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	Dresden Dolls Complete Interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		BRIAN: The tone of the music and the place from where it springs is a very immediate and very strange sort of realm and that's immediately what caught me, you know, songs like "Half Jack", "Sex Changes" and "Bad Habit".
		BRIAN: We did our own headlining tour and got to reach fans on a much more immediate and intimate level and that was great for us and for a lot of the first time people.
		BRIAN: That was at the end of the tour that we did with Edward Ka-Spel from The Legendary Pink Dots.
	www.lividlookingglass.com /dresdendolls.html (4074 words)

	The Dresden Dolls - Brians Bio
		Brian Viglione was first introduced to the drums the morning of December 25th, 1983.
		By mid-afternoon, after much experimentation, Brian found the most pleasurable of all sounds to be pulled from his new instrument, was the snapping reverberation which came from puncturing the bass drum head with sewing needles and paper clips.
		He took a detour from the drums to play bass in the group, whereupon he developed a most hostile relationship with the instrument, (most likely due to the lack of pounding and smashing he was accustomed to), however, trust was established and feelings were reconciled with the bass in the end.
	www.dresdendolls.com /bio/bio_brian.htm (1183 words)

	The Daily News - Musical mates unite in goth-cabaret Dresden Dolls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Viglione said that night at Palmer's Boston home, she took to the piano and played a handful of her songs.
		Not only did Palmer cause Viglione to stop dead in his tracks, it also made him realize he could make music with her playing drums and could let go of his duties playing bass with the band he was in at the time.
		Viglione and Palmer formed the Dresden Dolls, a two-piece band that doesn't sound anything like the other rock-powered duos that have dotted the music scene this century.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=1282&dept_id=553365&newsid=15428860&PAG=461&rfi=9 (833 words)

	umusic.ca :: The Dresden Dolls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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.
		Improvisational costumes (Viglione occasionally shows up in drag) and unexpected antics are de rigeur, and audiences are inevitably moved by the intense on-stage chemistry between Palmer and Viglione, which allows them to play with both spontaneity and precision.
		Viglione often stops stock-still, waiting for a cue from Palmer's fingers on the piano and comes crashing in with the drama and accuracy of a knife-thrower.
	umusic.ca /thedresdendolls (1212 words)

	The Dresden Dolls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dresden Dolls are a two-piece band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed mid-2000 and made up of singer/pianist Amanda Palmer and drummer/occasional guitarist and vocalist Brian Viglione.
		They describe their style as "Brechtian punk cabaret", and have exposed an underground dark cabaret movement that gained momentum in 2005.
		The band formed shortly after Brian Viglione witnessed Amanda Palmer performing a solo set at a Halloween party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Dresden_Dolls (550 words)

	Portsmouth Herald Local News: Dynamic duo
		Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione just might be the next big thing to hit the alternative pop music world.
		Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione of Dresden Dolls.
		Viglione’s musical upbringing began in kindergarten when his father bought him a Muppet drum kit.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2004news/01082004/it/69254.htm (1120 words)

	[Chorus and Verse] April 2005 Feature: The Dresden Dolls
		Brian switched to acoustic guitar and Amanda asked Jason Webley, her friend and the opening act, to grab a mic and sing “Two-Headed Boy” with her.
		Brian explained to me how their relationship translates into the music which he and Amanda create.
		Brian gave me a bit of insight into the material they plan to record for the next album.
	www.chorusandverse.com /content/200504/20050428_DresdenDolls.htm (1600 words)

	westword.com \| Music \| Doll House
		In the late '90s, before Palmer and drummer Brian Viglione began performing together as the Dresden Dolls, the singer-songwriter could often be found standing perfectly still, high on a pedestal in Cambridge's Harvard Square, wearing a bridal gown and white face paint, holding a small vase of flowers.
		On stage, Palmer and Viglione bring together their artistic and cultural influences -- along with a love of punk, indie rock and other contemporary music genres -- to create highly stylized theatrical performances.
		When she took a seat at the piano and played a few of her songs, the raw passion immediately drew Viglione's attention away from the rest of the party, and a prolific creative partnership was born.
	www.westword.com /issues/2004-11-04/music/music2.html (957 words)

	The Dresden Dolls Want to Play Dress Up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		There's a sense of peace that crosses Brian's face as he tells the story in a Manhattan tearoom.
		The twosome found that Brian could perfectly punctuate Amanda's roiling songs with a sensitivity that turned each performance into an unveiling of a whole new work.
		Brian adds, "One of the gains of having the audience participate is that you don't just increase the amount of spectacle to behold, you increase the feeling that it's a real collaborative effort.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/03/04/entertainment/e095107S50.DTL (716 words)

