Blag Dahlia
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Paul Cafaro better known as Blag Dahlia, is an American
musician
, producer, and author
.
, and is most well known as the front-man of Dwarves
, a punk rock
band. With the Dwarves he has written and produced 10 full length records over a span of 24 years. He has produced albums by Mondo Generator
, The Dwarves, F.Y.P
, Jon Cougar Concentration Camp
, Swingin' Utters and The God Awfuls
.
Cafaro also released solo material as Blag Dahlia and under one of his other aliases, Earl Lee Grace. Blackgrass
(1995), a 13-song LP
of bluegrass songs, was released on the Sympathy for the Record Industry
label using a backing band of real bluegrass musicians.
Cafaro also started an acoustic duo with Nick Oliveri
The Uncontrollables. Most recently he narrated the opening score on Last day of school by The Autopsy Boys. The song also has an 80's style slasher flick music video.
soundtrack. Blag appears in a Mock Snuff film entitled Misogynist: The Movie (2003) The Dwarves song "Massacre", which Dahlia wrote, was on the soundtrack to the 2006 film Hostel. He also narrated the 2007 Gotham Award-nominated independent film Loren Cass
.
United States
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musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, producer, and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
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Music career
Cafaro is a native of Highland Park, IllinoisHighland Park, Illinois
Highland Park is a suburban municipality in Lake County, Illinois, United States, about north of downtown Chicago. As of 2009, the population is 33,492. Highland Park is one of several municipalities located on the North Shore of the Chicago Metropolitan Area.-Overview:Highland Park was founded...
, and is most well known as the front-man of Dwarves
Dwarves (band)
Dwarves is an American punk band formed in Chicago, Illinois, as The Suburban Nightmare, in the mid-1980s. They are currently based in San Francisco, California. Formed as a garage punk band, their career subsequently saw them move in a hardcore direction before settling into an eclectic punk rock...
, a punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band. With the Dwarves he has written and produced 10 full length records over a span of 24 years. He has produced albums by Mondo Generator
Mondo Generator
Mondo Generator is an American metal/punk hybrid band founded in 1997 by Nick Oliveri. The name of the band originated when Brant Bjork spray-painted the words on the side of Oliveri's Sunn amplifier. Mondo means "world" in Italian...
, The Dwarves, F.Y.P
F.Y.P
F.Y.P was Todd Congelliere's punk rock predecessor to his current bands Toys That Kill and Underground Railroad to Candyland...
, Jon Cougar Concentration Camp
Jon Cougar Concentration Camp
Jon Cougar Concentration Camp is a punk rock band from San Diego, California.-History:Jon Cougar Concentration Camp was formed in January 1994 in San Diego by Chris Fields, Clint Graham, Travis Spatter, and Travis Milligan. The band named themselves after a pun on musician John Cougar Mellencamp...
, Swingin' Utters and The God Awfuls
The God Awfuls
Brand New War are a punk rock/street punk band from Los Angeles who began their career as The God Awfuls and are currently signed to Kung-Fu Records....
.
Cafaro also released solo material as Blag Dahlia and under one of his other aliases, Earl Lee Grace. Blackgrass
Blackgrass
For the plant species commonly known as blackgrass, see Juncus gerardii.Blackgrass is a 1995 LP released by Earl Lee Grace.-Production Notes:Earl Lee Grace is a pseudonym of Dwarves front-man Paul Cafaro, most well known as Blag Dahlia...
(1995), a 13-song LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
of bluegrass songs, was released on the Sympathy for the Record Industry
Sympathy for the Record Industry
Sympathy for the Record Industry is a mainly independent garage rock and punk label formed in 1988 by record industry anti-mogul Long Gone John...
label using a backing band of real bluegrass musicians.
Cafaro also started an acoustic duo with Nick Oliveri
Nick Oliveri
Nick Steven Oliveri is an American musician from Palm Desert, California. He plays bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and is a vocalist...
The Uncontrollables. Most recently he narrated the opening score on Last day of school by The Autopsy Boys. The song also has an 80's style slasher flick music video.
Solo discography
- "Let's Take a Ride" / "Lord of the Road" 7" (1994), Sympathy for the Record IndustrySympathy for the Record IndustrySympathy for the Record Industry is a mainly independent garage rock and punk label formed in 1988 by record industry anti-mogul Long Gone John...
- Venus With Arms CD (1995), Atavistic
- Blackgrass CD album (1995), Sympathy for the Record Industry - released under the name Earl Lee Grace
- "Haunt Me" / "Let's Take a Ride" 7" (1996), Man's Ruin
Films
Two songs recorded by Earl Lee Grace were on the soundtrack to A.W. Feidler's short film, The Job (1997). In 2001, Dahlia performed "Zine-O-Phobia Music" for the Ghost WorldGhost World
Ghost World is a comic book written and illustrated by Daniel Clowes. It was originally serialized in issues #11 through #18 of Clowes's comic book series Eightball, and was first published in book form in 1997 by Fantagraphics Books...
soundtrack. Blag appears in a Mock Snuff film entitled Misogynist: The Movie (2003) The Dwarves song "Massacre", which Dahlia wrote, was on the soundtrack to the 2006 film Hostel. He also narrated the 2007 Gotham Award-nominated independent film Loren Cass
Loren Cass
Loren Cass is a feature-length motion picture, directed by 21-year-old independent filmmaker Chris Fuller, about adolescents coming to terms with their lives in St. Petersburg, Florida after the 1996 riots there. The film took ten years to complete....
.