The Distillers are an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1998 by vocalist and guitarist

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. Dalle co-wrote, played guitar and provided lead vocals for nearly every track on the band's three albums. After the breakup of the band in 2006, Dalle and Distillers guitarist

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went on to form

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History

The Distillers first came together in late 1998, when Australian-born guitarist

met bassist Kim Chi and the two bonded over their love for playing punk rock. They proceeded to recruit Detroit guitarist Rose Mazzola and drummer Matt Young. Signed to

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, the band issued its

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debut in April 2000. By the end of the year, Kim Chi had left the group to join

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in her band, the Original Sinners. For awhile

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bassist Dante Sigona was playing bass for The Distillers but

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stepped in and took position. Matt departed to join Chi while Mazzola left during the height of "Seneca Falls". By summer 2002, The Distillers were composed of Dalle, Sinn, and new drummer

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; joint American dates with

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and Garbage were planned for later that fall. Guitarist/vocalist Tony Bradley joined The Distillers in time for the recording of their third album and major-label debut, ''

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'', which was released in 2003 by

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. Following her very public divorce from Rancid's

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that same year,

resumed performing under her own name. Granelli left the band in early 2005, moving on to play with Darker My Love, and by summer, Sinn had exited as well, later joining up with

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. Despite rumors, The Distillers, now just Dalle and Bradley, denied that they were breaking up, instead simply going on hiatus. In early 2006, Dalle had her first child, daughter Camille, with new husband

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. By the year's end, the two remaining members formally announced the band's disbandment and went on to form

together. In January 2018, Dalle shared a teaser video from The Distillers' Instagram and a newly-opened Twitter account to confirm the return of the band. Initially, it was believed the four Twitter accounts that The Distillers' Twitter was following, would make up the 2018 line-up of the band: Dalle, Bradley, Granelli and former Spinnerette member Alain Johannes. Since then, however, the account has removed Johannes; and subsequently added former bassist Sinn. Bradley has since deleted his Twitter account. It was later announced that the band would perform their first official show in over 13 years at The Casbah in

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in late April 2018. On September 11, 2018, the Distillers official Instagram account announced the release of a new single available on iTunes. In April 2019, the band confirmed that they had begin recording their fourth album and follow-up to ''

''. On April 28, 2019, The Distillers announced they would be entering the studio with English music producer Nick Launay.

Members

Current *

–

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

(1998-2006, 2018–present) *

– bass,

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(2000-2005, 2018–present) *

–

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(2000-2005, 2018–present) * Tony "Bradley" Bevilacqua – guitar, backing vocals (2003-2006, 2018–present) Former * Rose "Casper" Mazzola – guitar, backing vocals (1998-2002) *Kim Chi – bass, backing vocals (1998-2000) *Mat Young – drums (1998-2000) *Dante Sigona – bass, backing vocals (2000)

Timeline

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Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

* "The Young Crazed Peeling" (2002) * "City of Angels" (2002) * "Drain the Blood" (2003) * "The Hunger" (2003) * "Beat Your Heart Out" (2004) * "Man vs. Magnet" (2018)

In popular culture

* In a February 2003 episode of ''

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'', 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

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EP, ''Rock the 40 Oz'' featured Dalle on guest vocals. * In the '' Daredevil'' episode "Kinbaku", "Die on a Rope" is played on the stereo of a car that Matt Murdock and Elektra steal.

Video games

* "Beat Your Heart Out" is featured in ''

Tony Hawk's Underground 2 ''Tony Hawk's Underground 2'' is a skateboarding video game, the sixth entry in the '' Tony Hawk's'' series after ''Tony Hawk's Underground''. It was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision on October 4, 2004 in the U.S. for the PlayS ...

''. * "Dismantle Me" is featured in ''

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''. * "Seneca Falls" is featured in ''

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''. * "Drain the Blood" is featured in ''

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'' and is a downloadable song for ''

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''. * The song "Beat Your Heart Out" and a cover of the " ''Spider-Man'' theme song" are featured in the video game adaptation of ''

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''. * The songs "City of Angels" and "Hall of Mirrors" both featured in the 2004 game '' True Crime: Streets of LA''. * "City of Angels" is featured in '' Crash 'N' Burn'', as well as in the third episode of ''

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'' entitled "Money".

References

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