Artist description Rusty Spell is the culmination of every sort of music that's been made since the beginning of time. He tends to make his album with "themes" in order to control himself a little.

Music Style Indie Rock; Homemade; Everything Else. A unique style all Rusty's own, promise.

Musical Influences ABBA Angelo Badalamenti The Art of Noise Lou Barlow The Beatles The Beastie Boys Beck Belle and Sebastian The Breeders Built To Spill Phil Collins Julee Cruise Neil Diamond DNS The Dub Narcotic Sound System Bob Dylan East River Pipe Enya The Folk Implosion Future Bible Heroes Debbie Gibson The Gothic Archies The Halo Benders James Iha The John Spencer Blues Explosion Lambchop Ben Lee John Lennon Love Execution Style The Magnetic Fields Paul McCartney Bobby McFerrin Natalie Merchant The Mnemonic Devices Modest Mouse Mono Puff Neutral Milk Hotel, 'nikcuS, Pavement, Elvis Presley, Prince, Queen, Radiohead, The Ramones, Jim Reeves, R.E.M., The Rentals, Quit Hitting Me, Rheostatics, The Sea and Cake, Sebadoh, Simon and Garfunkle, Rusty Spell, Synthetic Fibers, They Might Be Giants, The Velvet Underground, Ween, Weezer, Don Williams, Yo! Mahma.

Similar Artists In the same spirit of Christina Aguilera; Lou Barlow; Beck; East River Pipe; Ben Lee; John Lennon; Love, Execution Style; Paul McCartney; The Magnetic Fields; Neutral Milk Hotel; Britney Spears.

Artist History Rusty Spell was born in 1975, but he didn't "go solo" from his band 'nikcuS until 1995. Since then, he's been making music that suits his fancy, often suiting others' fancies in the process. His other solo project is The Mnemonic Devices. He is still involved with his collaborators in bands like 'nikcuS, Synthetic Fibers, and The Naked Donnas.

Group Members Rusty Spell. Guest artists have included Lori Burton, Tommy Burton, Liz Goodrige, Liza Marshall, Noby Nobriga, Lee Rozelle, Julie Scott, Debi Spell, and Kevin Young.

Instruments Guitar, Keyboard, Drums, Harmonica, Accordian, Kazoo, Percussion, Noises.

Albums Mailbox (1995), Covers by Casio (1996), Experiments and Outtakes (1998), Christmas Again (1998), indie rock credibility (1999), Alterna-Chick (2000), Rusty Spell Strums The Mnemonic Devices (2000), This Album Belongs To... (2000), The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs Vol. 1 (2001), The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs Vol. 2 (2002), The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs Vol. 3 (2002), Plagiarism (2002): all available on the Love and Letters Music page.

Press Reviews "Rusty is never afraid to be himself at any cost,even at the cost of the songs he creates." --Johnny Winters

Additional Info Visit Love and Letters Music.

Location Edinburg, TX - USA

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