Biography
Consisting of songwriter Amanda Palmer (vocals, piano) and Brian Viglione (drums, guitar), The Dresden Dolls' confessional story-songs offer listeners the bruised intimacy of a torch singer with all the fury and grit of rock. Palmer's thunderous and shimmering piano style rests on the shoulders of Jerry Lee Lewis and Nina Simone. Viglione's drumming is sophisticated yet primal, providing in turns a delicate cradle of rhythm and a piercing bed of nails onto which Palmer lays her raw, tragic-comic lyrics.The star-crossed duo met on Halloween night of 2000 when Viglione saw Palmer playing solo at a Boston loft party. Amazed by the open-wound honesty and intensity of Palmer's songs and delivery, Viglione knew that he had found his musical soulmate. With their fanbase steadily burgeoning, they were ultimately brought to the attention of Boston's rock community when they won the WBCN Rock n' Roll Rumble in May 2003. 'That blew the top off of it, says Palmer. 'We were a little unsure about what the real world would make of us, but the music is not difficult to grasp. We sing about the universal themes that resonate with most people - love, pain, fear, childhood&
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