Artist description Highly quirky and moody individuals who make similarly dispositioned pop-rock

Music Style blues, jazz and country-influenced alt-pop-rock

Musical Influences The Doors, The Police, Soundgarden, Rolling Stones, Nirvana, Talking Heads, Jane's Addiction, Led Zeppelin, P.J. Harvey, U2, The Pretenders, Cracker, Psychedelic Furs, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Miles Davis, Steely Dan, David Bowie, Love and Rockets

Similar Artists 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant, Elysian Fields

Artist History Founding members Paul Felt and Lauren Bielski met at a work-related cocktail party. The two songwriters realized they shared an unusual number of musical likes and influences. Songwriting and years of open mics followed, 1997-9. Songwriter friends Lisa Bridge joined on keys and percussion and Christopher Cambra on bass in late 1999, for a Nov. 1 show at C-Note in New York. Cambra soon moved. The band went on a one-year hiatus from performing and recording in 2000, regrouping with songwriter friend Brian Aspinwall on bass. As a trio, the band returned to C-Note in Jan. 2001. Drummer Belinda Otto was recruited to the band in Feb. 2001, with a tight and focused, but sparsely attended C-Note show in March as a trio. Bassist Suki Fujioka was recruited in May 2001. Performances as a quartet followed at Continental, the Triad Lounge and ACME Underground. Wanda Mercury disbanded June 6, 2002.

Group Members Lauren Bielski, vocals, guitar; Paul Felt, guitar, vocals; Belinda Otto, drums and percussion; Suki Fujioka, bass, backing vocals; Brian Aspinwall, bass; Lisa Bridge, keys, piano and percussion; Christopher Cambra, bass.

Instruments guitar, bass, drums, vocals

Albums Wanda Mercury (demo)

Location New York, NY - USA

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