	Keyboard Magazine - The Dresden Dolls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Before meeting Viglione at a Halloween party in 2000, Palmer played her Kurzweill PC88 and sang solo — but she knew something was missing.
		Brian can hear a song and literally five minutes later the whole thing will be a done deal.
		I’d end up focusing on one, Brian on another, and we’d be ignoring each other.” According to Palmer, the band’s on-stage chemistry isn’t far removed from their real-life relationship.
	www.keyboardmag.com /story.asp?sectioncode=29&storycode=4523 (633 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - The Dresden Dolls: Paradise
		Brian Viglione followed immediately behind her, wearing his trademark hat and what looked to my eyes like a skirt.
		Although Amanda is arguably the "star" of the duo, Brian brought continuous theatricality to his performance.
		When the performers spend all their time sitting at their respective instruments, it must be a challenge for a filmmaker to keep things interesting, and Pope does a fine job in capturing the entire show without it feeling repetitive.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/dresdendollsparadise.php (2012 words)

	The Dresden Dolls: album reviews and ratings
		With their chalk-white face paint, rosy cheeks and 1920s cabaret-inspired clothing, they look as though they should be pretending to be trapped inside an invisible box as opposed to playing rock music.
		However, as soon as pianist/vocalist Amanda Palmer opens her mouth and drummer Brian Viglione begins controlling the drums, it becomes apparent that this band is much more than a sculpture or mime act.
		Drummer Viglione, who once described his role in the band as that of a wall off of which Palmer's songs bounce and reverberate, accommodates his partner's evolution with his own smashing, teetering cache of rhythms.
	www.musicfolio.com /modernrock/dresdendolls.html (1015 words)

	The Dresden Dolls - Album Reviews
		Comprised of Amanda Palmer; vocalist and pianist, along with Brian Viglione; drummer, the Dresden Dolls are a self-proclaimed "Brechtian punk cabaret" band from Boston who have created an entirely new style of music - melding rock, jazz, pop and German influences to create a driving and unclassifiable genre.
		Boston duo the Dresden Dolls - drummer Brian Viglione and singer/pianist Amanda Palmer - arrive in a flurry of makeup, meds and mayhem..........
		Den etwas ungewöhnlichen Namen THE DRESDEN DOLLS tragen zwei Bostoner Musiker.
	www.dresdendolls.com /press/album.reviews (878 words)

	Exeter News-Letter Local News: Dresden dolls at Ioka
		AmandaPalmer and Brian Viglione of the Dresden Dolls will perform at the Ioka Theater on Thursday, March 2.
		Amanda Palmer, piano and vocals, and Brian Viglione, drums, will bring their talents to the Ioka on March 2.
		Viglione’s jazz and hard-core-influenced drumming combines to provide a cradle of rhythm and a piercing bed of nails onto which Palmer lays her raw lyrics.
	www.seacoastonline.com /news/exeter/02242006/news/89490.htm (398 words)

	Montreal Mirror : Music : Dresden Dolls
		Amanda Palmer was an impassioned singer and pianist, Viglione a versatile drummer weaned on metal and jazz, and neither had found an appropriate outlet for their art until they found each other.
		Predictably, the duo has been attacked by cynical critics for having an un-indie image ("So we use a little facepaint - what performer over the last 2000 years hasn't?"), and Viglione, a part-time crossdresser since the age of seven, has been attacked for his women's wear, but not in the way you'd assume.
		Viglione is not gay, as he's often explained to his parents, and despite their hands-on behaviour and talk of falling in "rock love," he and Palmer are not a couple.
	www.montrealmirror.com /2004/102804/music4.html (380 words)

	.: ACCESS all areas ONLINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		So DRESDEN DOLLS drummer Brian Viglione was prepared for the worst when his band was picked to open Nails' recent North American tour.
		Despite the intimate quality of much of their music and the fact that only two people are on stage, the Dresdens have, Brian says, managed to rock the bigger stages their growing success has earned them.
		Brian recalls a phone call they got from a rival label in the days before finalizing the Atlantic deal.
	www.accessmag.com /77/77-unders.php (2460 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Dresden Dolls in Paradise is a live performance film from the duo of Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione, better known as the Dresden Dolls.
		Brian is a theatrical drummer with an obvious ear for the demranding drum rolls often heard in heavy metal and opera.
		Brian pounds the drums like Tommy Lee on speed.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=14044877&postID=113288904340411073 (330 words)

	Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority
		For pianist Amanda Palmer and drummer Brian Viglione, it happened at her ramshackle artist digs in Boston, where her debauched parties were becoming the stuff of legend.
		It was heaven." A mutual friend dragged Viglione over for a Halloween salon, and the sprawling house set the stage for what she describes as "falling in rock love."
		And Brian was into the lingerie as a wee boy.
	www.exclaim.ca /index.asp?layid=22&csid1=2744 (342 words)

	The Dresden Dolls - Paradise - Roadrunner Records - DVD
		The Dresden Dolls is the work of keyboardist and vocalist, Amanda Palmer and multi-instrumentalist, Brian Viglione.
		On "War Pigs," drummer Brian Viglione gets so caught up into the song that Amanda has to throttle him back, restarting the song.
		It's great to watch Brian's fun even as he is subjected to "drum interruptus" but he, being the showman that he is, works beautifully through it, still providing a drum workout that rocks the set.
	www.musictap.net /Reviews/DresdenDollsParadiseDVD.html (518 words)

