"Blood soaked tunes for the B-Movie set" couldn't be a better description for the apply named band The Vooduo. The dynamic pair of Eerie Powers and Neidi Night have been entertaining night crawlers for years with their brand of beat stomping monster mash. Their infectious rhythms pounded out like a cave girl zombie gone wild by Neidi are perfectly paired with Eerie's gravelly vocals snarling out lyrics to tunes like "I Wanna Drink Your Blood", "Evil Eye" and "Diggin' You Up".
The Vooduo reciently allowed me a peek into their day and along with their sweet pup Gort, we shared a fabulous day from dawn to dusk. Starting out at their pad in Long Beach, CA I followed them throughout the city and ended up at Fern's where they played a live set. Eerie and Neidi had originally met at Fern's and within a few months started Long Beach's notorious independent video rental store Weirdo Video, which was born from their mutual love of B-movies.
"Eerie already had quite a collection of his own before we opened the store." Neidi noted. "At that time Mondo Video A-Go-Go had already moved from San Pedro to Hollywood, so there really wasn't anything like it around the Long Beach area - it kind've filled a niche. Unfortunately there's not a lot of money to be made in the movie rental business, so it was short lived." Luckily for us their passion for music has never stopped and they will in fact be celebrating The Vooduo's 20th anniversary later this year.
Although he has played guitar in Satan's Sadists with members of Satan's Cheerleaders and The Vooduo, Eerie "has been playing drums since he was 8 years old" Neidi told me. "Starting with his dad's jazz band and has been in at least a half a million bands since then playing everything from Southern Rock, Glam, Mod, Rockabilly, Punk, Delta Blues, Garage and Cowpunk." He's played drums in Potatoes from Hell, Terminal Romance, The Patterns, Through the Looking Glass, The Daggers (w/ Levi Dexter), Merry Widow, Spiderbaby, Paper Tulips, Bourbon Jones, The Boiler Makers, Shemp, The Lords of Altamont, and The Harbortown Saints.
With great pleasure, I would like to present to you "A Day In The Life Of The Vooduo"!
Julie Pavlowski Green
April 26, 2014
The shower shot is classic!
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