Fans of the electronic-tinged band Sister Soleil can rejoice again. The band’s front woman, Stella Katsoudas, has formed a new band, Whorse, and the group has chosen Iowa for its debut.

From a simple song she wrote about “the tendencies of the music industry to treat artists like thoroughbreds only fit for races,” Katsoudas, otherwise known as Stella Soleil, began to shape the idea of the rock-oriented Whorse.

“It’s a backlash to everything I was told I couldn’t do,” Katsoudas says.

After the less-than-impressive performance of her last album, “Dirty Little Secret,” Katsoudas had been contemplating quitting the music business.

Thus entered her friend, Damon Williams.

Katsoudas left New York City for Los Angeles, where she met Williams and guitarist Danny Ward.

From there, the rest of the band was assembled.

“If you were to think of Sister Soleil as a house, then Whorse would be a potato,” says Whorse bassist Ben Rowley.

Ward and Katsoudas began to craft a sound divergent from the days of Sister Soleil.

Instead of beats on a DAT machine, the band has a solid foundation on riff-heavy rock reminiscent of Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters.

“It was an intentional departure from my other stuff,” Katsoudas says.

After recording a short demo with Soleil’s brother, John Katsoudas, including a cover of America’s “Horse with No Name,” Ward and Katsoudas began to bring in the other elements of Whorse: Rowley and drummer Jeff Hanes.

“One big influence is completely making sure to sound nothing like nu metal,” Ward says.

With varied influences ranging from jazz and blues to ’60s psychedelic rock, Whorse has crafted something that may appeal to fans of Fu Manchu and Queens of the Stone Age.

Though the band is just past conceptual stages, it has already had the “bad touring experience.” After just a handful of dates honored, the group’s touring partner, local band Hitting My Dad, decided to call it quits earlier this week. Katsoudas is determined to forge ahead with her new project, however.

“This is all about us pooling together as a live unit,” she says.

With several performances left to complete, including a show at People’s Bar and Grill and a mixed-media concert this Saturday at Black’s Heritage Farms south of Ames, the band has allowed themselves time to write new music and evolve. For Katsoudas, this allows time to return to the early days of her roots, including her days in Chicago’s electronic music scene.

“I grew up a rave kid,” Katsoudas says.

The connection between Katsoudas and her early days will be strengthened with the band’s show on Saturday. Organized by local promotion crew MI6 Studios, the event will also feature other live bands and DJs. The event is in part a birthday celebration for Katsoudas as well.