The Bastard Fairies

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Bastard Fairies


Background = group_or_band
Origin = Los Angeles, California
Genre = Indie pop, Alternative, New Weird America, Anti-folk
Years_active = 2005-present
Label = unsigned
URL = [http://www.thebastardfairies.com/ thebastardfairies.com]
Current_members = Yellow Thunder Woman Robin Davey

The Bastard Fairies are an American musical group from Los Angeles, California described as an "internet phenomenon," becoming at one point the #18 Most Subscribed (All Time) Musicians and #31 Most Viewed (All Time) Musician on YouTube,cite news | title = The Bastard Fairies Get Ready To Release Debut Album | date = 2007-03-08 | url = http://www.pluginmusic.com/news/archive.php?id=1319 | work = PlugInMusic | accessdate = 2007-03-18 ] as well as for releasing a promotional video that received media attention on Fox News.cite news | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,234824,00.html | title = Internet Abuse? | work = Fox News | date = 2006-12-06 | accessdate = 2007-03-18] The band's debut album, "Memento Mori", was released on April 10, 2007.

Band biography

The band's website describes the group as being composed of two members, singer/lyricist Yellow Thunder Woman and guitarist/songwriter Robin Davey. Yellow Thunder Woman is a Native American ("Yellow Thunder Woman" being the English translation of her birth name, Wakinyan Zi Win), while her band mate Davey is a British expatriate from Great Cheverell, near Devizes, Wiltshire, formerly in The Davey Brothers with his brother Jesse [cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/entertainment/music/daveybros.shtml | title = Interview with The Davey Brothers | publisher = BBC News Online | accessdate = 2007-03-23 ] ; Robin Davey and Yellow Thunder Woman have also created an award-winning documentary film called "The Canary Effect", which "takes an in-depth look at the devastating effect that U.S. policies have had on the Indigenous people of America." [cite web | url = http://www.thebastardfairies.com/biography/index.html | title = Biography | publisher = TheBastardFairies.com | accessdate = 2007-03-18 ] The Davey Brothers album 'Monkey Number 09' was released on AN Records, a label owned by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, and Stewart served as Executive Producer of the film. The Canary Effect won 'The Stanley Kubrick Award For Bold and Innovative Film Making' at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival in 2006; [cite news | url = http://www.record-eagle.com/2006/aug/08ff-awards.htm | title = 2006 Traverse City Film Festival Awards | work = Traverse City Record-Eagle | date = 2006-08-07 | accessdate = 2007-04-22 ] The pair also won the 'Best Music Video' Award at The American Indian Motion Picture Awards in 2006. [cite web | url = http://www.aifisf.com/aifi/aiff/2006/winners.php | title = American Indian Motion Picture Awards Show Award Recipients | publisher = American Indian Film Institute | accessdate = 2007-04-22 ]

The group was established in 2005.

The band recorded their album "Memento Mori" "on a Mac" and has released twelve of its songs for free on their website as a means of "spreading the word about their music"; the version in stores includes five additional tracks.

The Boy Next Door was featured on The L Word, episode eleven of the third season.

Controversial video

The band released a promotional video entitled "The Coolest 8 Year Old In The World Talks About O'Reilly," featuring a young girl discussing a number of political, religious, and social issues.cite web | url = http://youtube.com/watch?v=k8x14cLGh5o&mode=related&search= | title = The Coolest 8 Year Old In The World Talks About O'Reilly | author = bastardfairies | publisher = YouTube | date = 2006-11-01 | accessdate = 2007-03-18 ] The video was featured on "The O'Reilly Factor", whose host is mentioned in the title, and was described as "child abuse" and "emotional abuse" in a discussion between host Bill O'Reilly and lawyer/"child advocate" Wendy Murphy, who recommends shunning the child and her family. The band clarified the content of the video on the video's YouTube page:

As of September 11, 2007, the video has received more than 1.6 million views and holds several honors on YouTube, including a ranking as the #10 all-time most-discussed video for news and politics.

Discography

*"Memento Mori" (2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.thebastardfairies.com/ The Bastard Fairies] official site
* [http://myspace.com/thebastardfairies The Bastard Fairies] on MySpace
* [http://www.wickedinfo.com/content/view/58/60/ Interview with Yellow Thunder Woman at WickedInfo.com]