“When I’d watch Meg and Jack White on stage... it felt really inspiring. Eventually I thought, what would it be like if weadded another drummer?”: How the Velveteers' Demi Demitro learned to speak through baritone fuzz riffs

Demi Demitro of the Velveteers places her guitar in the hands of the crowd .

Seeing iconic guitar/drum duos like the White Stripes and the Kills left a big impression on Demi Demitro, the mastermind of the Velveteers’ off-kilter, grungy sound. Even before she picked up a guitar, she was already envisioning how her band would sound.

“When I’d watch Meg and Jack White on stage, her just pounding away at the drums, and having those two pieces, it felt really inspiring,” Demitro says.