Spirit and the Bride is a band based in the San Francisco Bay Area in California (USA). As a writing and recording co-op that works for their own creative fulfillment, Spirit and the Bride is often joined by several diverse guest musicians on their recordings.


Spirit and the Bride are:

Paul Nauman - Voice
Mariana Nenadic - Voice
Will Shanks - Bass, Keyboards, Programming
Christopher Pajak - Guitars, Dulcimers, Percussion
David Roda - Drums, Percussion


On two songs from their self-titled debut album (Dodi Duse Sveti and Oce Nas), vocalist Mariana Nenadic sings in the beautiful Croatian language.


Spirit and the Bride's individual musical influences include but certainly are not limited to:

Paul Nauman - Echo And The Bunnymen, Bauhaus, Kate Bush, Japan/David Sylvian, Joy Division, Roxy Music, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Smiths, R.E.M., U2, The Waterboys, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Simon And Garfunkel, CSNY, Supertramp, Tom Waits, Jean Michel Jarre, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Pat Metheny Group

Mariana Nenadic - Portishead/Beth Gibbons, Heart/Ann Wilson, Queen/Freddie Mercury, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Eurtyhmics/Annie Lennox, Jeff Buckley, U2, Peter Gabriel, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, J.S. Bach

Will Shanks - Talking Heads, R.E.M., Bauhaus, Peter Gabriel, The Police, Leonard Cohen, Elliott Smith, Bjork, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Talk Talk, Jon Brion, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pink Floyd, Shellyan Orphan, Hugo Largo, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Vangelis

Christopher Pajak - Byzantine Chant, Marc Ribot, Michael Hedges, Jimi Hendrix, Minutemen, Brian Eno, David Torn, The Smiths, The Cure, Yes/Steve Howe, U2/The Edge, Led Zeppelin/Jimmy Page, Oregon, Joni Mitchell, Ravi Shankar, Dizzy Gillespie, Henryk Górecki, Arvo Pärt

David Roda - Camper Van Beethoven, Sparklehorse, Guided by Voices, Rush, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Miles Davis, Vaughan Williams, Gusav Holst


In October of 2011 they released their long-awaited follow-up album, The Fall Of Man. The album is available through their own independent label, Ear To The Ground. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.