Brody Dalle

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Name = Brody Dalle


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Bree Leslie Pucilowski
Alias = Brody Dalle, Brody Armstrong
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Origin = Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia
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Genre = Punk rock, alternative rock, grime [http://www.myspace.com/123837097]
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Years_active = 1997 - present
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Associated_acts = Sourpuss
The Distillers (disbanded)
Spinnerette
Eagles of Death Metal
URL = [http://www.thedistillers.com/ Official Distillers website]
[http://spinnerettemusic.com/ Official Spinnerette website]
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Brody Dalle (born Bree Leslie Pucilowski) on January 1, 1979 in Melbourne, Australia [ [http://spinnerettemusic.com/community/index.php?showtopic=1529&st=0&p=56834&#entry56834 Spinnerette // Community ] ] ), is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers.

Musical career

At the age of 13, Dalle started a band of her own, Sourpuss, which developed a solid fanbase, and played alongside Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth at Australia's Summersault Festival. She met Tim Armstrong, the frontman of the punk rock band Rancid at this festival when she was 16. She met him after seeing him packing up the drums backstage, and the two subsequently pursued a relationship. Despite Armstrong being 12 years her senior, and Dalle initially lying about her age, the couple got engaged shortly after Dalle turned 18. She moved with Armstrong from Melbourne to Los Angeles, California and there founded The Distillers, which took their name from a distillery she saw in Geelong.

The Distillers released their self-titled first album in 2000, receiving acclaim and comparisons to Hole. By the time The Distillers came back to the studio for their second album, the band had a complete overhaul in lineup. The Distillers' second effort was "Sing Sing Death House". From that album they released two singles, "The Young Crazed Peeling" and "City of Angels". In 2003, they released "Coral Fang". Dalle was then the only original member in the group. They released three singles from it: "Drain the Blood", "Beat Your Heart Out" and "The Hunger". That same year, they played Lollapalooza.

After the Distillers broke up, Dalle began work on a new project, Spinnerette, with fellow Distillers member Tony Bevilacqua, former Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons, and Alain Johannes. The band has only one song, Valium Knights, available which can be heard on [http://spinnerettemusic.com/ Spinnerette official website] as of the 08/08/08. The band chose this release date as they consider it a special day of regeneration and resurrection. [ [http://app.topspin.net/artist/138904/landing_stf?account_id=138904&key=bb0d1f0d642857271b1ef942c35351117f7e3dee&campaign_id=5677 Spinnerette :: Landing_stf ] ]

She appeared on the track "Weigh on My Mind" on the self-titled album by The Transplants in 2002. She has also made vocal appearances on Queens of The Stone Age's "You Got a Killer Scene There Man" on their 2005 record "Lullabies to Paralyze" and on the 2006 album "Death By Sexy" by Eagles of Death Metal on the song "Cherry Cola".

Personal life

Other sources claim that Dalle's birth name is Bree Leslie Pucilowski or Bree Mayer. However "Pucilowski" was Dalle's step father's name which she took when her mother married him.

Dalle married Tim Armstrong, frontman of punk band Rancid, when she was 18. Dalle and Armstrong divorced in 2003. After they divorced, Brody reverted to using the surname of her favorite actress Béatrice Dalle of "Betty Blue".

Dalle is now married to Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme. They had their first child, Camille Harley Homme, on January 17, 2006 and live in LA, California. Dalle recently stated on the band's website that she is "pregnant", but she went on to explain that she was gestating a new album, not a new baby.

References

External links

* [http://www.thedistillers.com Distillers official website]
* [http://spinnerettemusic.com/ Spinnerette official website]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_7_34/ai_n6128072 Interview] at findarticles.com between Shirley Manson and Dalle
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