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The Dresden Dolls
Alternative / Rock / Other

"’No, Virginia’ In Stores 5/20 | New US Dates!"

Boston, Massachusetts
United States

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   The Dresden Dolls: General Info
Member Since7/15/2004
Band Websitedresdendolls.com
Band MembersAmanda Palmer - Piano, Toy Piano & Vocals


Brian Viglione - Drums & Percussion, Vocals, Guitar, and Electric Bass
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Artwork by Joanna Bloor




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Sounds LikePunk Cabaret
Record LabelRoadrunner Records
Type of LabelIndie




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Oct 10 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Koko London, UK
Oct 12 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Knaack Klub Berlin, Germany
Oct 13 2008 9:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Star Club Dresden, Germany
Oct 14 2008 9:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Karlstorbahnhof Heidelberg, Germany
Oct 16 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Abart Zurich, Switzerland
Oct 17 2008 9:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Music Drome (fka Transilvania) Milan, Italy
Oct 18 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Komma Wörgl, Austria
Oct 20 2008 7:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Szene Vienna Vienna, Austria
Oct 21 2008 9:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- 59:1 Munich, Germany
Oct 22 2008 9:00P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - Jewish Mother Virginia Beach, Virginia
Oct 23 2008 7:30P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - Artist Underground Richmond, Virginia
Oct 23 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- La Boule Noire Paris, France
Oct 24 2008 8:15P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Handelsbeurs Ghent, Belgium
Oct 24 2008 9:30P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - Black Cat Washington DC, Washington DC
Oct 25 2008 9:00P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 26 2008 8:00P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - Visulite Theatre Charlotte, North Carolina
Oct 27 2008 7:00P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 27 2008 7:30P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Helling Utrecht, Netherlands
Oct 28 2008 7:30P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Melkweg Amsterdam, Netherlands
Oct 28 2008 9:00P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - Exit/In Nashville, Tennessee
Oct 29 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- 013 Kleine Zaal Tilburg, Netherlands, Noord-Brabant
Oct 31 2008 6:00P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - NYC HALLOWEEN PARADE!! Manhattan, New York
Oct 31 2008 9:00P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - HALLOWMAS at the Masonic Temple Brooklyn, New York
Nov 6 2008 8:30P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - Higher Ground South Burlington, Vermont
Nov 7 2008 8:30P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - Pearl Street - Club Room Northhampton, Massachusetts
Nov 8 2008 9:00P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - T.T. the Bear’s Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nov 9 2008 8:00P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - Castaways, Ithaca NY Ithaca, New York
Nov 12 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Mercy Lounge Nashville, Tennessee
Nov 14 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- The Orange Peel Asheville, North Carolina
Nov 15 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Lincoln Theatre Raleigh, North Carolina
Nov 15 2008 9:00P
BRIAN w/ WORLD/INFERNO FS - FREAKFEST at Oasis Bar and Grill Charleston, South Carolina
Nov 16 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Georgia
Nov 18 2008 12:00A
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- 9:30 Club Washington, DC, Washington DC
Nov 19 2008 7:30P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut
Nov 21 2008 7:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Webster Hall New York, New York
Nov 22 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Theatre Of Living Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 24 2008 7:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts
Nov 25 2008 7:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts
Nov 29 2008 7:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Mr. Small’s Theatre Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nov 30 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Mod Club Theatre Toronto, Ontario
Dec 2 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Magic Bag Ferndale, Michigan
Dec 3 2008 6:30P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Cabaret Metro Chicago, Illinois
Dec 5 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- First Avenue Nightclub Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 6 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Bluebird Theatre Denver, Colorado
Dec 8 2008 7:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Murray Theatre Murray, Utah
Dec 11 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Showbox Theatre Seattle, Washington
Dec 12 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Wonder Ballroom Portland, Oregon
Dec 13 2008 8:30P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Harlow’s Sacramento, California
Dec 15 2008 7:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Bimbo’s 365 Club San Francisco, California
Dec 16 2008 8:00P
-AMANDA W/ THE DANGER ENSEMBLE- Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, California

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The Life & Times Of The Dresden Dolls - Chapter 1: So Far
Rock bands are pigeonholed into ever-increasingly minuscule sub-categorizations, but The Dresden Dolls continue to defy explanation and classification. While some have called it theatrical rock, punk cabaret, manic-musical, neo-glam-torch…eventually even the most clever and creative describers shrug and say: “You just have to hear it to believe it.”

