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About Me

"...They come on like SLANT 6 mixed with SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES: spooky guitar lines and echo-laden vocals from all four members. It's got a definite SoCal vibe too... some of these songs could fit right in on the SUBURBIA soundtrack!
Pop and punk, yet not pop punk, know what I mean?"
- MAXIMUMROCKNROLL , 03/2007
...Guitars ring in all the right places, drums pound appropriately, bass undulates and the vocals careen over top of the smartly arranged and well-written tunes."
The Nerve, November issue
Mix equal parts punk, new wave, pop and rock, blend furiously, and bake at wicked high heat until crunchy!
Betty Kracker kicked off their live music takeover of Vancouver in 2004 at FaceFest , at the Railway Club (dozens were slain, appreciation flowed). Dozens of shows in the Vancouver area ensued. The song "S.C.W." was recorded soon after at FacePlant for the Red Cat Records anti-Gordon Campbell (BC premier) compilation Citizen's Rule , released in spring of 2005.
The debut ep Easy Bay Coven was released in October 2006 to national acclaim (The Nerve, Exclaim, MaximumRockandRoll, Absolute Underground all loved it).
The last part of 2006 was a period of songwriting, and a case of band 'mitosis' occurred. Original member Nevada Santiago is recording new song creations as 'Nevada' with Regina von Kracker and drummer J.T. Massacre ( Big John Bates , Slickjacks ).
Shannon and Lisa continue with new songs and are pleased to welcome Trevor Thompson ( The Rain and The Sidewalk ) on guitar and Ryan Schmidt (ex- Salmon Arm , ex- Motorama ) on bass to the band.
The new line-up made their debut in May at Facefest 2007 and are currently recording new songs for the next CD.

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Music:

Member Since: 6/20/2005
Band Website: bettykracker.com
Band Members: Shannon Hallett - drums, vocals
lisa e. - guitar, bg vocals
Trevor Thompson - guitar, bg vocals
Ryan Schmidt - bass

on Easy Bay Coven:
Shannon, lisa and:
Nevada Santiago - lead guitar, vocals
Regina von Kracker - bass, bg vocals

Influences: Joy Division, The Melvins, Frightwig, Sonic Youth, Nina Hagen, Lena Lovich, Violent Femmes, B-52s, The Pixies, XTC, DOA, Siouxsie and the Banshees, X-Ray Spex, The Undertones, Crass, Buzzcocks, Young Canadians, the Damned, The New York Dolls, The Ramones, Nomeansno, the Dirty Harriets, PJ Harvey, Gang of Four, David Bowie, Kiss, Slayer, The Replacements, Bad Brains, Subhumans, Minutemen, Big Boys, Therapy, more marley, Hole, the Dishrags, the Sex Pistols, Wayne County, Patti Smith, Descendents, Gun Club, Misfits, The Jam, X, The Clash
Sounds Like: no other
Type of Label: None

My Blog

WHATS WRONG, TOHEI? is added to March 13th bill!!

Woohoo!Alas, THE FEMINISTS cannot play that night... boohoo...
Posted by Betty Kracker on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:29:00 PST

September Update - Back to school, suckers!

Years of being a 'professional student', and look where it's got me - I can spellcheck for executives! When they can't figure out how their goldurned word prawcessers work, that is&Summer, we hardly k...
Posted by Betty Kracker on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:25:00 PST

Our CD now in Ottawa stores!!

Just a note to let y'all know that the Betty Kracker CD Easy Bay Coven is now in stores in Ottawa!You can pick it up at both Compact Music locations. BTW, we charted last month on CHUO there, please r...
Posted by Betty Kracker on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:21:00 PST

BETTY KRACKER Back on Stage! - Sat. May 26 - Vancouver

The twelfth annual Facefest show is on this Saturday, May 26th at the Railway Club (579 Dunsmuir - upstairs) in Vancouver BC, Canada.Door is $12/non-members and $10/members; show starts at 8PM until l...
Posted by Betty Kracker on Fri, 25 May 2007 03:33:00 PST

'INCOGNITO' Song added this week!

Hey, kidz; Just posted Incognito, another song from the Easy Bay Coven CD! Please tell us what u think. Buy the CD at http://www.mcleanrecords.com, or send your local shop ou...
Posted by Betty Kracker on Wed, 02 May 2007 12:05:00 PST

MAXIMUMROCKNROLL - Another gr8 review!! (Big-up to dinkbague!)

"This is a six-song EP of guitar pop from a gang of Canucks. They come on like SLANT 6 mixed with SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES: spooky guitar lines and echo-laden vocals from all four members. It's got a...
Posted by Betty Kracker on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:53:00 PST

MAXIMUMROCKNROLL Review - Anyone Seen it?

I guess the legendary punk 'zine MAXIMUMROCKNROLL reviewed the CD.If anyone has a copy, pls tell us what they thought, or email us the review....
Posted by Betty Kracker on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:59:00 PST

ABSOLUTE UNDERGROUND 'zine loves the EP!

ABSOLUTE UNDERGROUND (http://www.myspace.com/absoluteunderground), Canada's best HC magazine has given the EASY BAY COVEN CD a great (for them) review! "I was a little skeptical of this album at first...
Posted by Betty Kracker on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:28:00 PST

EXCLAIM Mag Loves the EP!

Canada's best national 'zine loves the CD:http://www.exclaim.ca/index.asp?layid=23&csid1=16447" The alternating vocals of guitarist Nevada Santiago and drummer Shannon Hallett create a contrast tha...
Posted by Betty Kracker on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:32:00 PST

EBC is 13 on CiTR Top 30!

The Easy Bay Coven disc is still charting:#13 - CiTR Top 30 (week of Jan. 23)p://www.earshot-online.com/charts/citr.cfm Stations: if you haven't received a copy of yet, drop a line to the b...
Posted by Betty Kracker on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:12:00 PST