What LisaBe says:
LisaBe is currently a solo artist, writing, recording, performing and mixing her own music in the genres of post punk, epic, industrial, gothic, rock, alternative, ambient, alien, strange, waking wave, indie, alternative, psychotic or schitzo wave…whatever you might call it.
Her present album “Waking Sleep” is a conceptual album written with a purpose reflecting various states of mind and consciousness in the genres of sci fi, post punk, epic, industrial, alternative, gothic, psychological, philosophical and spiritual. Some songs tell a Sci fi-ish or otherworldly epic story. The album will be out sometime this year.
LisaBe has played in a couple of experimental-electronic groups, a post punkish group called GOD, an all female band in SanFrancisco, Tanks-a hard rock band in SanFrancisco, Nollama Mama a folk punk group in Arcata, Ca. Thundercloud-a psychedelic blues, metal band in Arcata, Ca. and Degradationzero- a rhythmic death metal band.
Lisabe’s influences have been, , Peter Murphy, Brian Eno, Tuxedomoon, Type O Negative, Fields of Nephilim, Black Sabbath, The B-52’s, Bauhaus, Nina Hagen, Hawkwind, Daniel Ash, King Missile, King Crimson, Marilyn Manson, Massive Attack, The Mission UK, Pet shop Boys, Gary Numan, Porcupine Tree, P.J. Harvey, Rasputina, Queensryche, Camper Van Beethoven, Patti Smith, Sisters of Mercy, The Beatles, The Stones, Snakefinger, Swans, Sparks, This Mortal Coil, Type O Negative, Tuxedomoon, Bjork, Johnny Cash, Frank Zappa, Cruxshadows, Otep, David Bowie, Meg Lee Chin, John Cale, The Call, Muse, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Leonard Cohen, The Cure, Current 93, Dead can Dance, Dio, Brian Eno, Fields of the Nephilim, Robert Fripp, Anathema, Miranda Sex garden. I also like music from just about every Genre there is..In every genre I have found something I have liked.
- All songs at LisaBe’s Reverbnation site were written by LisaBe. Most songs LisaBe played all instruments, produced and mixed. Except for Bloody Suicide Note, I lost Myself, Day of the Dead, Mother Nature, and Everything’s Connected. These songs were recorded at Big Bang Studios in Loleta, Ca. On these songs the musicians were: LisaBe,-guitar and vocals, Andy Banaskiewicz-guitar, Bill Moore-Bass, Dave (who would never tell us his last name) drums.
- She’s got to have it-LisaBe-guitar, recording and mix and Rene Simons lead guitar
- Lost in the shuffle-LisaBe-rhythm and lead guitar, keyboards, recording and mix, and Blaze Whitten lead guitar.