Photo provided Eight-piece funk rock band Here Comes the Mummies will be performing at the Brown County Music Center April 11.
They might be 5,000 years old, but these mummies really know how to rock out.
Here Comes the Mummies, an eight-piece funk rock band, are invading the Brown County Music Center this April with their “terrifying funk from beyond the grave” that’s sure to leave audiences smiling.
The show starts at 8 p.m. on April 11. Tickets are available at browncountymusiccenter.com.
Formed in 2000 in Nashville, Tennessee, Here Comes the Mummies consists of eight members, all of whom go under stage names and keep their real identities under wraps.
“We’re just mummies when we hit the stage,” Mummy Cass, the band’s lead vocalist and guitarist, said.
The band’s members have shifted some over the years, but their current line up includes Mummy Cass, vocalist and drummer Eddie Mummy, vocalist and bassist K.W. TuT, vocalist and keyboardist Spaz, bassist The Pole!, vocalist, saxophonist and tambourine player Dr. Yo and tenor saxophonist Highlander.
There’s also “HPOD,” or High Priest of Death, on trumpet and Midnight Mummy on bari and tenor sax, keys, percussion, talk box and vocals, according to the Brown County Music Center. Mummy Cass said this line up has been performing for five to six years, though they do have past members come back every once and a while.
“Everyone’s kind of got their parts and we try to play as a section, as a band, we like to try to get the groove on as much as we can but we always let everybody have as much time as they want to just kind of be free,” Mummy Cass said. “So there’s sections where we’ll let the trumpet player go, we’ll let the sax guy go, that kind of thing. And then just some dancing and stuff that we do but you got to remember: we’re 5,000 years old so we’ve got some creaky hips and some bad knees.”
If artists like Earth, Wind and Fire, Prince and P-Funk are your style, Mummy Cass said Here Comes the Mummies is trying to go for something like that. They like to use lots of innuendo and double entendres in their songs, and Mummy Cass likes to think of their shows as high energy performances.
“It’s an eight-piece band with a big horn section and it’s… funky and we want people shaking their booties, having a good time,” Mummy Cass said. “It’s all about smiling and forgetting what’s going on in the outside world.”
Here Comes the Mummies have brought their freaky funk with them to appearances on That’s My Jam with Jimmy Fallon, festivals like Summer Fest, Summer Camp and Musikfest, and have become regulars on the Bob & Tom Show. They’ll play anywhere, from across the Midwest to down south in Florida and New Orleans to even internationally in Canada and Australia.
They’ve also performed at the Brown County Music Center before, where Mummy Cass said they had a good crowd and a lot of high energy the last time they played at the venue. Fans of theirs can look forward to the same energy they’ve always delivered and some new tunes from their latest EP “Road Trip.”
“We’re going to play some new songs, we’re going to do some old favorites too, so hopefully it’s just going to bring a smile to your face,” Mummy Cass said.
