Deep in the bowls of Los Angeles California, there lives a band which raises their own brand of hell. They are called Leda Atomica. Songs like “Pure” and “Get It On” take you on divergent paths to the same destination. “Get It on” is straight up rock and roll, while  ”Pure” brings in some darker elements you might have heard in Concrete Blond some years ago. Both tracks are incredibly executed with hooks that simply don’t stop.
We are keeping our eye on this band – they’re climbing fast and we predict their CD – released TODAY – is going to be well received.
IRM: Â How about introducing the band to everyone? How long have you been together?
LA: Marika Tjelios – bass, Janel Jones – guitar, Angela Ueber – vox/guitar, Stephen Riddle – drums. Marika and Angela started the band in early 2005, Janel joined in 2006, and Stephen joined this June.
IRM: I see you have many influences in your music. Who within the group writes the music and lyrics? What inspires you the most?
LA: Angela mainly writes the lyrics….sometimes she comes up with a guitar riff and the band builds the song from there. Â Most recently though, its mainly group collaborations on the music part.
Inspirations come from a lot of experiences Angela has had…whether its relationships, loved ones dying, positive outlooks, that kind of stuff.
IRM: It’s good to see a mix of gender in a group. Does this help with the creativity of your music?
LA: We were all female a couple of times…just kind of happened that way. Â Gender didn’t seem to be too much of an issue with us. Â Mainly just how the chemistry of the person and their playing will compliment the creativity.
IRM: Your music exudes a unique style. How do you want your fans to perceive you as a group?
LA: Â We just hope everyone that hears our music, whether live or not, enjoys it in some respect. Â It makes what I’m doing all the better. Â I have also been influenced so much by females who can Rock the f out. Â But, there never seems to be that genre on radio anymore! Â Its always guy bands. Â When they FINALLY play a female fronted band or whatever, its always so nicey/cutesy voice…not too aggressive or powerful…it all sounds the same & bores me. Â Not something that I could relate to if I was a little girl growing up. Â So maybe if people like our style & sound, they’ll start requesting more of that type music to be played to the general public?
IRM: You are releasing your CD very soon; I bet you are all excited about it. What was the inspiration behind it?
LA: The main inspiration was getting it DONE & in our hands 
 I took a lot longer than we expected.  We really just had new music that we wanted to get out there and accessible to people.  Two of the songs, “Pure” & “Without You” were written for Angela’s father who passed away 2 years ago.
IRM: What are your ultimate aims as a group?
LA: To keep creating & writing music. Â We want to start travelling more & touring. Â Just trying to get bigger and better as we go & have people come in along the way that want to join the ride and help us go places.
IRM: You love to perform live, so what are your tour plans?
LA: We’re starting with smaller tours in the Southwest area, but next Spring we would like to do an extend tour and hit the Southeast where Stephen is from & the Midwest area where Angela is from.
IRM: The Internet is a wonderful place for promoting music. As an independent group what have you found useful?
LA: Most definitely…of course so have millions of others! So, being able to stick out of the pack is always challenging.  But yes, unless we were constantly on the road, I don’t know how we would have reached all the people we have so far without the internet.  Although, Angela is trying to get a new website going for us, which is now in Internet limbo…hopefully the switching servers thing clears soon so we can start being a force out there again!  But otherwise, the internet is great!
IRM: What challenge posed by the internet would you select as the most important to solve for musicians?
LA: Hmmm…good question. I suppose music pirating, but I think that affects more bands that are on a global scale….not sure about that one…
IRM: What message would you like to send out to your fans?
LA: We SOOOOOO appreciate all the love & support you have given us & continue to give us! Can’t wait to get the new music to you (whether live or internet) & hear the feedback.
Website – www.ledaatomica.com
Album Sales -Â www.cdbaby.com/cd/LedaAtomica
