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The other night I
decided to drop in on a show that featured a couple of tribute
bands. Doing the tribute band thing is usually not my deal. Yet
being a drummer myself I would personally toy with the idea of
involving my efforts on a tribute project. So that night at the
Uptown in Oakland, CA I decided to give Spellbound, a tribute
band to Siouxsie and the Banshees a whirl. The tribute band
would feature three forty something's on guitar, bass, and
drums, who during the course of the show would reveal themselves
as absolutely kick ass musicians especially the drummer.
Fronting the band playing the ambitious roll of Siouxsie Sioux
is an aesthetically spellbinding twenty something who was
spectacularly talented. Erica Mulkey as Fliouxsie delighted the
audience with her winsome yet sassy wit as well as her true to
life replication of vintage Siouxsie on top of that she flossed
her gifted skills as a virtuoso on the Cello playing Killing Jar
as well as her beautiful sounding Unwoman CD Blossoms. Truly
amazing, I strongly recommend this CD and the what's strange is
it is so outside anything I normally listen to and yet this work
blossoms with beauty and goodness! For the first half the show I
was struck breathless by the stunning radiance Erica's act as
Siouxsie, but a funny thing happened during the show; as if one
where lucky enough to be victim of a lightning strike I became
incredibly aware of how good these musicians really where. They
reflected their love and adoration for Siouxsie and the Banshees
by not only the pinpoint precision that they accurately played
their songs but slightly nuanced the songs live as if they were
the Banshees themselves. It is at this point where they really
took off as an incredible tribute act. The drummer struck me the
most, as I positioned myself under the monitor the pounding
syncopated beat hypnotically carved away physically at my heart
coupled with the aesthetically mesmerizing Erica I was truly
spellbound! If anyone where to undertake a tribute project
themselves they would be immensely served to check out
Spellbound, they are the standard of tribute bands.
Courtesy of
Jason Rivera
Monday, December 24, 2007
(THANKS JASON!)
Though Siouxsie and the Banshees officially disbanded in 1996, the
seminal post-punk goth band has gained enough cult status to warrant a
successful live tribute band in Spellbound.
Clad in fishnets and thigh-high boots, San Francisco singer/songwriter
Erica Mulkey is all dramatic hand movements onstage as Fliouxsie, an
incarnation of the original theatrical front woman Siouxsie Sioux.
Backed by Orlando Cerecedes on guitar, Buz Deadwax on bass and Aleph
Kali on drums, the act is as much about eyeliner as it is about
recreating the Banshees' distinctly moody art-punk stylings, heavy on
the textured atmospherics. Wear black.
Courtesy Jessica Fromm
April 16-22, 2007
Miscellaneous comments we've received via LJ, MySpace, email,
etc. ...
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"I never thought it was possible to sound this
much like Siouxsie
without actually being her. AMAZING!!!"
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"Fronted by a dead-on lookalike
for Siouxsie Sioux, Spellbound is much more than a Banshees
tribute band. They are incredible."
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"... no way, it must be Siouxsie herself"
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"Great show at the Red Devil guys! Awesome.
AWE-SOME!"
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"This is a great cover band. your voice bears an
uncanny to Siouxsie's!"
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"As much as I love Siouxsie - your voice sounds
exactly like hers only .... much better xx"
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"Holy CHRIST, girl, you sound fucking
FABULOUS!!!! I'm sorry I haven't seen you guys yet...maybe
Halloween season? Man: just GOOD!"
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"Cleopatra Records called, they want their
eyebrows back."
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"Wonderfull show tonight. A few of
the songs were so close they made my nuts shrink up! Keep it up!"
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"Holy cow! Wowee! You guys ROQUE !"
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"Mini skirts and high stages are an awesome combination."
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"Spellbound: 3 men and a baby"
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A Live Tribute to Siouxsie and the Banshees