Salon Betty: Dark Punk Cabaret Revival Born in Prague in 1992 from a dream that Betty had about a crazy Czech new wave hair salon ala John Waters meets art parlour "den of decadence"...SB was been redefining sleaze since.
Betty met partner in crime and conspirator Hate Xaylor fka Tattoo or the Bat Fink in 1994 and the rest is history. Currently, Betty and Hate co-write and perform together in the Betty's new self-titled project Betty X . A fusion of art-rock, industrial metal, and punk. "beautifuly brutal industrial-punk..." much harder than SB's previous releases.SB was the first band in Seattle to revitalize the new wave/punk art movement scene during the grunge era in the mid-90's. Thus spring boarding the gothabilly, death lounge and punk cabaret revivial.Betty X coined the terms neuvo-ranchero, death lounge, deathabilly, sleazeabilly and gothabilly-undeniably the sleaziest sex circus to grace the stages of Moe's, The Showbox, The Crocodile, Music West, Bumbershoot and Pride Rally, (gaining infamy for crazy stage antics from whipped cream, toys, bubbles, blue baby dolls, blow up dolls, glitter, and performing half nude in front of all age audiences."The tough goth girl contingent goes invisible a lot of the time, staying bound to its separate set of clubs and bars and its subculture status. It takes the sheer camp brilliance of someone like Betty X to bring it to our attention. Betty X is a goth/industrial/rockabilly diva who got her start as part of the local troupe Salon Betty in the late 1990s. She's been skulking around the dark corners of the city since..." Tizzy Asher , The Seattle P. I. 03/13/2004
(Betty, formerly of Salon Betty "...to this day the influence can be felt in Seattle's gothabilly, circus noir, and sci-fi new wave revivial, that was viturally non-existant before") THE STRANGER 2004
"If Scully and Mulder popped a tape in the player, cruised off on an alien craft to a rockabilly sock hop, and tossed back a few martinis along the way, Salon Betty would write their soundtrack. Inspired by bands like the Cramps, the B-52s and the Thrill Kill Kult, this is electronic retro wave for adventurous and intoxicated listeners." RIFFAGE 2000
"A Swanky CocktailShaken, Not StirredSB is the best of the Roaring '20's, Nifty '50's and the New Wave '80's!" Most of Salon Betty's music is derived from paranormal experiences, and urban folklore and set against an everchanging kaleidoscope of intrigue, sci-fi new wave, rockabilly and outer space party music. SOUNDCLICK 1998
IF JOHN WATERS WAS A DRAG QUEEN...
He'd be Salon Betty! This vampy, campy punk rock queen (frontwoman of Salon Betty And The Big Hair Circus) is never anything short of a full package of fun: fabulous 'do's, immaculate goth-meets-punk make-up, fishnets for days, honey! And now, you can get yourself not just a piece of the group's music, but their good looks as well! The Salon Betty catalog comes complete with music, t-shirts and mood rings and a new line of nail polish! There's "Bettephile Black", "Baby Doll Blue" and "Spike Venus Silver". - DAILY ALTERNATIVE MUSIC NEWS 1996