We’re in for a funky Friday night at the Gothic Theatre this week with Here Come The Mummies. The eight-piece band bring their brand of ‘terrifying funk from beyond the grave’ through Colorado - and it got us thinking. What is life on the road like for a band full of 5,000 year-old Egyptian Mummies? Among other myths, some claim that Here Come The Mummies are reincarnated Grammy-Winning studio musicians, but manage to keep their identities with this project ‘under wraps.’ No matter who they are - they’ve promised to bring the mayhem, and melt faces in the process.

So, what’s life like on the road for a band full of reincarnated Egyptian Mummies? Mummy Cass & Midnight Mummy helped paint the picture.

How is ‘life’ on the road?

Mummy Cass: It’s like we’re crates of turnips in a refrigerator truck. Lots of being carted around, lots of being shaken up. Then, as turnips often do, we put on a massive funk-rock alien close-encounter every night.

Midnight: Rock out, veg out, rock out, veg out. Rinse and repeat.

How well do your coffins travel on tour?

Mummy Cass: Our original sarcophaguses stay put at The Crypt. They are super heavy. Anyway, we’ve got more plush accommodations now that we’re drawing breath again.

(With MTV’s ‘Cribs’ in mind) Take us through your tour bus.

Mummy Cass: Well, Spaz might be in the front lounge gulping down enough coffee to kill an alpaca, or at night, just enough beer to paralyze a chiwawa. The TV will be on HGTV and no one will change the channel for some reason. Midnight and Dr. Yo will are probably recording on their laptops. Highlander and The Pole will be staring at HGTV, eating “granola.” Back in the bunk area it will be frigid to the point you need a winter hat. HPOD will still be asleep at 5PM. He’ll eat breakfast after the show. Important “business meetings” will be happening in the back lounge, where HGTV will also be on for some reason.

Going back to 1500 BCE, average lifespan in Ancient Egypt was only age 34 for men and age 30 for women. How do you all keep thriving after all these years?

Mummy Cass: That might be the upside of being cursed to wander the Earth forever in search of the perfect riff, not growing old. Plus playing music every night is good for the soul. We were expecting flying cars by now, though.

Midnight: Cheap thermal suits, too. What’s up Modernity?

Tombs are typically dark, cold places. Is it a tough adjustment to be on stage in a hot, sweaty dance party environment with constant flashing lights?

Mummy Cass: Uh, yes it is. Sometimes, it feels like the lights are shining on the back of the inside of your skull.

Midnight: I feel like the lights are in my head, shining out.

Fairly common artist riders include things like La Croix, assortments of local beers, hummus and assorted chips and dips, after-show pizza’s and so much more. What are some of the items on the rider for a band full of mummies?

Mummy Cass: That, and peach cobbler, vanilla pudding, poached salmon, chicken cacciatore, veggie dogs, deli meat, tacos… Salad. Taco-salad. You name it. Sewing kits. Oil paintings from the renaissance. Relish.

Midnight: Fries, roasted potatoes, shish kabobs, baguettes, assorted mustards, Champagne, chocolate covered ants, rosé, port, amarone, chicken nuggets, White Castle. What isn’t on it? That’d be the shorter list.

What does an off day look like for the band?

Mummy Cass: Throwing all that stuff up.

Who are some of the bands you’re currently listening to, or bands that you hope to collaborate with, whether on tour or in studio?

Mummy Cass: Perpetual Groove, who will be out with us this Fall; Saxsquatch, Dopapod, Big Sam, Steven Lewis’ Big Band of Fun, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Galactic, lots more.. plus all the greats of the past who we influenced.

Midnight: that’s true.

Funksters Here Come The Mummies are live in concert at the Gothic Theatre Friday, September 8, 2023 as a part of their Harmonic Gravity Tour with special guests Perpetual Groove. Tickets and info are available at gothictheatre.com. Here Come The Mummies are made up of Mummy Cass (guitar, vocals), Eddie Mummy (drums, vocals), K.W. TuT (bass, vocals), Spaz (keys, vocals), The Pole! (bass), Midnight Mummy (bari & tenor sax, keys, percussion, talk box, vocals), Dr. Yo (sax, vocal, tambo), Highlander (tenor sax), “H-Pod” (High Priest of Death) (trumpet).