San Francisco,California,USA.

Leila Abdul-Rauf is an active and passionate guitarist and vocalist. She is one of the two primary singers for San Francisco’s Hammers of Misfortune, along with Joe Hutton, and also plays guitar with them. One band is not nearly enough to keep her busy, and so she is also the vocalist/guitarist for Vastum, and has contributed not only her her voice and guitar playing to Amber Asylum, but also piano and trumpet. At one point in her life, Leila was an academic, pursuing graduate studies, before deciding to devote her life to heavy music — making her a woman after my own heart. Leila actually first caught my ear when she served as the vocalist for Bastard Noise (2007-2008), and I have followed her career ever since. I knew I wanted her to be a part of Girls Don’t Like Metal after I read her excellent interview with Feminist Headbanger, where she displayed all the guts and eloquence I could have hoped to see from a woman of her talents and convictions. It’s an honour to have her as a part of this series.
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