Members:

Karoliena verlinden-vocals.



Bettie antonov-vocals,upright bass.


Sarah tart-guitar

You would think playing bass for two full time bands would be enough,huh? While i do have 50/50 control over the war bride,i want something of my own. Yet not so much that it would be a solo project. Makes perfect sense,right? I thought so too. Right now there is myself on vocals,and ONLY vocals. Slapping bass in two bands is enough.

Bettie,you may remember from a little band called "bettie and the star chiefs". She's been living aboard the duke of winchester since her band sorta fell apart after one of the members died. A few months ago,she asked me to teach her bass. As you can see,i agreed. Vocally,bettie is one of the best in the buiness. Very jazzy,very slinky.its like oral sex...only not?

Sarah,sarah has been the war bride' guitar,bass,drum,kazoo,etc,etc tech for years. She was a natural choice for guitar. Why she's been content to remain our instrument tech all these years is a mystery. Now is her time in the sun....or seedy bar house lights.

The other members are camera shy,you know how musicians can be. But we have a drummer,a pianist,some horn players...the whole she-bang. You just have to,uh...take my word for it. I have an honest face,right?

Now for the Important part: sound. As our name implies,im really into the phil spector girl group sound. So its a little bit of that. Rock-a-billy,naturally. Hot jazz,classic country and western,and some bratty punk rock tossed in for good measure.

Our first release is quite aways off,so im relying on mg good name here..anyone want to sign us? We're a side project,so we wont be dropping releases left and right. But we will be around forever.- karoliena.

Influences:
Hillbilly moon explosion
wanda jackson
Patsy cline
Tammy wynette
The ronettes
The crystals
Eddie cochran
Gene vincent

sounds like this

Edited by user 07 January 2012 13:28:55(UTC)  | Reason: fixed link and huge pics

Nate: It actually kinda looks like you guys are miniature in size to those guitars/bass. Still though, very interesting.

A tour diary from a band not exactly on the road...

January 9th. Vienna,austria.

Today i learned a valuable lesson: never look yourself up on the internetz. I found my name and face attached to all matter of things. Porn pictures(?!),speculation that i'm a man,what nationality i am,i suck at bass,i rule at bass....and it goes on and on.

To address those concerns,i have never done porn. I actually am female. I was born in switzerland,moved to belgium when i was 13.worked in the usa from age 18-22. I am pretty good at bass.but, i still can learn much more. That covers that. Another thing i read a lot about was "karoliena dissolved the war bride for a vanity project.",followed by dirty names aimed at your's truly. Truth be told,im just taking a break from the war bride. True erich and i have "creative differences" regarding his future appearance on a certain tv show. I think its stupid and rather like being someone's trained monkey. But he is hell bent on doing it. Who am i to put the brakes on his fun?


The phil spectres played our first show last night. We played some place called feld maus caberet...yeah,i was confused about the name too. "Tit maus" would have been a better name. All in all,i'd say it went really well. Its been a looooong time since i played to a near empty house. But if you can put on a great show while basically playing for the bartender.....you can put on a good show anywhere.

Our setlist:
Beheaded-offspring cover
I dont want to set the world on fire- ink spots cover
Stiletto- our one original tune.
He's a rebel- the crystals cover
Colon...cats ATTACK!!!! - atomic war bride cover
(Requested)

Fronting tbe band was a little odd at first. Mainly because i didnt have a bass in my hands. What the fuck do you do with your hands on stage?! I can only hold a mic stand in so many ways. If i put my hands in my pockets,i might be mistaken for itching myself...and that wouldnt be cute. Take up smoking? Drink even more on stage? Who knows? It is a problem i never really thought of till last night.maybe it just comes with practice.

I got a few more days until i have to confront "the hand problem" again. The spectres are playing cardiff,wales on friday. Great scene there,being home to "demented are go" and all.
..any suggestions on what to do with my hands on stage?------ karoliena.


Ps: try to resist the urge to be crude....well,too crude.

karoliena:thank you! our secret is pretty simple. clingy,yet tasteful.

happy valentines day! do hope yours is going better than mine. neither of my valentines are around. erica is already in england,preparing for the total annihilation fest. and erich...erich is still on that silly tv show....also in england. so fuck you,england. my valentines day will be real boring because of you. i guess you know who will be stopping by the store for some batteries tonight.. speaking of tonight,the spectres will be playing the blue monkey in memphis tennesee. so feel free to swing by if you're in town. i have no idea about the venue. all i know is i like blue. i like monkeys,and i like memphis. so for all i know i could have signed us up to play the national n.a.m.b.l.a. headquarters. we'll find out tonight....

the phil spectres are nearing that magical time where we will actually release something. we have an e.p. worth of material,but we keep slacking on taking it to the ruins of bee's knees military industrial complex for a better tomorrow's record pressing division. im kinda nervous about releasing the material . making music is indeed like bearing children....only with music people are quick to tell you your child is butt ugly and should have been drowned at birth. *sigh* at least with real kids people usually soften the blow.usually. love ya,karoliena v.

boca raton is coming up. ever wonder where the stereotype of florida being the usa's old folks home comes from? look no further than boca. nice place,once you get past the uppity fossils and their offspring.


julia and cristina are sweethearts,as was expected. it would make for more interesting reading if i could say at least one of them was a total bitch...or even a partial bitch for that matter. but no,they are nice as pie. mmmm pie. next time we stop for fuel,i am going to get one of those horribly bad for you fruit pies.i am sure the word "fruit" is being used very liberally in that sense. but who gives a fuck? we all die sometime.so stuff yourself with all the chemically processed shit you can find.if you are lucky,the chemicals will gve you super powers. if you are unlucky.....cancer. it's a crapshoot,really.

last nights set:
1.baby,you can drive my hearse.
2.crazy- willie nelson cover
3.love me till the bombs fall.
4.you dont own me-dusty springfield.
5.chick habit-april march
6. under an uncaring moon.
7. berenice.
8. racket in the casket
9.hot rod death race

well,our debut album is finally finished....mostly. we are still finalizing art and what not. so it's probably like a week from being in your grubby little paws. so... wash those paws now! you dont want to get smudges all over your new phil spectres record,right? right.

they say there is no such thing as bad publicity...god i hope "they" are right. to drum up interest,we sent out oodles of pre-release copies to numerous magazines and websites. ONLY ONE REVIEWED IT! yikes.... it makes me want to take a nap in the garage....with the car running.


wow.if i didnt know better,i'd think this writer has a personal vendetta against me. maybe i stole their boyfriend or girlfriend in highschool?

Johnny: BOOOOO! Don't quit now!