Artist description 7 women w/ voluptuous brains & intelligent physiques. Leonard Abrams of New York Rocker says: Homer Erotic is a band that's so original they almost need their own section at the music store. All female, all poetic, all the basic musical food groups, yet so tight and fluid you'd think the world of music was made just for them . . . together, these seven women create an oddysey of music, wit and jubilation, creating songs your mind's ear will play again and again.

Music Style Melodic, ecstatic percussion, lyric-driven avant pop/post rock

Musical Influences All poets beginning with ancient Greece's Homer thru 21st Century's Nomadalyn, The Fugs, West African polyrhythms, Middle Eastern ecstatic melody, The Ventures, Nina Simone, Laura Nyro, Lou Reed, Sweet Honey in the Rock, thunderstorms and hummingbirds.

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Artist History Formed in 1990 in NYC by two poets, Homer Erotic -- celebrates the life-giving, primordial genius of poetry/music/dance/drumming in clubs, parks, and gatherings as far flung as the Chance Festival in Las Vegas and Tropical Heatwave 2000 in Tampa.

Group Members Angela Babin (Bass & Guitar), Barbara Barg (Lead Vocals/Backup Vocals, Djembe, Principal Songwriter), Maggie Dubris (Guitar, Bass, Principal Songwriter), Heather Ferguson (Drums, Percussion), Suzanne Gallant (Djembe, Percussion, Lead and Back-up Vocals, Songwriter), Andrea Pierotti (Violin), Sara Wendt (Lead Vocals/Backup Vocals, Djembe, Percussion, Songwriter)

Instruments Guitar, Bass Guitar, Violin, Djembe, Rainstick, Talking Drum, Shakeree, Trap Drums

Albums Yield (EP), Homerica the Beautiful

Press Reviews Poets, singers, songwriters and musicians defy the restraints of musical catagories in Homer Erotic, a mutant orchestral odyssey. . Sara Saffian/Daily NewsThe seven-women band Homer Erotic kills with its brainy rhythyms and musical narratives of wanting til it hurts and aching to desire. Laurie Stone/Village VoiceHomer Erotic's like, you know, a totally empowering good time. Jessica Willis/New York Press

Location New York, NY - USA

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