Taxi Doll
Encyclopedia
Taxi Doll is an American pop
, electronica
, and dance
musical group from Los Angeles, California
. Taxi Doll took their name from seeing the bobble-head dolls perched on top on the rear dash of taxicabs. The group consists of Europe
an vocalist Dhana, keyboardist Gregg "G-dub" Allen, drummer Jason Graham, guitarist Matt Emmer, and bassist Brian Hendrix.
The group was formed in 2004 and called their type of music "Rocktronica", which was inspired by the influences of Blondie, Garbage, The Chemical Brothers, and other rock-electronic acts. They have also attracted a growing legion of fans who love their unique style. As Allen sums it up, they "..play edgy rock music that people can dance to..."
The group's first single, "Waiting", has already become a major hit in both the clubs and at Dance radio in the United States
, where it reached at number #3 on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay
chart's May 27, 2006 issue. "Look at What You Get" is on the soundtrack of Forza Motorsport 2, the Microsoft Xbox 360 game. The group's music can also be found on the big screen in the 2006 feature film Firewall
.
Taxi Doll has been signed by Universal Records and are awaiting the release of their first album. Their album titled "Here and Now" was released globally on the 23rd of February 2009.
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, and dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
musical group from Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. Taxi Doll took their name from seeing the bobble-head dolls perched on top on the rear dash of taxicabs. The group consists of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an vocalist Dhana, keyboardist Gregg "G-dub" Allen, drummer Jason Graham, guitarist Matt Emmer, and bassist Brian Hendrix.
The group was formed in 2004 and called their type of music "Rocktronica", which was inspired by the influences of Blondie, Garbage, The Chemical Brothers, and other rock-electronic acts. They have also attracted a growing legion of fans who love their unique style. As Allen sums it up, they "..play edgy rock music that people can dance to..."
The group's first single, "Waiting", has already become a major hit in both the clubs and at Dance radio in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where it reached at number #3 on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay
Hot Dance Airplay
Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it...
chart's May 27, 2006 issue. "Look at What You Get" is on the soundtrack of Forza Motorsport 2, the Microsoft Xbox 360 game. The group's music can also be found on the big screen in the 2006 feature film Firewall
Firewall (film)
Firewall is a 2006 British-American thriller film directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Joe Forte. Harrison Ford stars as Jack Stanfield, a security expert at a bank faced with a corporate merger and the offer of a new job.-Plot:...
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Taxi Doll has been signed by Universal Records and are awaiting the release of their first album. Their album titled "Here and Now" was released globally on the 23rd of February 2009.