The Distillers
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The Distillers were an American punk rock
band formed in Los Angeles
in 1998. They released their first two album
s on Hellcat Records
/Epitaph Records
before moving to Sire, part of the Warner Music Group
. The Distillers were originally formed by Australian-born Brody Armstrong (later Dalle)
, a woman with a distinctively harsh singing voice. Ex-wife of Rancid
's Tim Armstrong
, Brody changed her name to "Dalle" after their divorce in 2003. Although there were significant line-up changes it was Brody who played guitar, sang, and wrote or co-wrote nearly every song on the band's three albums. Tony Bevilacqua
also played guitar and Ryan Sinn
played bass.
Members Brody and Tony have, since the split, formed a new band called Spinnerette
.
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 formed in Los Angeles
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in 1998. They released their first two album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s on Hellcat Records
Hellcat Records
Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an off-shoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz carp Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, the latter of whom is generally responsible for...
/Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...
before moving to Sire, part of the Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
. The Distillers were originally formed by Australian-born Brody Armstrong (later Dalle)
Brody Dalle
Brody Dalle is an Australian-born American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers and currently fronts Spinnerette....
, a woman with a distinctively harsh singing voice. Ex-wife of Rancid
Rancid (band)
Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, both of whom previously played in the ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is credited—along with Green Day and The Offspring—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the...
's Tim Armstrong
Tim Armstrong
Timothy Lockwood Armstrong is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his work with punk rock bands Rancid, Operation Ivy, Downfall, and the Transplants. He is also the owner and operator of Hellcat Records.-Personal life:Armstrong was born November 25, 1965 and was...
, Brody changed her name to "Dalle" after their divorce in 2003. Although there were significant line-up changes it was Brody who played guitar, sang, and wrote or co-wrote nearly every song on the band's three albums. Tony Bevilacqua
Tony Bevilacqua
Anthony Peter Bevilacqua is currently the guitar player for Spinnerette. He is working with Brody Dalle on recording the band's debut album due out in 2008 via Sire/Warner Bros. Records...
also played guitar and Ryan Sinn
Ryan Sinn
Ryan Sinn is the former bassist for the alternative rock band Angels & Airwaves and The Distillers, but has joined Love Equals Death, after Dominic Davi's departure...
played bass.
Members Brody and Tony have, since the split, formed a new band called Spinnerette
Spinnerette
Spinnerette is an alternative rock, indie rock solo project of Australian musician Brody Dalle. For this project she has collaborated with Tony Bevilacqua , Jack Irons and Alain Johannes...
.
Former members
- Brody DalleBrody DalleBrody Dalle is an Australian-born American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers and currently fronts Spinnerette....
, singer/guitarist. - Tony BevilacquaTony BevilacquaAnthony Peter Bevilacqua is currently the guitar player for Spinnerette. He is working with Brody Dalle on recording the band's debut album due out in 2008 via Sire/Warner Bros. Records...
, guitarist. - Ryan SinnRyan SinnRyan Sinn is the former bassist for the alternative rock band Angels & Airwaves and The Distillers, but has joined Love Equals Death, after Dominic Davi's departure...
left the band in 2005. He played in the band Angels & AirwavesAngels & AirwavesAngels & Airwaves is an American alternative rock supergroup led by Blink-182 guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, also including guitarist David Kennedy from Over My Dead Body, Hazen Street and Box Car Racer, bass guitarist Matt Wachter from 30 Seconds to Mars and former Lostprophets and Nine Inch...
with Tom DeLongeTom DeLongeThomas Matthew "Tom" DeLonge, Jr. is an American rock musician. He is the guitarist and one of the two lead vocalists for the American pop punk band Blink-182 as well as the guitarist and lead vocalist for the alternative band Angels & Airwaves...
of blink-182Blink-182Blink-182 is an American rock band consisting of vocalist and bass guitarist Mark Hoppus, vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. They have sold over 27 million albums worldwide since forming in Poway, California in 1992...
for a time after the Distillers. Ryan has since left Angels & Airwaves and joined Love Equals DeathLove Equals DeathLove Equals Death was a punk rock band from Petaluma, California whose music drew influence from classic rock and horror punk.. The group formed in 2003 and released two EPs, one compilation album, and one studio album, 2006's Nightmerica...
. Ryan then left Love Equals Death and joined The Innocent. - Andy GranelliAndy GranelliAndy Granelli is an American drummer. Initially drumming for a band known as Model American in 1997 on their self titled album. The same album later surfaced again in 2002 under the moniker MAPS, which stood for Model American Playing Secretly having been forced to change the name by a court of law...
played drums and left the band in March 2005 to pursue his other band, Darker My Love. - Rose "Casper" Mazzola played back-up guitar and sometimes sang. She left the band after the making of Sing Sing Death House, and played for the band Gold Cash Gold for a short while after.
- Cody Lane played drums and left the band in November 2000.
