Spellbound

There are at least six bands with the name "Spellbound".

1)
When you look at the Psychobilly movement of the 1980’s, Ireland is not a country that springs to mind as having played much of a part. However, in 1986 the bars and clubs of Dublin were quite literally crawling with demented rockabillies and quiffed-up mutants.
There were plenty of live bands for them to follow too (for those, at least, who weren’t making the weekly trek to psychobilly ‘Mecca’ The KLUBFOOT at London’s Hammersmith Clarendon), The Klingonz (who quickly moved to London to save on bus fares!), Sharkbait (who disbanded at their peak when lead singer Dave Finnegan landed a leading role in Alan Parker’s motion picture ‘The Commitments’),there were Punky and ‘Cramp-ish’ bands like The Gorehounds, Kill-Devil Hill and the Boneshakers, while The Kroozers, Those Handsome Devils and The Crazy Wolves stayed closer to a ‘traditional’ 1950’s sound.
Spellbound history - original line-up
The Spells original line-up, circa 1984.You can view lots more old pics in our pictures section or on our message forums
Spellbound was formed in 1986 by brothers Frankie and Adrian Hayes, who came from Bray, Co Wicklow, 15 miles south of Dublin City. Unlike other Irish bands of their time, Spellbound decided to head directly to mainland Europe, where their 1988 debut album ‘Mystical Madness’ was very well received and notched up many thousands in sales (amazingly, that album was never released in their home country). The boys blazed a brief trail across the rockabilly and psychobilly festivals of Germany and Scandanavia before, it seemed, vanishing back into the ‘Hellfire’ woods of County Wicklow.
Spellbound history - new line-up
Spellbound as they appear now...lots more pics in our pictures section or on our message forums
Tentative moves toward a re-union were made in 2003 when guitarist friend Doyley (Klingonz, Demented are Go) contacted the Hayes brothers to inform them that copies of ‘Mystical Madness’ appeared to be changing hands on the internet for astronomical sums and to suggest he sit in on some gigs, if they could find a bass player. They drafted in Simon Farrell (ex- Sharkbait) and this was the line-up that appeared at Die-In-Style’s ‘Kings of Psychobilly 3’ At Speyer, Germany in November 2003. Unfortunately, both Doyley and Adrian were forced to drop out soon after due to existing commitments, and were replaced by Dave Mc Donald (ex- Kroozers) and Brian O Higgins (a drummer Simon worked alongside while touring with American rockabillies The Blue Moon Boys)
Their most recent album, ‘A Fistful of Spells’ is the result of ever-increasing calls from fans for that long-awaited follow-up to ‘Mystical Madness’. The 2005 Spellbound line-up, while remaining true to the style and spirit of the original, brings the band bang-up-to-date with a new batch of original songs, alongside some (previously unrecorded) versions of old-school, rockin’-psycho classics.

Original text – The Thing In The Attic, Feb 2005

SPELLBOUND ARE:

Frankie Hayes
Front Vocals/Backup Guitar

Dave Mc Donald
Plug-In Guitar/Backup Vocals

Simon Farrell
Big-Ass Bass/Backup Vocals

Brian O Higgins
Traps and Snares

2)
Spellbound is also a German Thrash Metal band.

This Spellbound are:

Dave Maier
Vocals, Guitar

Daniel Tschoepe
Guitar

Hannes Jäger
Bass

Andy Flache
Drums

3) Spellbound was a mid to late 1970s touring rock band popular on the West Coast, especially the Pacific Northwest and the west coast of Canada. Personnel included Ron Dobbins (vocals, guitars), Lance Fuqua (drums, vox), Brent Anderson (vox, guitars), Terri Anderson (vocals, bass). Members later went on to form Chameleon.

4) A Brazilian NSBM band.

5) A Swedish hard rock/metal band.

6) Spellbound was Lithuanian progressive metal band. Split up in 2000.

7) A german folk/worldmusic/medieval group.