Via Bella

Via Bella (aka Erin and Rand Bellavia) are a nerd rock band from Buffalo, NY. Their songs address many fandoms, including Agent/Peggy/Captain Carter, A Wrinkle in Time, Mr. Rogers, the October Daye books, Sesame Street, and the Princess Bride. Their debut album The Way of Beauty was released in 2018.

Rand plays guitar. They both sing. Erin's been known to wear a costume or two. Check them out to see what all the fuss is about.

Representative Work for the 2025 Pegasus Awards

Nasty (mp3)

Copyright © by Erin & Rand Bellavia
Used by permission - All Rights Reserved

Whatever the scene they aim to demean
Peasant, princess, servant, or queen
They try me than try me then cry to the sky
Unclean, obscene, and everything in between

No broom or bubbling cauldron
There's no evil in my eye
But if whatever I do is called sin
Then I confess that I

I am nasty
I am timeless
I will not be silenced
I am alive with fire and fury
And I will fight til the tide has turned

We are nasty
We're the forsaken
We will not be shaken
We are the daughters of the witches
That your fathers failed to burn

You say that you're blessed
There's no need to redress
Surely your best
Destiny's manifest

Then profess I'm possessed
You detest and arrest me
And suggest I confess to my sin

But as you might have guessed
I'm less than impressed
You're obsessed, grotesque
And repressed; I request

I express my protest:
Unless Yes is the Guest
I attest the oppressed cannot win

No broom or bubbling cauldron
There's no evil in my eye
But if whatever I do is called sin
Then I confess that I

I am nasty
I am timeless
I will not be silenced
I am alive with fire and fury
And I will fight til the tide has turned

We are nasty
We're the forsaken
We will not be shaken
We are the daughters of the witches
That your fathers failed to burn