This week: 10 Questions With Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney. With Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker

Describe your favorite trip to Vegas. I’ve never been to Las Vegas. I’m excited because I think my husband and I are going together, so maybe we can share the experience. I sort of expect it to be tacky; I’m not really a fan of the casino lifestyle! We just played in a casino in Atlantic City at the Borgata [opening for Pearl Jam], and I wasn’t a fan. I don’t know, maybe it will be cool and there will be things I like there, but I’m skeptical.

The weirdest thing you’ve seen from the stage is…? I’ve seen quite a few weirdoes, but there are always the weird make-out sessions that happen between both men and women and women and women. Sometimes it can be cool, but sometimes it’s gross. It really depends on the mood.

One Vegoose band I’d love to collaborate with is… I think the Flaming Lips would be a great collaboration. They’re quite talented musicians, so it would be fun to have someone who can play anything. It would definitely be fun to collaborate with someone like them.

What is the worst thing about living on a tour bus? We only did the tour bus one time and we’re not doing it now because I can’t stand it! The worst thing for me is not sleeping; I can’t sleep on the bus. Now we have a van for the crew, who have to get to the venue early to set up, and a minivan for us. We might do a bus again, but it depends on the circumstances and the tour. The greatest thing about the bus is the fact I can bring my son and have my little space. That is a big reason why I would consider doing it

What is the biggest misconception about your band? There are a lot. I think the biggest misconception is that people don’t realize what a crazy sense of humor we have—how funny we are and that we don’t take ourselves seriously. A lot of times people get really fixated on the fact that we’re a “girl band” and they want to talk about gender. It sucks that they’re not just calling about music. I think we want to be seen as multidimensional; we don’t always want to be the representative for women in the music scene.

Tell us about opening for Pearl Jam. It was a great time. We’re friends and have toured with them before. They are really, really great, and we love to play music together. Ed came out and played “Promise Land” with us during our set. In their set we did “Leaving Here,” “Rockin’ in the Free World” and Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon.”

Is there an Elvis song you’re dying to cover? I think “Love Me Tender” would be really cool. It’s just such a great melody and it would be fun to sing. I don’t think our band would be right for covering any Elvis song, though. I guess we would have to cover an upbeat one like Blue Suede Shoes.

Which one of your own songs are you definitely not going to play at Vegoose? We are definitely not going to play “Hot Rock.” We never play it because it’s really hard to play. The whole record gets totally neglected; it’s too bizarre in complexity.

What’s the longest stretch of time you’ve ever stayed up? I don’t know. I’ve never done any three-day coke binges or anything. Probably when I had a baby is when I got the least amount of sleep. It’s like a period of three months where you sleep an hour here or there. It’s essentially like three months of really not sleeping. I was losing my mind and it got to the point where I called 911, literally. “There’s someone breaking in the house, I’m seeing shadows!”

Any words of advice for aspiring poker players? I don’t really know how to play poker. I think you should find a really good slot machine with a lot of people in the area. Find a really cool one; stay on it for a couple hours and you might win.

Sleater-Kinney plays the Joker’s Wild stage at Vegoose, Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV on Sunday, October 30