BIOGRAPHY
The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls (featured in The Onion Cellar) continue to defy explanation and classification, have been called theatrical rock, punk cabaret, manic-musical, and neo-glam-torch. 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 five 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 ying-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, and releasing an innovative and acclaimed live DVD.