Bio
Electric guitar. Drums. Singer. Since 1992. Many shows. Many haircuts.
In the press
“Their most artistic project to date ... Mangum's voice has never sounded better, and he sings the songs with a new, torchy sensuality ... Illmensee's jangly, jagged pop hooks recall the Cure without being overtly retro. it's hard to figure out the reference points in Boneanchor's dark, slinky, groove-rock. And that's part of the allure.” – Kate Bredimus, Richmond.com
”Boneanchor scrapes across the stygian floors of of a rock and roll ocean ... Elvis is there. Prince, too. Johnny Cash has a little table in the back corner. A whole gang of bluesmen are sitting right up front. And it's hard to tell if Boneanchor wants to shake hands or fight ... if you get a chance to get in the room with them, you'd have to be deaf, dumb, and blind not to walk away affected.” – Jason Olsen
“Never discount the power of the fontman in rock 'n' roll – especially when he's given the do-or-die mission of converting a crowd of skeptical bar patrons into true believers Think about it: Do you have any doubt that even an unkown James Brown could sway the most rigid crowd? Elvis Presley? David Lee Roth? Not for a second – these are the type of larger-than-the-stage personalities that music legends are made of ... it's the outlandishly satisfying frontman behavior of Wrenn Mangum that keeps the suspicious minds at bay.” – Ryan Muldoon, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Want to know more?
You may have known us in the past as Frog Legs or The Wild One. Some even know us as Donkey Balls. We answer to all those and more.
Read the short history of Boneanchor here »