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Amanda Palmer

Last album: September 16, 2008
First published: January 11, 2009
Downloads: 2210 albums downloaded

Biography

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.