Stole babies
| Stole babies | |
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.jpg) Live in Budapest (2008) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) |
Avant-garde metal , progressive metal |
| founding | 2002 |
| Website | http://stolenbabiestheband.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Dominique Lenore Persi | |
Bass , programming |
Rani Sharone |
| Ben rico | |
| Gil Sharone | |
| former members | |
| Davin Givhan | |
The Stolen Babies are an American music group from Los Angeles around the singer and front woman Dominique Lenore Persi . The music of the Stolen Babies offers a mixture of metal , avant-garde rock and countless other genres, including circus music and cabaret .
Career
The formation was founded under the name The Fratellis (not to be confused with the Scottish band of the same name ). This was initially a twelve-man Dark Cabaret - performance group . After the dissolution, the remaining four members founded the band Stolen Babies , named after a piece from the previous formation.
The Californians themselves describe their music as “Prog-Pop-Cabaret-Thrash-Quirky-Goth-Rock” and have a desire to create music to which “one can dance, stumble and fall unrestrained”.
Singer Dominique Lenore Persi is responsible for the lyrics of the songs of the Stolen Babies , who, according to her own statement, deals with dark childhood memories. Dominique Lenore Persi commented on the texts as follows: “We always refer to childhood memories, not necessarily to children's books. Such memories are very strong, especially when the monster actually comes out of the closet. Then it will stick with you for a lifetime. ”The music, on the other hand, is written by Ben Rico. He mentions Danny Elfman , Ennio Morricone and Jerry Goldsmith as his musical role models. Furthermore, the Czech artist and director Jan Švankmajer are mentioned as artistic influences, and the music groups Oingo Boingo and Mr. Bungle as musical influences.
Published in 2006, the Stolen Babies , after two demos and an EP, their first album There Be Squabbles Ahead (dt. There will be armed ). Initially more of an insider tip, they were supported on the debut album by members of the avant-garde band Sleepytime Gorilla Museum , which also gave them a higher profile. Nevertheless, the album was initially only released in North America in 2006 and was self-distributed under No Comment Records . In the same year, the group contributed the song "Grubbery" to the soundtrack of the award-winning horror short film "Cannibal Flesh Riot" by artist Gris Grimly.
After they got a record deal with the big label The End Records , this album was re-released in late 2007 / early 2008 in large numbers in Europe. It was received very favorably by the specialist press. The music group's style, which mixes metal with circus music, and the multi-faceted singing of the front woman were praised. The music magazine Zillo named There Be Squabbles Ahead album of the month. The Hades took the album release as an opportunity to the Stolen Babies for Newcomer of the month to appoint.
The album also received praise for the comic artwork designed by the artist Crab Scrambly. The latter, whose style is reminiscent of that of Roman Dirge or Tim Burton , has so far mainly drawn comics and illustrated children's books. A highly acclaimed music video was also created for the song Push Button . At the beginning of 2008 the band toured Europe together with The Dillinger Escape Plan and Poison the Well . New material was first announced on MySpace in January 2010. In the summer of 2010, the new song Splatter was released there in advance . More songs from the upcoming album have already been presented at concerts and festivals such as the M'era Luna Festival . In autumn 2012 the second album Naught was finally released .
Discography
Albums
- 2006: There Be Squabbles Ahead ( No Comment Records , 2007 under The End Records , 2016 as LP)
- 2012: Naught ( No Comment Records )
EPs
- 2002: Stolen Babies (5-song EP )
Demos
- 2002: Demo (3-song demo )
- 2004: Demo (4-song demo)
Web links
- official page
- Stolen Babies at laut.de
- Stolen Babies at Discogs (English)
- Stolen Babies at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.laut.de/wortlaut/artists/s/stolen_babies/biographie/index.htm
- ↑ http://www.powermetal.de/cdreview/review-10869.html
- ^ Sonic Seducer , Feb. 2008 (02/08), Stolen Babies - The Horrors of Childhood, 88
- ↑ Gothic , winter edition January - March 2008 (No. 59), page 139
- ^ Sonic Seducer , Feb. 2008 (02/08), Stolen Babies - The Horrors of Childhood, 88
- ↑ The Stolen Babies in the Allmusic Guide (English)
- ^ Zillo , February 2008 (02/08), page 46
- ↑ Orkus , February 2008 (No. 02), page 81
- ↑ Gothic , winter edition January - March 2008 (No. 59), page 139
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
