Who the Hell Is: Electric Mistress

It began with a night on the town in
San Diego. The plan that night was to see
the Planet Rooth Gallery in North Park.
Upon arriving, a sound was heard across
the street — a sound familiar to us: a
sound check. The music was coming from
the Rubber Rose. Although some were fo-
cused on the band playing, the rest real-
ized that this was a sex shop with a band
playing inside. Startled, some left and did
their own thing for the night, but a few
lucky ones stayed to enjoy the music.
You may be wondering who plays
a show in a sex shop. Well, Electric Mis-
tress does. Sean, guitarist and vocalist of
Electric Mistress, explained that Harry
the Hat, their friend and another local
artist, “just asked us at the last minute,
‘Hey, do you wanna play at a sex toy shop
tonight?’” And they did, but it was quite a
show, considering the surroundings. It is
not every day that bands perform in such
small spaces.
Electric Mistress is comprised of three
homegrown surfers who were brought to-
gether by their mutual love for music and
their laid-back mindsets. Sean and bassist
Matt Inocentes have been a musical tan-
dem since middle school. It was not until
later that they combined forces with cur-
rent drummer Ben Jammin.
One might wonder what a band of
this caliber would ultimately want. Fame?
Money? Burning out and ending up on
VH1? Hardly. “We basically want women
to get into some kind of uncontrollable
frenzy when we enter a room.”
What could a bunch of surfers do that
is so pertinent to the indie music scene
in San Diego? Sean said, “We wanted to
make a good, straightforward rock re-
cord. It’s a style that we all love and really
weren’t seeing enough of in San Diego or
in the mainstream music scene, although
there are a few bands we like. I would say
the new album offers a stripped down,
energetic record for people who like their
rock quick and to the point.” This bunch
addressed what they felt was lacking on
the scene with a little simplicity.
With that in mind, Electric Mistress
has a growing following and is among the
well-known bands in San Diego. Their
target is the crowd. With influences stem-
ming from early punk rock to modern
bands like Queens of the Stone Age, Elec-
tric Mistress’ current work in progress is
focused on the people.
“We’ve been experimenting with dif-
ferent synths and we focus on songs we
think people would have fun dancing to at
shows,” said Sean.
For this upcoming album, Electric
Mistress is working day and night to put
out a record everybody can enjoy. Ahmed Lakhaney / Knight News Photo

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