The Gorgeous Hussies

"A fun-filled Salt Lake City-based power pop band with more than a modicum of jazz and funk influence. Their live performances are a thing to behold!"
~ MusicGeek.com

"The Gorgeous Hussies have a comic attitude that makes their music downright exciting to listen to. Their new CD Sweet Surrealistic Queen is a melodic rhythmic treat that is mesmerizing, hypnotic, and just as mischievous as their band name suggests. Their reputation of being the hardest working self-promoting band out of Utah is evident by their tireless touring schedule."
~ Rocksposure.com

"This was the band I came to see, and this show did not disappoint. They started the set with what I consider their best song "Pop Chanteuse" and added some awesome live flair to this and many of their catchy tunes. I especially enjoyed the use of a looping station and keyboard clips that seemed to be peppered throughout the music. I felt they brought the energy and funk that I've come to crave from live shows. I didn't want the music to end, and would highly recommend catching one of their many live shows around the area. I really think Utah needs more bands as fun to listen to as The Gorgeous Hussies."
~ Wasatch Music & Show Reviews

"The Gorgeous Hussies have a groovy, jazz-rock sound that makes you want to smile. The band’s lyrics range from songs about the struggle to balance family and work (“Kiss The Ones You Love”), deranged stalkers (“On The Phone”), the viciousness of the music business (“In Our Basement”), and Wal-Mart (“Wal-Mart”) to skinny-dipping (“Skinny Dipping”), indifferent crowds (“The Best Part”), Ogden’s decay (“Kill It Till You Feel It”), and exploited pop stars (“Pop Chanteuse”). The band also does a nice jazz-rock cover of The Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” that sounds very little like the original. The band put on a good acoustic show that was a nice contrast to their electric shows."
~ Mark Hardcore - The Local Landing.net - online

[Salt Lake Tribune ~ David Burger]
"A band that remembers that guitar-rock isn't dead; just in need of some resuscitation, and The Gorgeous Hussies deliver. [Their new CD] is a distillation of their live show, where Jordan Olsen prowls the stage with charisma, Ryan Smith pounds the drums with authority, and John Chatelain is a mad scientist, looping sounds so that the trio produces a sound that a seven-piece ensemble makes. The band doesn't fall into the boring pattern of verse-chorus-verse, and it isn't paint-by-numbers rock, either."

[Salt Lake Tribune ~ Dan Nailen]
"The Gorgeous Hussies bring their blend of groovy jazz, funk and rock licks."

[The Missoulian ~ Joe Nickell]
The Utah-based act plays a punchy style of power-pop interspersed with improvisational sidetracks – they call it “alternative jam rock.” But don’t let the “jam” jam your signals; these three guys neither look the part, nor play the typical noodling world-beat-jazz-funk material one came to expect during the early-aughts heyday of the jam-band scene. Their hometown paper, the Salt Lake City Tribune, declared the Gorgeous Hussies “a band that remembers that guitar-rock isn’t dead; just in need of some resuscitation.” That sounds just about right. It’s enough to intrigue me.

[Standard Examiner ~ Linda East Brady]
Five years into its tenure, this Ogden-based jam band scored a mid-sized label and is ready to take the show to the next level. The band has a strong outing in "Pop Chanteuse," its first single, a tribute song of sorts to the single-name teen singers like Britney and Miley. Another standout is the inventive rock jam "Steamroller." If you have friends who are fans of Phish and Pavement, they might like this homegrown take on the sound. - physical

[Maxwell Morill ~ Starbar Booking]
"The Gorgeous Hussies are by far the hardest working Utah band out there!"

[Ori Hoffer ~ Park City TV]
“[The Gorgeous Hussies] are the hardest working self-promoting band out of Utah.”

[Jamie Bailey ~ Johnny Lingo Productions]
"As well as demonstrating a high level of professionalism and flexibility, The Gorgeous Hussies deliver the type of performance sure to move a crowd."

[Matt Brown ~ Starry Night Booking]
"Rock music, touched by the hand of experimentalism and folk, and fused with enough humor to provide smiles all the way around; The Gorgeous Hussies are a must see live band, and a daily listen in the car or on the pod of your choice. Not many bands are able to maintain a style that isn't always the most popular, the most trendy, or the most identifiable to youth, and still keep people wanting more, but The Gorgeous Hussies have tapped into a well of music that transcends the limitations of "scene" and "trend" and have done it with class and style."
Park City TV

[Portia Early ~ X96.3 KXRK]
"I love this band! Great guys!" - industry

[SLUG Magazine]
”The Gorgeous Hussies have quite the reputation around the Salt Lake City area. Everyone is always talking about how cool they are and how dedicated they are to touring and by listening to their newest release, you can tell these dudes take themselves seriously. The band comes across as tight as ever on their recording and you can almost feel the energy they have coming right out of the recording. I give the Gorgeous Hussies respect for making a solid recording that truly represents what their band is all about.”
~ Jon Robertson

[Idaho Mountain Express]
"The Gorgeous Hussies are a tight band with a groovy sound that resonates a bit of the jam band beat, but with a lot of jazz and folk undertones. Not to be defined by the jam band music scene, The Gorgeous Hussies take pieces of it for their own experimenting. Their lyrics sound familiar, strewn with phrases of trying to understand the world within which we live, and ultimately it makes sense. The Gorgeous Hussies cover an interesting range of sound that is very new but rooted in classic style."
~ Sabina Dana Plasse

[Planet Jackson Hole Weekly]
"The Gorgeous Hussies’ new 10-song album, Sweet Surrealistic Queen, breaths power-pop-rock with an experimental jam thread—definitely their own sound."

[Idaho State Journal]
"You can expect The Gorgeous Hussies’ show to be upbeat, groovy, funky and rock driven, with tongue-in-cheek humor."
~ Linda Alexander

[Missoula Independent]
"The men in Salt Lake City's Gorgeous Hussies show you a thing or two about shedding timidity when they supply the pop and the rock."

[Flipside Magazine]
"The Gorgeous Hussies blend jazz and rock to deliver an organic sound.”

[In Utah Magazine]
”The Gorgeous Hussies are reborn from a jazzy jam band to a fiercely melodic alt-rock band.”

[The Davis County Clipper]
"The Gorgeous Hussies have a unique sound… composed of three members with vast musical experience."

[SLUG Magazine]
“Remember those big guys in high school that weren't the cool kids, but they were still friends with everyone because they were so funny and too damn happy all the time? The Gorgeous Hussies is three of those guys, who happen to be jazz geniuses… The influence of Frank Zappa is obvious with the lyrics.”
~ Jennifer Nielsen - physical