The Phoenix Network:
 
 
About  |  Advertise
Adult  |  Moonsigns  |  Band Guide  |  Blogs  |  In Pictures
CONCERTS
Enter Title or Artist
 
or
Enter Venue
 
or
2009-year-end-review-see-all
artist profile

amanda palmer

Tags: alternative, female vocalists, piano, punk cabaret, singer-songwriter

Summary: Amanda Palmer is the singer and pianist of The Dresden Dolls . Born in 1976, she grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts and received her B.A. from Wesleyan University. She attended Lexington High School, where she was very involved in the drama department. Amanda sometimes has Lexington High School students perform drama pieces at her shows. Before she was in the Dresden Dolls she was in a band called ", Amanda Palmer and the Void ", . In October of 2000 she met Brian Viglione , a drummer, together they formed the Dresden Dolls.

Upcoming Shows
Recent Phoenix Articles
NYE-2009-cat-thumb
Lifestyle Features

52 ways to leave 2009

Get your New Year's Eve down to an Auld Lang science.
Your usual lackadaisical approach to New Year's Eve — just see what happens and go with the flow — is not going to cut it this year. Sure, the end of this decade may not have the same kind of new-millennium pressure riding on it as the last one, but the plunge into 2010 is a milestone nonetheless.
By SHAULA CLARK  |  December 30, 2009
0912_sasha-List
Lifestyle Features

Video: Our 10 most popular videos from 2009

Hardcore bands, porn stars, vampires, zombies, and vandals
The most popular videos from the Phoenix in 2009
By BOSTON PHOENIX STAFF  |  December 28, 2009
09050*_amanda-lits3
Music Features

Eat it, High School Musical!

Amanda Palmer and Lexington High take on Neutral Milk Hotel
It's a Thursday afternoon at Lexington High, and 20 or so students have congregated in a music room surrounded by racks of folding chairs and sporting a sleek black Steinway baby grand.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN  |  May 06, 2009
Theater

Play by Play: April 24, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Theater around town
By CAROLYN CLAY  |  April 22, 2009
081226_passionpit_list
Music Features

Year in Local Pop: Local motion

Our 2008 playlist
Bands come and go, but songs stick around.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR  |  December 22, 2008
More Articles More Articles
  • Share:
  • Share this entry with Facebook
  • Share this entry with Digg
  • Share this entry with Delicious
  • RSS feed
  • Email this article to a friend
  • Print this article
HTML Prohibited
Add Comment


  |  Sign In  |  Register
 
thePhoenix.com:
Phoenix Media/Communications Group:
TODAY'S FEATURED ADVERTISERS
Copyright © 2010 The Phoenix Media/Communications Group