HOMER EROTIC

Homer Erotic, a poet's band, was a late 20th Century NY cult band wonder I had the pleasure to co-found with the exquisite poet/songwriter/guitar player, Maggie Dubris. Now 10 years later, I stumbled upon a review of our last CD that claims the band was formed in 1969. It was actually around the beginning of 1991.

Five of us were there from the beginning in the early 90s:

Suzanne Gallant -- Elegant percussionist/djembe/backup vocals; creator of the Homer song Mt Fuji
Andrea Pierotti -- Virtuoso violinist/backup vocals/neighbor extraordinaire
Sara Wendt -- Divine co-lead singer/djembe/percussion; creator of Homer songs What If and Hunger
Maggie Dubris -- Main songwriter/guitar
Me -- Main songwriter/co-lead singer/djembe

Angela Babin (bass and guitar) and Heather Ferguson (drums) joined us six years later and that version of Homer played on until the turn of the century.

"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.

You think you're hearing jazz, then all of a sudden rock guitar licks jangle through, then the R&B beat goes African, then a violin slices through so bluesy, so beyond, so primal, so sweet and seamless, the corner of your brain that hasn't been hijacked says, how did they do that? And the words, well, they take you on a trip across seven layers of conciousness, like a dream you wish hadn't ended, a dream that left you with an inkling of what really happened. Words that spin trances, tht invade the psyche with stories beautiful, terrible, gritty, fantastic.

Homer Erotic sprang to life during a break at a poetry reading in 1991 in New York, the band's home base, when poets Barbara Barg and Maggie Dubris talked it into being. They quickly recruited Suzanne Gallant, Sara Wendt, and Andrea Pierotti, and Homer Erotic took flight. In 1996 the band expanded to include Angela Babin and Heather Ferguson. Together, these seven women create an odyssey of music, wit and jubilation, creating songs your mind's ear will play again and again." -- Village Voice

"Homer Erotic is one of New York City's most popular neogeist female bands, a multi-entity explosion of 3 percussionists, 1 traps drummer, 1 bass/guitar player, 1 guitar/bass player, 1 violin player, 2 lead singers, 5 backup vocalists, 3 dancers, 2 poets, 1 industrial hygenist, 1 band therapist, 1 paramedic, 3 computer operators, 1 ex-ice cream truck driver, 7 women, 1 photographer, 1 sound engineer, 7 ex-waitresses, 2 blondish types, 1 redhead, 3 natural brunettes, 1 virtual brunette, 1 rhythmically solid mother, 6 aggressive aunts and 1 ferocious baby. Homer Erotic has a combined age of over 150 years!

Poets Maggie Dubris and Barbara Barg formed Homer Erotic spontaneously in 1991 during a lull at a local poetry reading. Suzanne Gallant, Sara Wendt and Andrea Pierotti have been there from the beginning. Angela Babin and Heather Ferguson swung in during 1996, around the time Homer Erotic became the resident band at Sidewalk Cafe's The Fort in NYC's East Village where Homer plays to standing room only crowds two Saturdays (usually) a month. Homer Erotic's fan base grows daily. Mothers bring daughters, daughters bring the world, Gen X swoons and Boomers ignite. Fans range in age from 12 to over 60. All come to tune mind/spine in a vibratorium of linguistic pleasure and rhythmic ecstacy." -- Homer of Greece

Two great cds: Yield (out of print) and Homerica the Beautiful (get it at CD Baby)

Of course it's incredibly fascinating to watch a small group of people weave their various relationship matrices. That we kept it together for a decade is pretty good testament to something. The music I think. Thanks girls. It was a splendid trip.