Spellbound

There are at least 10 bands with the name "Spellbound". 1) Spellbound are an Irish psychobilly band formed in 1986. 2) Spellbound is a German Thrash Metal band. 3) Spellbound was a mid to late 1970s touring rock band popular on the West Coast, especially the Pacific Northwest and the west coast of Canada. 4) Spellbound is group founded by Los Angeles based songwriters & producers Bobby Moon and Paul Thomas. Spellbound's music is a fusion of Funk and Tropical grooves.

1) Spellbound are an Irish psychobilly band formed in 1986.

2) Spellbound is a German Thrash Metal band.

3) Spellbound was a mid to late 1970s touring rock band popular on the West Coast, especially the Pacific Northwest and the west coast of Canada.

4) Spellbound is group founded by Los Angeles based songwriters & producers Bobby Moon and Paul Thomas. Spellbound's music is a fusion of Funk and Tropical grooves. With over a dozen CDs released under their indie label Selfish Recordings they are currently celebrating their 20th anniversary with a brand new CD "United Front."

5) A Brazilian NSBM band.

6) A Swedish hard rock/metal band.

7) Spellbound was Lithuanian progressive metal band. Split up in 2000.

8) A german folk/worldmusic/medieval group.

9) A Female Fronted three piece, shoegaze style Indie band circa early to mid 1990s from Norfolk UK.

10) Japanese Power/Thrash Metal band


1) Spellbound was formed in 1986 by brothers Frankie and Adrian Hayes, who came from Bray, Co Wicklow, 15 miles south of Dublin City. Unlike other Irish bands of their time, Spellbound decided to head directly to mainland Europe, where their 1988 debut album ?Mystical Madness' was very well received and notched up many thousands in sales (amazingly, that album was never released in their home country). The boys blazed a brief trail across the rockabilly and psychobilly festivals of Germany and Scandanavia before, it seemed, vanishing back into the ?Hellfire' woods of County Wicklow.

Tentative moves toward a re-union were made in 2003 when guitarist friend Doyley (Klingonz, Demented are Go) contacted the Hayes brothers to inform them that copies of ?Mystical Madness' appeared to be changing hands on the internet for astronomical sums and to suggest he sit in on some gigs, if they could find a bass player. They drafted in Simon Farrell (ex- Sharkbait) and this was the line-up that appeared at Die-In-Style's ?Kings of Psychobilly 3' At Speyer, Germany in November 2003. Unfortunately, both Doyley and Adrian were forced to drop out soon after due to existing commitments, and were replaced by Dave Mc Donald (ex- Kroozers) and Brian O Higgins (a drummer Simon worked alongside while touring with American rockabillies The Blue Moon Boys)
Their most recent album, ?A Fistful of Spells' is the result of ever-increasing calls from fans for that long-awaited follow-up to ?Mystical Madness'. The 2005 Spellbound line-up, while remaining true to the style and spirit of the original, brings the band bang-up-to-date with a new batch of original songs, alongside some (previously unrecorded) versions of old-school, rockin'-psycho classics.

Original text ? The Thing In The Attic, Feb 2005

SPELLBOUND ARE:

Frankie Hayes
Front Vocals/Backup Guitar

Dave Mc Donald
Plug-In Guitar/Backup Vocals

Simon Farrell
Big-Ass Bass/Backup Vocals

Brian O Higgins
Traps and Snares

2) Spellbound is also a German Thrash Metal band.

This Spellbound are:

Dave Maier
Vocals, Guitar

Daniel Tschoepe
Guitar

Hannes J?ger
Bass

Andy Flache
Drums

3) Spellbound was a mid to late 1970s touring rock band popular on the West Coast, especially the Pacific Northwest and the west coast of Canada. Personnel included Ron Dobbins (vocals, guitars), Lance Fuqua (drums, vox), Brent Anderson (vox, guitars), Terri Anderson (vocals, bass). Members later went on to form Chameleon.