- Kim Chi played bass and left the band after the making of the self-titled record. She played on and toured for the first Original Sinners album with Exene CervenkaExene CervenkaExene Cervenka is an American writer, musician and artist, most famous as the co-lead vocalist of the Los Angeles punk rock band X.-Career:...
of the L.A. punk band X and has since left that band. She is currently touring with Rockstar: Supernova runner-up Dilana. She also plays bass in Punk is Dead. - Mat Young left the band after the making of the self-titled record.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certification | ||
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US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Independent Albums Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine... |
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| 2000 | The Distillers The Distillers (album) The Distillers is the first album by the American punk rock band The Distillers, released in 2000.-Track listing:All song written by Brody Dalle except where noted.#"Oh Serena" – 2:32#"Idoless" – 2:28#"The World Comes Tumblin'" – 3:08#"L.A...
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| 2002 | Sing Sing Death House Sing Sing Death House Sing Sing Death House is the second album by the American punk band The Distillers, released in 2002 on Hellcat Records. The song "Seneca Falls" was featured in the game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 and is a reference to the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.... Hellcat Records Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an off-shoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz carp Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, the latter of whom is generally responsible for... |
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| 2003 | Coral Fang Coral Fang Coral Fang is the third and final album by the American punk rock band The Distillers. Released on Sire Records in 2003 , this record marked their major label debut... Sire Records Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a... |
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British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... : Silver |
EPs
| Year | Title | Record label | US Billboard peak | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Distillers 7" | Hellcat Hellcat Records Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an off-shoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz carp Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, the latter of whom is generally responsible for... |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||
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| US Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US Pop 100 | US Modern Rock | US Mainstream Rock | UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 2002 | "The Young Crazed Peeling" | - | - | - | - | - | Sing Sing Death House Sing Sing Death House Sing Sing Death House is the second album by the American punk band The Distillers, released in 2002 on Hellcat Records. The song "Seneca Falls" was featured in the game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 and is a reference to the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.... |
| "City of Angels" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003 | "Drain the Blood" | - | - | 28 | - | 51 | Coral Fang Coral Fang Coral Fang is the third and final album by the American punk rock band The Distillers. Released on Sire Records in 2003 , this record marked their major label debut... |
| "The Hunger" | - | - | - | - | 48 | ||
| 2004 | "Beat Your Heart Out" | - | - | - | - | 74 |
Cultural references
- In a February 2003 episode of Gilmore GirlsGilmore GirlsGilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...
, Jess surprises Rory with last-minute tickets to a Distillers concert. - A version of the song "Muppet N.A.M.B.L.A" on the Leftöver CrackLeftöver CrackLeftöver Crack is an American punk rock band formed in 1998, following the breakup of the ska punk band Choking Victim. Primarily playing an amalgam of ska and hardcore punk, they classify themselves as "crack-rocksteady". The band is currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords for CD releases, and...
album Rock the 40 Oz. features Dalle on guest vocals. - The song "I'll Take you Down" is featured on a Gold's GymGold's GymGold's Gym International, Inc. is an international chain of co-ed fitness centers originally started in California by Joe Gold. Each gym features a wide array of exercise equipment, group exercise classes and personal trainers to assist clients...
TV commercial.
Songs used in video games
- The song "Beat Your Heart Out" is featured in Tony Hawk's Underground 2Tony Hawk's Underground 2Tony Hawk's Underground 2, also known as THUG 2, is the sixth installment in Neversoft's Tony Hawk's Series and sequel to Tony Hawk's Underground. Tony Hawk's Underground 2 was released on October 4, 2004 for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, PC, and Game Boy Advance platforms...
. - The song "Dismantle Me" is featured in MTX MototraxMTX MototraxMTX Mototrax is a Motocross videogame made by Left Field Productions and published by Activision for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2004. It was released for the PC later that year. The PC version was developed and published by Aspyr. It was released in 2006 for the PlayStation Portable...
. - The song "Seneca Falls" is featured in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4-External links:* on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine...
. - The song "Drain the Blood" is featured in Gran Turismo 4Gran Turismo 4is a racing simulator for the Sony PlayStation 2 which was developed by Polyphony Digital. It was released on December 28, 2004 in Japan and Hong Kong , February 22, 2005 in North America , and March 9, 2005 in Europe , and has since been re-issued under Sony's 'Greatest Hits' line...
and is a downloadable song for Rock Band. - The song "Beat Your Heart Out" and a cover of the Spider-Man theme song" are featured in the video game adaptation of Spider-Man 2Spider-Man 2 (video game)Spider-Man 2 is the name of several computer and video games based on the Spider-Man universe and particularly the Spider-Man 2 film. It is a follow up to the game Spider-Man: The Movie and was followed by Spider-Man 3 to promote the release of the third film in 2007...
. - The songs "City of Angels" and "Hall of Mirrors" both featured in the 2004 game True Crime: Streets of LATrue Crime: Streets of LATrue Crime: Streets of LA is an action-adventure video game developed by Luxoflux and published by Activision for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube in November 2003 and the first game in the True Crime series...
. - The song "City of Angels" is featured in Crash 'N' BurnCrash 'N' Burn (2004 video game)Crash 'N' Burn is a racing video game developed by Climax Group and published by Eidos Interactive in 2004.The game bears no similarities to the 3DO title of the same name.-Gameplay:...
, as well as in the third episode of Sleeper Cell entitled "Money".