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Stolen Babies
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avant-garde metal, experimental, avant-garde, dark cabaret, metal… see all
Oakland, California, USA (2002 – present)
Once upon an awkward adolescence, there was a girl that tripped often and spoke very little, a boy who ate too much junk food, but spoke a lot, and his identical twin that hit things and spoke even more. Then along came a pianist with very wiggly fingers and a baseball bat. Hence…the musical misadventures unfolded.
It all started with “The Fratellis,” Stolen Babies’ original 12+ member group. Horns blared, oversized dolls jumped out of toy boxes, squabbles were had, babies were stolen, turned into flies and fed to giant spiders. Eventually, the blundering theatrics came to an end, but the four stuck together.
More misadventure, more junk food…
Taking their name from a song/skit from the early days, Stolen Babies have been described as playing prog-pop-cabaret-thrash-quirky-goth-rock. Mostly though, they would just like to think that their songs are fun to dance and fall down to.
It’s nearly impossible to talk about Stolen Babies without mentioning their ongoing collaboration with graphic novelist extraordinaire Crab Scrambly. His artwork has graced their early releases, website and merch. More notably you can see Crab’s original paintings that provide the otherworldly landscapes to Stolen Babies video “Push Button,” and of course the artwork for the bands debut full length album “There Be Squabbles Ahead,” which was recorded and produced by Dan Rathbun of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.Which now brings Stolen Babies to…the beginning of The End.
STOLEN BABIES are:
Dominique Persi - lead vocals, face paint keeping, accordion sprinkling
Rani Sharone - electric and upright bass swapping, mental guitar playing, programming, sampling, vocals
It all started with “The Fratellis,” Stolen Babies’ original 12+ member group. Horns blared, oversized dolls jumped out of toy boxes, squabbles were had, babies were stolen, turned into flies and fed to giant spiders. Eventually, the blundering theatrics came to an end, but the four stuck together.
More misadventure, more junk food…
Taking their name from a song/skit from the early days, Stolen Babies have been described as playing prog-pop-cabaret-thrash-quirky-goth-rock. Mostly though, they would just like to think that their songs are fun to dance and fall down to.
It’s nearly impossible to talk about Stolen Babies without mentioning their ongoing collaboration with graphic novelist extraordinaire Crab Scrambly. His artwork has graced their early releases, website and merch. More notably you can see Crab’s original paintings that provide the otherworldly landscapes to Stolen Babies video “Push Button,” and of course the artwork for the bands debut full length album “There Be Squabbles Ahead,” which was recorded and produced by Dan Rathbun of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.Which now brings Stolen Babies to…the beginning of The End.
STOLEN BABIES are:
Dominique Persi - lead vocals, face paint keeping, accordion sprinkling
Rani Sharone - electric and upright bass swapping, mental guitar playing, programming, sampling, vocals
Including Unexpect, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Dog Fashion Disco, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Carnival in Coal, Ephel Duath, Solefald and more…
Videos
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Stolen Babies - Spill!
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Stolen Babies -"Tablescrap"
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Stolen Babies - Push Button
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Stolen Babies - Civil Disguise
Top Albums
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Filistata
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Spill!
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Awful Fall
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A Year of Judges
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Tablescrap
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So Close
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Lifeless
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Push Button
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Tall Tales
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Mind Your Eyes
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Swint? or Slude?
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Gathering Fingers
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The Button Has Been Pushed
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Shoutbox
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xGenn wrote:
Do you know where I could get their EP or any other stuff than the album "There be Squabbles Ahead"? I would be really grateful, I've been searching for a long time and I don't find anything...
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jambot wrote:
this is bril
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Bassman366 wrote:
Thanks god to change the default pic :D
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PurpleHarlequin wrote:
Intriguing. Get on my iPod. NAO.
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xGenn wrote:
I guess I can say that this band is one of my best discoveries since a long time.
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PLagueDil wrote:
cant wait to hear new album!
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XxOtaruxX wrote:
A new album would be amazing. I've over played There Be Squabbles ahead and apparently a couple tracks have trouble playing, despite being in my car's 6 cd changer for the past year and a half. Whoops. They need to tour more around the midwest, though. Boo.
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FeastfortheVain wrote:
I contacted them a month or so ago, and they said they were working on a new album. That's all I l know.
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Bassman366 wrote:
Someone know if a new album is on the way?
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BoobtuberFM wrote:
If I still scrobbled music, they'd sure be high on my playlists, addicting stuff.. That album is fantastic. =)
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Miremell wrote:
omfg they're great!
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egyptiansushi wrote:
this is great.
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VietRebel wrote:
Freak Circusss
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LapiDeaD wrote:
You have win my heart... CONGRATULATION
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Inimica wrote:
What Ishora said interests me, because I'm usually the one saying things like that, and here is the first female vocalist I've actually liked.
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madridista19 wrote:
awesome band
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orion_black wrote:
Si eres aficionado al Avant-garde Metal te invito a que te unas a un grupo en español enfocado a dicho subgenero. http://www.lastfm.es/group/Avant-garde+Metal+(Español) Saludos
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NixGalith wrote:
amazing!!!
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ant1dote wrote:
Love it. Great vocals.
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exsanguinatiion wrote:
Amazing. Stolen Babies never get old, even though I'd like to see a new album from them soon.
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- chainsaw_tmstms tagged Stolen Babies with ‘dark cabaret’. Friday morning
- gang0921 added Stolen Babies to gang0921’s library. last week
- blue_fragment tagged Stolen Babies with ‘avant-garde’ and ‘experimental’. last week
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More Information
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- Band Members
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- Ben Rico
- David Givhan
- Dominique Leroni Persi
- Gil Sharone
- Rani Sharone
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