The Husbands started about a million years ago when Sadie and Sarah decided we should really learn to play some instruments since we were in Olympia with nothing better to do and loved music. We liked different stuff mostly but shared a common love of 60's soul music and the Gories, then we mutually got into Dead Moon. Our first band together (The Bonnot Gang-with Maggie Vail and Dale Shaw) would have sounded a lot more like the Husbands if we knew what we were doing but since we didn't it sounded completely different (in a cool way). Then we moved to SF and formed the Lies, this time with Casey Ward (on drums), Tracy Sawyer (on Keyboards) and again with Dale Shaw (singing). This band was together for over 5 years and put out 2 records and 2 7'''s.
Then, Sadie and Sarah started playing what we thought was straight garage music again, right around the time that Dale moved away and the Lies broke up. Our first show was at a party at The Eagle Tavern with John Dwyer on drums and we were called the the "ass-wranglers" or some such B.S. name. Our debut as "the Husbands" was on Valentines Day 2002 with Matt Hartman on drums. Then, we bounced around with some different drummers till we settled with Nikki Sloat. She played on all but 1 of the songs on our first record "Introducing the Sounds of..." and toured with us a couple times. Then we went back to playing with a grab bag o' drummers till we put Casey(from the Lies) on the drums. She had been singing and playing bass/percussion/organ with us for a while and finally sat down and drummed when someone quit. Needless to say she knocked our socks on our ass. So, along the way we've had anywhere from 3 to 6 members, boys, girls and whatevs. NOw we are an all girl trio (Sarah, Sadie, and Casey) expecting our second record to come out on Swami around May of 06'.
Special thanks to the following for being in our band even if it was for just 1 minute... John Dwyer, Matt Hartman, Donnie, Omar, Tina Boom Boom, Nikki Sloat, John and Jenny Shambles, Tara Airplane Man, Jennifer D'Angelo, Phillip Dachelet, Tracy Sawyer, Sara Lund, Aaron, Victoria, Sammy, Paul Knowles, Casey Ward, Sarah Jane, Sarah Domenico, Kelly Parrott, Nancy Frank, Sasha, Lindsey, Amanda, Justin Magana, Anna Kipnis, and everyone who ever danced in front of the stage or clapped along during "Deep in My Heart". Whew!-Reed