Living in a two-faced, popular culture built on artifice that demands authenticity; The Dresden Dolls take the world stage, tear down the curtain, rip holes in the veneer and create their own rules, rhymes and reason. For the past six years, the duo has been climbing steadily out of the artistic trenches and into the mainstream of rock on their own terms. The Dolls thrive on their inherent juxtapositions. The musical-theater and New-Wave background of writer/singer/pianist Amanda Palmer mixes with drummer Brian Viglione's heavy metal roots to create a sonic smear of unclassifiable rock. Palmer wails; Viglione cackles. It is this dichotomy that supplies the band with a yin-yang quality that keeps them hurtling through space, pulling each other to and fro in an endless - and highly entertaining - match of musical wits.

After signing with Roadrunner Records in early 2004, the band has been enjoying a whirlwind schedule that has included headlining sold-out tours on four continents, opening for Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor hand-picked the band after seeing their homemade video for “Girl Anachronism” on television), performing at the world’s biggest festivals including Coachella, Fuji Rock, Roskilde and Glastonbury, writing an original musical at the prestigious American Repertory Theater and releasing an innovative and acclaimed live DVD.

The music is just one installment of the on-going artistic collaborations between the band and their fans. Additionally, a flood of home–made films, burlesque numbers, sculptures and animations to complete plays and musicals based around the band’s songs have created a constant dialogue between band and audience. The same spirit exists at live shows, as manifested in the so-called “Brigade”, where the Dolls collaborated with hundreds of performing artists ranging from high school drama troupes to top-shelf actors and professional circus artists, including members of Montreal’s celebrated Cirque Eloize and San Fransiciso’s Vau de Vire Society.

The Dolls’ self-titled debut has been selling strong and steady scanning 100,000+ copies in the United States alone. Initially released on Palmer's own 8 Ft. Records in the fall of 2003, the album was subsequently re-released upon the band's signing with Roadrunner. The release of two wildly different singles, the manic-punk “Girl Anachronism” and the cabaret-tinged and bittersweet “Coin-Operated Boy,” which debuted on KCRW via the influential DJ Nic Harcourt, swiftly went on to be the most-requested singles on a handful of stations nationwide. Airtime on MTV2 and the Internet immediately began to win the band thousands of admirers for their innovative style and “Coin-Operated Boy” received an MTVU award nomination.

In 2006 The Dresden Dolls released their highly anticipated follow-up, Yes, Virginia to immediate worldwide acclaim. Yes, Virginia marked the band’s Billboard chart debut in the United States and also charted nationally in various European countries following the success of the lead single “Sing” and it’s emotion packed video. In January 2007, The Dolls wrapped up a string of 40 sold out shows in an original piece of musical theatre, The Onion Cellar, produced with the distinguished American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge , Massachusetts.

This past summer, The Dresden Dolls were proud to bring their bittersweet, smart, and gender-role-defying music to the 2007 True Colors tour. The tour consisted of DD as well as tour-creator Cyndi Lauper, and fellow performers Deborah Harry, Erasure, Margaret Cho, and (.. dates) Rufus Wainwright. The Dolls have been long-time supporters of the gay community performing alongside transgender, drag and gay performers including but not limited to Baby Dee, Peaches Christ, Titler, Edna Million, Dames Aflame and countless others.

The band has just completed a winter tour, trekking across the midwest and east coast of North America. Though these were the last Dolls' shows scheduled for quite some time, be sure to keep your eyes peeled on http://www.dresdendolls.com, as it will be constantly updated with solo shows, shows with friends, and information on the forthcoming EP, due later in 2008.


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Oct 5 2008 5:21 PM

I love you guys,your music's golden!You 'll be missed...
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Oct 6 2008 3:05 AM

I just wanted to say I love you guys more than I love CAKE!!! And cake is freakin delicious....so there
-Ra!ne-





Oct 6 2008 1:10 AM

you guys are awesome! :)
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Oct 5 2008 11:49 PM

thanks for adding me you rock
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Oct 5 2008 10:40 PM

I can't believe you guys are splitting up!

This is sooo sad, I'm gunna miss you guys

Your music inspires me

<3

-Paris
DEATH BECOMES ME...