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Goldy Locks may have a sugary sweet moniker that conjures up images of pigtails, teddy bears and cozy chairs, but this self-dubbed, hard-core, chick singer/guitar slinger and her three henchmen are up for anything, except maybe skipping merrily through the forest.

Miss Locks heads the band that shares her name, and together with Booty (bass), Bryan Lion Man (guitar) and B.J. Anckner (drums), the child actress, teen-pop-queen-turned- professional-wrestling personality and hard-ass rock ’n’ roller is ready to take the country by storm.

To ride the wind, all fans have to do is buy a concert ticket, turn on the radio, click on the television, pick up the band’s CD “Sometimes” or its new DVD GoldyLocks Live from Detroit and hold on tight. And remember, this won’t be a trip for the faint of heart or the weak stomached.

Up to this point Goldy lockS has shared the stage with some of the biggest names in the music industry. Puddle of Mudd, Three Doors Down and Nickelback have all shared stages with these throw-down, up-and-comers. When the band isn’t on stage, Goldy Locks (the singer) is kicking butt in wrestling rings on national television. While the two fields may seem an unlikely combination, the NWA/TNA, pay-per-view, body-slamming star says the rock world and the wrestling ring aren’t that far apart.

“I had no idea how much entertainment pulls from wrestling,” she states. “It is by no means fake. I don’t ever want to hear another soul say that because I’ll bash their face in. These guys are trained athletes who do this out of love. There is a tremendous amount of ‘show’ in the show. It’s called working the crowd. I think more artists need to get back to that. No, scratch that. Leave that for our band. That is the absolute first thing said to us after the show, ‘You guys are so entertaining.’”

Not bad for a band who, in present form, has only been together a year.
Goldy met guitarist Bryan while on the NWA/TNA wrestling circuit. Goldy was throwing punches and Bryan was running sound, but as the story goes it was music at first sight, and not because Goldy got hit with a cheap shot.

“She saw him and said, ‘Hey, you look like a guitar player. Do you want to play guitar in my band?’" recalls Booty, the bassist. “And he was a guitar player and they started working together after that.”

From there Goldy found drummer B.J. Anckner through a series of auditions. When Anckner joined the band, he introduced his new band mates to bass player, Booty. And the rest is anything but history.

Bryan, BJ and Booty all had rich backgrounds in the entertainment industry. Once upon a time, the New Zealand born Bryan hosted his own rock video show. When he wasn’t on television rockin’ out with Van Halen, he might be found playing one of 3 other instruments on which he is proficient or studying for one of his two college degrees.

Bj, the oft times clown in the group, has anything but a comical background in music. The drummer graduated cum laude from the prestigious jazz program at the University of North Florida. After graduating he soon moved to Nashville to pursue a professional career as a drummer. After all, nothing meshes quite like the wrestling world, jazz music and rock ’n’ roll.

Then there’s Booty. While in college, the recording industry major hosted a morning radio show and did a five-year stint in the loud, obnoxious rock band The Boodogs. Upon graduation Booty started playing with fire. Not really, but he did tour the world with Playboy Bunnies twirling Zippo cigarette lighters. The “playing with fire” part was just the excuse the NFPA cited for shutting down the “Zippotricks” marketing campaign. This left Booty void of income and eventually led him to Goldy.

“We’ve all dedicated our lives to our craft,” explains Anckner. “We want to make the best music possible no matter how long it takes to get heard. And what makes us special? We all rode the short bus in school.”

Well there’s that, and their singer.

Goldy Locks was a child star of chicken commercials, a teen pop queen who shared management with New Kids on the Block and played for tens of thousands of fans on mall tours and in schools. She says she soon discovered the role model aspect of being a teen superstar is not for her, and she quickly chose to take her career in another direction.

“I should never have been doing pop,” she explains. “I’m no role model like that. I say things like they are and my sailor’s mouth could use improving, but I don’t smoke, drink or do drugs so I need some vice. The colorful word was (my vice) and I got in trouble explaining things to kids. I would really get into the after-show talks and generally say something inappropriate. I started moving more into the rock direction musically.”

That was also around the time Goldy got involved in wrestling, but she never lost sight of her music. Her ability to sew her own costumes adds stylistic flare to her trek, she pens intensely personal and compelling lyrics and she can sing them in five languages. This skill has won her thousands of loyal fans worldwide.

“The whole reason I learned foreign languages was to communicate with audiences worldwide,” says Goldy. “Writing songs should be the same way. The Bushmen of Kalahari should understand your song even if it is just by the way you sing it. It’s all about communication.”

And people do understand. Fans’ nightly reactions to the band’s songs speak volumes.

“I’ve heard ‘that song was about my late husband,’ recalls the Joplin-esque singer. “Or ‘that’s exactly how I feel.’ Or even, ‘You must have written that song about me.’

“I’ve always wanted to be good at what I do,” continues Goldy. “I want to have a reputation of writing great songs and not just as some big-boobed dip shit out there who is famous. Think of so many of our icons today. What in the hell do they do anyway? That kind of recognition would upset me. I’m always out to beat the last killer song. I want to do better for myself.”

The rest of the band is hungry as well. The foursome is convinced their combined effort will turn this not-so-fairy tale story into a happily ever after, eventually.

“This band is primed to go international,” says Bryan (guitarist). “Not only because of the number of languages spoken collectively by the band members, but because of the experience, drive and hunger the group possesses. Our attitudes, abilities and songs will draw the attention of the world and give us a stage before millions.”

“Worldwide rock domination would be a let down,” adds Booty. “I mean it’s just too bad they don’t have rock shows in space.”