Artist description Three Piece. Alternative? Could be Pop, what with all the hooks. Fun band to watch. Come out and see them. They'll put you on the guest list and buy you a drink!

Music Style Power Pop

Musical Influences Herb likes Van Halen, Eric likes The Pixies and Tom likes everything he hears.

Similar Artists Foo Fighters, maybe, who knows?

Artist History The Waterladies began their careers in the Fall of 1327, which was an extremely difficult time of year to be at sea. Many said their ship was less than stable, and not much more could be said about it's captain. "We met Captain Fitch in a pub eating raw liver," explains drummer/vocalist Tom Ufkes. "The patient bar tenderess would chew the liver for him and regurgitate it onto his plate for him because he had no teeth! "Hell of a woman", recalls Fitch. "She was my teeth, for Christ's sakes!" The Waterladies ran into many problems during their pilgrimage. While at sea for instance, guitarist/vocalist Eric Brown fell ill with the nasties more than several times. "Herb (bass/vocals) always said it was because I was making out with the rats," says Brown. "I suppose I was a bit arrogant. I guess I thought I was ahead of my time or something. I accused Herb of being superstitious." The Waterladies encountered many other complications along their way. Their hired captain didn't beleive in maps or compasses. What was expected to have been a seven month journy became a year and a half long nightmare. Captain Fitch grew insane. "It was Herb!" he screamed. "He kept playing that damned Van Halen music! I prayed to God to give me my eyes back if he could take my ears instead!" Lo and behold, The Waterladies were lost at sea. They puked in their bunks. They ate wood until their ship was merely a simpering skeleton. Eric's rats fell through the cracks and drowned. Of the rats Eric was heard to say, "A man can only go so long before he forgets what a woman looks like. I would see those tiny little, yellow eyes in the dark and I would whisper,'Honey? is it YOU?" Finally, in the spring of '29, The Waterladies set foot in America. Herb imediatley checked into the nearest state hospital. He was diagnosed with severe, clinical depression. Aerosmith broke up. His drummer, Tommy visited him in the hospital daily. Tommy would bring a guitar and sing songs to him hillbilly style in hopes to revive the poor artist. Apparently the sound of music is no ho, becuase Herb, the smash hit songwriter made a full recovery in three months. The Waterladies were traveling once again. Only this time, by foot.

Group Members Eric Brown; guitar and vocals, Tom Ufkes; drums and vocals, Herb Ledbetter; bass and vocals

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Drums, voice

Albums The Waterladies' Greatest Hits

Press Reviews Music Review, April 1999: Some exciting news out of the Kalamazoo area, members of the band Thought Industry and former memebers of longtime favorite Bone China have joined forces to form The Waterladies, a new power-pop out fit that is rumored to be very, very good... Low Brow Music, May 25, Page 132, Puke Review: The Waterladies are a very terrible band. Don't go to there shows, you'll be the only one there. Instead, go down the road about 120 paces and watch a D.J. for free. Don't buy their C.D. unless you're running low on beer coasters. Why are they so horrible? 1) They can't sing. Ever heard hard water moving through rusty plumbing? They should change their name to The Hardwater Ladies. 2) They're extremely ugly. If you're dumb enough to go to one of their shows, don't look directly at them. Squint hard and peer through the corner of your eye. Bring a plastic-lined paper sack. They should change their name to The Vomitladies. 3) The guitarist hopelessly sucks. 4) The bass player sucks real bad. 5) The drummer is the suckiest. They should change their name to 'Puke'... The Herrald Music Reveiw, 5/28/99: The Water ladies flat out suck!... M.M.R., May 28, 1999: If you're unfortunate enough to be familiar with The Waterladies, I've found certain medidational yoga techniques which have been known to erase them from your memory. For more info, visit us at: http//www. Please/no more Waterladies.com.... Michigan Band Reveiw, 6/3/99: First I heard The Waterladies, then I puked...The Bandwagon, July 18 1972. In the history of the world, there are only four bands: The Beatles, Led Zepplin, The Rolling Stones and The Waterladies...Rising Bands Times, cover story, page 72, 4/12/002. After extensive testing in certain, unnamed facilities of higher education, it has been found that by simply listening to the music by The Waterladies, one can actually raise their I.Q. levels by a couple of points...May I Mag, June 3, 1997. Now here's a band I could really take a crap on!...The Music Muscle, 5/9/99. Would you take seven feet of barbed wire and tie one end around your balls and the other end around the neck of a large water buffalo and fire off a starting pistole? Well if you said yes, then maybe you're the kind of person who would also subject yourself to the putrid sounds which emit from the ugly, festering mugs of The Waterladies. Go for it, you idiots. I have no compassion for you sickening freaks!

Additional Info Watch out for the new album 'Full Flavor Kings' due out this summer. Pretty please with sugar on top.

Location Kalamazoo, MIchigan - USA

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