Fashionably clothed bodies jolt and jiggle across the floor to violent drum beats accented with the hissing of maracas and the angelic, shrieking voices of three tattooed vixens onstage. The bar is pleasantly dark with neon beer signs gently illuminating the sea of vintage purses and shaggy haircuts that bop along with the swishing of sexy red sequin dresses. Suddenly, the music ceases and fists go up as the rockin’ femme-fatales belt out, “We’re The Husbands and we’re out for blood.”

Whoever says maracas and tambourines don’t rock clearly hasn’t seen The Husbands.

Despite the misleading moniker, the all-girl threesome from San Francisco delivered an addictive, high-energy show at the Eagle Tavern last month. They fuse sixties-style pop with garage punk rock and decorate it with matching, modestly-revealing go-go outfits.

Although their show was a lightning-fast 25 minutes, The Husbands managed to cram in 12 hip-shakin’ songs that were satisfyingly jammed-packed with catchy guitar riffs, knee-bending rhythm and an occasional cowbell accent, which provided a retro-fantastic sound to which no person, even the crabbiest of bar flies, could resist tapping a foot.

Songs like “Orphan Boy” offered chanting backup vocals reminiscent of The Bangles with a slightly warped twist. This, coupled with droning guitars and a morbid, cha-cha beat, created a seductive layer of captivating sounds.

“Take it or Leave it” and “In the Basement” were raw, hard-rockin’ tunes whose rockabilly clatter, full of heaving pants and screeches from lead singer Sarah Reed, hinted the influence of such bands as The Cramps and The Misfits. Others, like “Deep in My Heart,” gave a dash of the crude, man-hating, riot-girl attitude of L7.

Disappointing, however, was that The Husbands were minus two lovely backup singers. Reed explains they “tend to be a band of however many people it takes to make it fun at any given time.” While the trio still gave an awesome show, the reduced lineup cut down on the dazzling grandness of their stage performance.

Since playing their first show as The Husbands in February 2002, they have released several 7-inch records and, most recently, debuted their full-length album, “Introducing the Husbands,” with Swami Records, available at swamirecords.com. Keep an eye out for this dynamic trio, scheduled to open for Sadies and Heavy Trash at The Bottom of the Hill on Oct. 24.