	Spotlight on The Dresden Dolls
		Palmer accompanies her confessional story-songs with a thunderous and shimmering piano style that rests on the shoulders of Jerry Lee Lewis and Nina Simone.
		Viglione's jazz and hardcore-influenced drumming and creative percussion are the perfect foil, providing in turns a delicate cradle of rhythm and a piercing bed of nails onto which Palmer lays her raw, tragicomic lyrics.
		The recent release of their debut album, produced by Martin Bisi (Swans, Sonic Youth), has won the band accolades from both mainstream and underground media, and it appears that the Dolls are poised to transcend cult status and smash all commonly held ideas about what a rock band is supposed to be.
	www.universalbuzz.com /ArtistspotlightNumber.asp?Number=126 (258 words)

	Salt Lake City Weekly - Valley of the Dolls
		And it’s all because Viglione and Palmer have decided to do something that no one ever thought possible: Find the punk in Weimar-era cabaret, the racy and raunchy German stuff that drove Hitler nuts and sparked an idea in Bob Fosse.
		And like her piano-pop predecessor Ben Folds, who’s spent the last 15 years cataloging every snarky thought of his geek-brothers worldwide, Palmer’s lyrics focus on all the sordid thoughts of every sarcastic and slightly vulnerable woman who’s ever smeared on fl eyeliner.
		As a result, Viglione and Palmer have a cult of fans willing to act like clones—something that rarely happens to this extent anymore.
	www.slweekly.com /article.cfm/valleyofthedolls (825 words)

	Only Angels Have Wings : The Dresden Dolls
		Brian Viglione : I'm alright, tired, my life is getting used to a certain kind of...
		i'm Brian, i play drums, a little guitar and a little bass, would you be interested in jamming sometime, i really like your stuff and i think it would be a pretty cool match" and she was like "yeah that'd be fantastic!
		BV: there will definitely still be that diveristy in the songs but i think there's a little bit tighter connection between Amanda and I, I think there's more Brian in the material, while a lot of the songs that were on the first record, half of them, were written before Amanda even met me.
	onlyangels.free.fr /interviews/d/dresden_dolls2.htm (1842 words)

	Brian Viglione: Artist Update: Modern Drummer Magazine 07/19/2006
		Brian’s confident performance on the group’s sophomore CD, Yes, Virginia was captured by letting the drummer and pianist record together in the studio as they would naturally perform live.
		“The idea was to avoid corrupting the music by messing with the formula of how we play, which is being able to see each other’s hands,” Viglione explains.
		Oddly enough, Brian cites Elvin Jones as his biggest drumming influence.
	www.moderndrummer.com /updatefull/200001490 (321 words)

	Boulder Weekly \| Buzz \| BuzzLead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The duo of pianist/singer Amanda Palmer and drummer Brian Viglione were even planning to have several performance artists join in the festivities.
		What's more, Palmer and Viglione have since found a way to borrow the idea of having other artists join them by inviting performance artists in each city come to the show and share their talents as part of the evening's entertainment.
		Palmer was playing solo that night, and one of the attendees was the jazz-schooled Viglione, who had been invited to the party by a friend.
	www.boulderweekly.com /archive/100605/buzzlead.html (601 words)

	Prick Magazine - The Dresden Dolls Feature
		Fronted by Amanda Palmer's intense piano playing and uniquely passionate voice and given that extra shot of adrenaline by Brian Viglione (one of the best drummers around today), the band's mime-like appearance adds a somewhat dark theatricality that makes things that much more interesting.
		Inspired by an era known both for the destruction of World War II and for a wealth of accomplished performers in all branches of the arts, The Dresden Dolls are a rare breed of creative talents dedicated to their craft.
		While the band's image is just as much a part of what the Dolls are about today, the porcelain white face paint and period costumes actually started out as a joke for a show early in the band's career.
	www.prickmag.net /dresdendollsfeature.html (518 words)

	411mania.com
		Singer/pianist Amanda Palmer and virtuoso drummer Brian Viglione poses a rare combination of musical ability and stage presence.
		The song frees Brian Viglione to unleash his full fury on his skins.
		Viglione is one of the most interesting drummers I've seen live.
	www.411mania.com /music/album_reviews/36729 (892 words)

	The Dresden Dolls - PopMatters Concert Review
		Palmer and drummer Brian Viglione stepped on stage, outfitted all in fl and white.
		Viglione sat behind the drums with his fl hat, white button-down (untucked), fl pants and tie.
		Their look is striking, but it is the strength of their music that substantiates their live shows.
	popmatters.com /music/concerts/d/dresden-dolls-031229.shtml (561 words)

	Southern Voice Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The debut CD from Boston-based the Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione, is a flawless mélange of cabaret, goth and punk rock influences.
		The Boston-born Dolls, comprised of singer-pianist Amanda Palmer and drummer Brian Viglione, is making a resounding splash with critics and fans with their eponymous debut CD “The Dresden Dolls” — and for good reason.
		Listeners should easily picture the duo onstage in a dark, smoky basement cabaret somewhere in Berlin, the songs starting quietly and gradually increasing in intensity until Palmer is uninhibitedly bellowing like a riot grrl and madly pounding the piano keys.
	www.sovo.com /2004/8-27/arts/music/beware.cfm (626 words)

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