She Mob is currently compsed of Sue Hutchinson-guitar/vox, Suki O'Kane (Noodles, Moe!kestra!), Alan Korn-bass/keys (Catheads, X-tal), Lisa McElroy-drums/vox, and sometimes Jeff Hobbs-violin, horns. Suki and Sue also play together in the multiple personality disorder duo Winner's Bitch/Junior Showmanship. In live shows, She Mob is sometimes joined by Myles Boisen (Splatter Trio, Tom Waits, John Zorn) - who has recorded all three She Mob albums, Joe Rut, Val Esway, and J Neo Marvin. Diane Wallis was in the early incarnation of She Mob. A distinguished roster of musicians, filmmakers and visual artists who have collaborated with She Mob can be found here.
Influences
the true stories of our mental states/and/or the mental states of our circle of friends/family and/or current events and/or transmogrification of souls
Sounds Like
silverware being raped.
(OK, that's a Will Franken line, sorry.)
your screaming angers/
your sleepy dream fantasies/
your back porches/
your stained sheets/
your exhausted bubbles
She Mob is a female operated and controlled machine whose 1999 debut album Cancel the Wedding garnered critical praise from Greil Marcus and Robert Christgau. The band is a bunch of 40-somethings that came of age in the early punk era, inspired by Rough Trade girl punk bands like Delta 5, Lilliput and Essential Logic. She Mob has been called a chick Ween, with an iconoclastic mix of real-life stories and dream-inspired multi-genre songs that alternately screech, rock, haunt, amuse and confound.
She Mob's third CD, Not In My World throws down the gauntlet with expressionistic songs about rage, ambiguity, Botox, cows, fairies, death, dismemberment, bad coffee, wet kittens, stains, contempt, insecurity, expired cough syrup and the Royal Tenenbaums. Chuck Eddy of THE VILLAGE VOICE says of the album in his Eddytor's Dozen column, "Of the newer records below, the longest and noisiest and artsiest, by the lady-led Oakland trio She Mob, is also the catchiest and funniest. How often does that happen?"
("Not In My World" has cover art by Matt Waldron of irr.app.ext.)
Junior Showmanship!!!! Sue!!!! Great work last night. All of us, the band's, kicked cigarette butt last night and I don't even smoke. We all done good.... I hope all is well. Clarence Owen "The Hitman" Steinhart, drummer for THE BLEU CANADIANS
We'll be at the Fitness gig! See ya later today...
Oh Yes! And put onto your calendar July 21st for J Neo's 50th birthday blast at An Undisclosed Location, featuring his new power rock lineup, as well as Mary Kelley, and Terese Taylor... and some yummie food and cheap drinks... sliding scale $5-$10.
and THE CLARENCES are looking forward to playing with your other band, Junior Showmanship, as well. So, it's a date, june 10th at the Festival Fitness music festival at the Stork Club.... I hope all is well.
Domo arigato for having us over for muzak karoake. Amanda & I had a ball. I wrote the same thing on the Death By Stork page. Love, Clarence Owen "The Hitman" Steinhart
looking forward to new year's eve! i spent a lot of the time in the desert drinking wine like a good italian girl. glad to be home and hope to see you soon! xo
