Matt Friction: Vocals/Guitar
Jon Decious: Bass
Bob Ferrari: World?s Greatest Drummer
The Pink Spiders stormed onto the Nashville music scene with their eyes on the prize. In a whirlwind of hustle and clatter, the band seemed an instant iconoclastic frame of French New Wave cinema come to life. Striking figures in pink and jet black, they were distant and aloof, itchy and sex-fueled. The first gunshot came in January of 2004 with The Pink Spiders are Taking Over!, a battle cry of an EP that served as a frenetic, precocious primer for the band's pop-punk fascination with decadence, obsession and thwarted lovers.
With an almost Machiavellian sense of ambition, the band calculated, strategized and plotted, signing an indie deal with CI Records in the summer of 2004, touring relentlessly and living the freshly lit cigarettes, stiff drinks and sexual adventure that would fill their upcoming work. Live shows from the period were k...
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