General Electric - Music

There Are At Least Two Bands Known As The Ophelias. 1 A San Francisco Based Band From The Late 1980s Led By Multi-Instrumentalist And Singer Leslie Medford. Pulling Influences From All Over The Place With A Special Nod To Prog Rock And The Works Of Peter Hammill The Ophelias Were One Of The More Refreshing And Original Bands Around The San Francisco Bay Area At The Time. 2 The Ophelias Are A Band Inspired By Nostalgia Nature The Midwest Horror Movies And The Moon. They Formed In Cincinnati Ohio In 2015 When Spencer Peppet She/her Was A Senior In High School. She Recruited Mic Adams He/him On Drums And Andrea Gutmann Fuentes She/her On Violin And Jo Shaffer They/she Joined On Bass A Few Years Later. They Released Their First Album Creature Native In 2015 Recorded In A Friend’s Living Room. They Signed To Joyful Noise Recordings For Their Next Albums 2018’s Almost And 2021’s Crocus Which Both Received Praise From The New York Times Pitchfork Stereogum And Other Major Outlets. In That Time They Collaborated With Julien Baker Played With Bands Like Indigo De Souza Hand Habits Mannequin Pussy And Comedian Cat Cohen And Played Festivals Like SXSW Treefort And Nelsonville. The Ophelias Are A Joyfully Queer Band With Predominantly Queer And Trans Members And They Take Pride Both In Their Identities And Vocally Supporting Queer & Trans Rights. read less