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, which was voted the Best Punk Band in 2009, 2010 and 2011 at the Austin Music Awards at

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. One-Eyed Doll officially retired on May 21, 2021, after a lengthy hiatus. With a discography of 11 full-length albums under its belt, (six One-Eyed Doll albums, four Kimberly Freeman solo albums and one under the name Ghetto Princess) the band made No. 1 on ReverbNation's local chart and has toured nationally with OTEP Cold, Wayne Static (of Static X), Peelander Z, Polkadot Cadaver,

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. The band's lead singer and guitarist, Freeman (who has been described as

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guitar, accompanied by the lone drummer (and producer) Jason Rufuss Sewell a.k.a. Junior, in a theatrical style which has been described musically as "...

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." Lead vocalist Kimberly Freeman was featured as one of ''

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''s Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock in 2011, 2012, and 2015, ''

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''s 2010 Semi-Finals as part of ArcAttack.

History

One-Eyed Doll, which was formed in 2007, first gained recognition from their peers when they won their first Best Punk Band at the 2009 SXSW; the award was presented by

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of the first-generation punk band X. That year, they also won 2nd place Metal Band, 3rd place Best New Band, 4th place Industrial/Goth Band, 7th place Best Acoustic Guitar (Freeman), 8th place Female Vocals (Freeman), and 10th place Best Record Producer (Sewell, for ''Monster''.) One-Eyed Doll broke into the mainstream media, however, with the release of their third album ''Break'', whereupon Freeman was featured in the January/February 2011 Fallen Heroes issue of

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in its cover feature ''The Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock''; she also appeared as an awakening

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magazine as one of the ''Twenty Most Extraordinary Female Guitarists'' along with the likes of

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, and Nancy Wilson. The band has a fervent

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business model. Amongst its national tours, One-Eyed Doll have been performing at several major anime conventions such as

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, and headlining at the 4&20 Blackbird Festival in

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. One-Eyed Doll's 2012 album, ''

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guitarist

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. It was reported that the band recorded another album entitled ''Committed'', to be produced by Massy, which would see the light of day in late 2013. The "Committed" video, directed by Patrick Kendall was released exclusively by ''Revolver Magazine'' in October 2012. One-Eyed Doll instead went on to release the album "Monster (Remonstered)" in 2013, which Sewell produced. Massy was given a Special Thanks credit on the album. Freeman is one of several real-life people to appear in the

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documentary of the band's life on the road on tour from Austin to Harlem was released on YouTube by David Bruce Bates, Jr.

Band members

;Current members * Kimberly Freeman – guitar,

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, vocals * Jason "Junior" Sewell – drums, guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, vocals ;Past members * Paul "PJ" Evans – drums, bass * Scott Sutton – drums, bass

Discography

As One-Eyed Doll

; Albums *''

'' (2007) *''

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'' (2010) *''

'' (2012) *'' Monster (Remonstered)'' (2013) *''

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'' (2015) *''Holier'' (2018) ; EPs *''Something Wicked'' (2017) ; Compilation album *'' Something About A Dragon?'' (2012)

As Kimberly Freeman

*''Fat with an "F"'' (2005) *''Live on South Congress'' (2008) *''Sleep'' (2009) *''Into Outer Space'' (2011) *''Secret Lullaby'' (2017)

As Ghetto Princess

*''Ghetto Princess'' (2005)

References

External links

Interview and performance segments

An in-universe AQW interview

One-Eyed Doll: A Rockumentary (2010)
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