That wild and crazy Scientology rocker, Juliette Lewis, has reportedly given her loyal band, The Licks, the boot in favor of a new musical entourage calling themselves “The New Romantiques.” Well, okay, but I really think that a more appropriate band name would be “Juliette & The Talking Vaginas,” yet I can understand why she wouldn’t want any licks taken on that point. While I’m not actually that familiar with said music, it’s v. obvious that, over the past few years, The Licks heavily toured the festival circuit with Juliette. Now, in preparation for “her highly anticipated forthcoming album,” Lewis has felt the need to justify the change in personnel:

‘Terra Incognita’ is due out this spring, and features a new band lineup called The New Romantiques, who are replacing her former band The Licks.

“Because this album is so sonically different than anything I’ve done before and captures many flavors of my emotional life and voice, it needed an entirely new name,” Lewis said in a statement. “‘Terra Incognita’ means unknown territory – and that’s where I wanted to go musically. The guitars are more wild and atmospheric. The groove is dark and deep and allow for a lot of sonic contrasts.”

One thing is for certain — Juliette certainly puts on a frenetic stage show, which may or may not have something to do with all those fucking drugs that have allegedly found their way into her system. At any rate, I cannot help but wonder whether Juliette’s decision to dump The Licks had anything at all to do with her active and rather aggressive recruitment tactics undertaken on behalf of the cult of Scientology. Just a thought.

Here is a full list of Scientology courses & levels achieved paid for by Miss Juliette. Can’t you see just how much good that has done for her?