Bondage Fairies

Bondage Fairies is a Swedish band formed in 2005. It was founded by the musicians Elvis Creep and Deus Deceptor. The name was borrowed from the pornographic manga of the same name about fairies. The band members wear masks. The musicians themselves describe their style as "electropunk oldschool". The band has toured Europe and Russia on numerous occasions. Elvis Creep and Deus Deceptor founded Bondage Fairies in 2005 in Stockholm. That same year they released their first single, "He-Man", on vinyl. On 20 January 2006, their first album, What You Didn't Know When You Hired Me, was released on Lobotom Records. In 2008, the single "Garbage Indiebands" was released, which was included on their second album, Cheap Italian Wine, released on 8 September 2009 on Lobotom Records. The third single, "1-0", was released on 8 April 2011 on Audiolith Records exclusively as an MP3 download; it was accompanied by a remix of the song "nv4.dll" by Der Tante Renate and an acoustic version of "Forget the Image, I Got a Heart". In addition to this single, the band's first official music video was filmed in Hamburg. In 2011, Drummer Boy joined the band; some time later a fourth member, Bee Bee Prime, was taken on as guitarist. After releasing another single ("Fantasy Outfit") on SoundCloud on 23 December 2011, Bondage Fairies released their third album on 20 January 2012. Among other things, thanks to their numerous concerts, which took the form of distinctive stage shows, the band built up a considerable fan base, particularly in some Eastern European countries as well as in Germany and the United States. The band members wear homemade masks in photographs and on stage. On 20 July 2017, a music video for the song "Satan You and Me, pt. II", directed by Ivan Chekhov in Yekaterinburg, was released. Russian actors appeared in the video. On 21 July 2017, the new album Alfa Gaga Cp Wifi was released. A characteristic feature of Bondage Fairies is fast guitar riffs backed by electronically generated melodies reminiscent of the sound chip of the C64 computer. Speech samples are also frequently used. With the exception of "Gay Wedding", which was recorded almost entirely without electronic elements, the drums on the first two albums were composed exclusively by electronic means, whereas for the third album the drums were mostly recorded in a studio. All lyrics are written by Elvis Creep. Many songs deal with his personal life ("Forget the Image I Got a Heart", "Morphine") and with trivial matters ("He-Man", "nv4.dll"). Occasionally, however, political topics are also addressed ("Gay Wedding", "Twenty Twelve"), although the band says it prefers to keep music and politics separate. The lyrics are often very short. There are also numerous instrumental compositions ("I Eat Children", "I'm to Her What She Used to Be to Me", "Aachen", "Essen"). The band is released on the Audiolith label. "MySpace band page". Archived from the original on 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2011-04-09. "Last.fm band page". Archived from the original on 2011-08-24. Retrieved 2011-04-09. "Bondage Fairies 1-0 – YouTube". Archived from the original on 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2019-01-24. "Satan You and Me music video". YouTube. Audiolith. 2017-07-20. Archived from the original on 2023-12-30. Retrieved 2023-12-30. http://www.intro.de/kuenstler/interviews/23066589/bondage-fairies-roevolution-in-moskau?current_page=3[dead link] "Bondage Fairies on Audiolith". Archived from the original on 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2023-09-30. "What You Didn't Know When You Hired Me Review by Stewart Mason". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2023-09-30. Bondage Fairies on Facebook Bondage Fairies on Twitter Elvis Creep on Myspace Backstage with Bondage Fairies: the triumphant return of the Swedish fairies (in Russian) Review of the album What You Didn't Know When You Hired Me at AllMusic Interview with the band Interview at Zvuki.ru (in Russian) Interview in Russian for the blog Musictram (in Russian) Bondage Fairies – Fantasy Outfit, the first single from the new self-titled album by the Stockholm-based Bondage Fairies