GINGER SNAPPED

Fledgling rock band fronted by Mishel Beebe and named Best New Band in City Link's Best of 2004 issue.

Mishel Beebe, Vocals
(Photo - Josh Prezant)

Ginger Snapped may be the biggest thing to hit Florida since Hurricane Frances. Lead singer Mishel Beebe intermittently sounds like Deborah Harry, Courtney Love or … aw, the heck with comparisons. Beebe sounds like Mishel Beebe. And that’s probably why the band leaves such a good impression.

Jon Boho - Drums
Vanessa Dubin - Bass
Javier Caballero - Guitars
Michelle - Guitars
Teenie -drums
Layne Long - Keyboards

Of course, it’s not just the standout frontwoman. Javier Caballero, who also plays guitar for Neptune B, lent his skills to the band and, coupled with the competent rhythm section of Jon Boho and Vanessa Dubin, the music means as much as the vocals. As long as Ginger Snapped picks up the pace of its gigs, expect much from the fledgling band.  

-- by Dan Sweeney, City Link Magazine, Ft Lauderdale, FL

Link to band website or contact - www.gingersnapped.com

Biography

How long has Ginger Snapped been around? -- I've been jamming with Javi [Caballero, guitarist] for a long time, but Ginger Snapped's first show was in April. I was gonna play bass -- I had played bass and sang in a band called Rev -- but my friend Vanessa [Dubin] was really excited to play bass. She had played bass in a band called Bicycle Rider. ... She's doing a great job. My drummer [Jon Boho], I was jamming with in D.C. He moved down here to work at the Sun-Sentinel, and so we kept on.

How old are you? -- 32

What was the first album you ever bought? -- The Head on the Door by The Cure.

What are your turn-ons and turnoffs? -- A turn-on is being snuggly and watching movies. A turnoff is being snuggly when I'm not in the mood. It has to be just right. … Oh, and I don't like bad breath. Or those little saliva strings that some people get in their mouths when they talk. Saliva strings -- my worst nightmare.

Have you ever been arrested? -- Yes, for having a suspended license. It was, like, 2 o'clock in the morning, and the taillight was out. In jail, they served bologna sandwiches with big crater holes in the bologna. We also got a really icky cookie. They also gave us unsweetened grapefruit juice just to torture us. This is what you get when you go to jail, so avoid it.

Do you have a day job? -- Yes. I'm an office slave. I'd like to be an office manager somewhere else, though. I'm really good at it.

Didn't you used to work in a funeral home? -- Yes, for four years. … I loved it. I started out as a funeral director's assistant, and I did tons and tons and tons of removals. I've seen every cause of death you can imagine -- fen-phen to drowning to shooting.

Wow. That's -- wait. Fen-phen? -- Yeah, this fat woman took it to lose weight, and it didn't work out with her body, and when we removed her, she was frozen with rigor mortis. It took three people to get her down the stairs.

Let's change the subject. What's your favorite local band, and you can't say Ginger Snapped. -- Can I have two? My two favorites are Trapped by Mormons and The Livid Kittens.

What is something people would be surprised to know about you? -- Even though I'm very girly-girly, I do yard work and cut all the trees and do house stuff and manly stuff. … I'm a handy girly-girly!

Dan Sweeney, City Link Magazine, November 10, 2004.

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