
22 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
23 - Pittsburgh, PA - Amphitheatre at Station Square
24 - Cleveland, OH - Nautica Pavilion
26 - Minneapolis, MN - Cabooze
27 - Council Bluffs, IA - Westfair Amphitheater
28 - Sauget, IL - Pops Outdoors
29 - Bonner Springs, KS - Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
31 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater

June

1 - Magna, UT - The Great Salt Air - Outdoors
3 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory Concert House
4 - Portland, OR - Expo Center - Hall C
5 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield Theatre
6 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove of Anaheim
7 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
8 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre

Kittie recently debuted their new music video for 'Sorrow I Know'. Directed by David Brodsky (HATEBREED, ALL THAT REMAINS, SUICIDE SILENCE), this was the bands second video to be released from their latest album In The Black released on E1 back in September 2009. Check it out below: