By Jae-Ha Kim
Chicago Sun-Times
August 7, 2003
The name is Bond. Just Bond.
The comely, classically trained lookers in Bond are the musical headliners at Friday’s Glamorama. While it’s tempting to dub the Aussie quartet the Spice Girls of the string set, there’s no doubt these women can actually play.
First violinist Haylie Ecker phoned from London to chat with Glare about fashion, music and why necklaces just won’t do onstage.
Q. Are you Bond girls?
A. Yes! We all love those films. We actually were watching “Dr. No” when it occurred to us that Bond was a brilliant name for a group.
Q. When does style clash with music?
A. When you can’t wear certain things onstage. I love wearing necklaces, but I can’t wear them when I play. They wreck my instrument.
Q. If money wasn’t an issue, whose clothes would you wear all the time?
A. John Galliano. Stella McCartney. But since money is an issue, I have to look around for interesting and affordable things. I live in Nottingham Hill
and there are lots of little places to buy unique clothes. I love any antiquey kind of pieces.
Q. What would you do if I called you the Spice Girls of classical music?
A. [Laughing.] Hmmm. We’re not strictly classical. We’re classically influenced. But you mean about the Spice Girls comment, right? We’re a bit
more global than them, but they were phenomenally successful. If we ever got that successful, that wouldn’t be a bad thing.
Q. When will you cross over to films?
A. We got a chance to appear in “Johnny English,” starring Rowan Atkinson. We play ourselves and also got to do a song for the soundtrack. It was fun, but there was a lot of waiting around on the set. I don’t think we’re ready to star in our own big movie just yet.
Marshall Field’s Glamorama will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Chicago Theatre.
