DATE: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13
EVENT: ZEPPARELLA
VENUE: HUMBOLDT BREWS 856 10th
Street, Arcata
DETAILS: $15 adv./ $17 door, 21+, 10:00pm
CONTACT: Eric Kinnally
EMAIL: [email protected]

ZEPPARELLA

http://www.zepparella.com

http://www.myspace.com/zepparella

Zepparella's passion for the band Led Zeppelin, blazing guitars, and smokin' hot vocals make for a night of pure rock n roll at Humboldt Brews Saturday February 13th

"...their mission is clear , playing Led Zeppelin songs as perfect as possible and with similarities very close to the originals. They have succeeded in their mission, which is showing their respect and dignity for a legendary Rock band."  METAL TO INFINITY

Zepparella is four women intent on bringing the passion, the beauty, the aggression, the musicality of Led Zeppelin alive. Zepparella is no costumed, wigged-up tribute band. You'll hear no backing tracks or misguided attempts at note for note replication. Instead Zepparella offers four seriously talented musicians who have loved and studied this music long enough to make it a part of themselves. It is a celebration of some of the greatest music ever written, by women who love it as musicians and as fans. We who want to celebrate it with you, fellow appreciators.

Four women intent on bringing the passion, the beauty, the aggression, keeping the musicality of Led Zeppelin alive.

Zepparella delivers an explosive, emotional musical journey at every event. They take on the challenge of balancing their devotion to playing the songs as close to the original as possible, while taking advantage of their own musical communication and carrying the audience away on the ride.

Individuals with widely diverse musical tastes, Led Zeppelins music is common ground. The magic of Zeppelin was the dynamic energy between the four musicians, and the songs allow Zepparella to feel that energy too.The combination of personalities in Zepparella is something extraordinary. From the first time on stage there was such a strong musical connection that to the girls it felt like a homecoming. And in a musical career, that kind of connection may be the most elusive gift of all.

The players:

Anna Kristina, the popular Bay Area stage actress, vocalist, songwriter and solo artist, brings her seductive style and powerful range to front the band with consistently transcendent performances. Her soulful delivery is mesmerizing.

Gretchen Menn applies her dazzling and emotive guitar playing to the leads. After her stint as Agnes Young in the top-grossing Bay Area band AC/DShe for three years, and then touring as the second guitarist in the national metal band BOTTOM, she now takes on the Page lines with an arresting ability that cant be missed.

Nila Minnerocks seminal bass playing, dark, beautiful, aggressive, melodic, fills out the bottom end of the band. Her joined-at-the-hip connection with Clementine began eleven years ago in BOTTOM, and close to 20 trips around the US, Canada and Europe and three records have created the remarkably intuitive rhythm section that Zeppelin deserves.

Clementine tackles the best rock drumming ever written with her own powerfully passionate style, bringing the Motown influence of the Bonham groove to the forefront. As Phyllis Rudd in AC/DShe and throughout the run of BOTTOM, she developed a heavy-hitting sound suited to attempt Zeppelin. The musical connection established with Gretchen in AC/DShe and the lifelong rhythmic conversation with Nila creates the bond required to do this great music justice.