More psychological than musical, Fear of Dolls created a sound bordering absurd, equal parts pretty and ugly, a combination of noise and nonsense, any and all things childish and irrational, resulting in a cacophony that could transport you back to a time when you still believed monsters lived under your bed.
Writing and playing music without a care if, how, or where in the world it fit, we found joy in the confusion of innocent bystanders trapped within our aural walls, walls of emotionally threatening, dark, ambient noise.
Formed in 1995 by Greg Forschler, the music and members have been constantly shifting and evolving, breathing in various forms of perpetual uncertainty and flux. Four CDs were released between ‘95 and ‘05. The band has had two distinct singers among its personnel changes, starting with m. Violet, and was last fronted by Greg and vocalist Bonni Suval, who joined in 2000 along with her doll, Chatty Patty.
CONSPIRATORS:
Greg Forschler - guitar, bass guitar, toys, other.
Also a member of C'est la Mort, Emergency Hand Puppet, The Mannequins, formerly in Faith & Disease and Ninth Circle
Bonni Suval - vocals, xylophone, toys
Other members include or have included:
Phil Petrocelli - drums (formerly in Black Noise Cannon)
Shaun Richards - drums, percussion
Thomas Purdy - guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer
Joel Bergstrom - guitar, bass guitar, keyboard (Vibra-Gun, formerly in Black Nite Crash)
m. Violet - vocals, accordion
Marcel Feldmar - drums
Bless This Broken Body / Dark Water
2008 - 7" vinyl single, split with Tractor Sex Fatality / (Bunnicorn records)
Lullabies For Aborted Children
2005 - Full length CD / independent release
She Dances Happily To Happy Songs, She Smiles Happily With Happy Thoughts
2005 - 5 song CD EP / independent release
Bless This Broken Body
2002 - CD single / independent release
When The Organ Played At Twilight
1999 - 6 song CD / independent release
COMPILATIONS AND OTHER APPEARANCES:
Some Bizarre Double Album
Some Bizarre | 2xCD | 2008 | “She Was Laughing”
Fields Of Fire
Miisc Records | 12" Vinyl | 2002 | “Broken Toy”
Nick Zedd Presents: Geek Maggot Bingo
Music Video Distributors | DVD | 2002 |
Includes the film Thus Spake Zarathustra which features various released and unreleased Fear of Dolls music
Dark Treasures
Cleopatra Records | CD | 2000 | “Wax And Wane”
A Tragick Compilation
Tragick Records | CD | 2000 | “Show Me My Insides”
To Jupiter And Beyond
Aporia Records | CD | 1998 | ”The Spikes Of The Gods Into My Head”
Nocturne Concrete
Unit Circle Rekkids | CD | 1996 | “Sound Of Thorns”
QUOTES:
“I never even knew there should be a band like this until I heard it with my own ears. It makes perfect sense because it
doesn’t at all.”
-Redefine
“Anyone who likes Fear of Dolls must think murder and rape is fun.”
-anonymous
“Fear of Dolls are a gift, creating music of a rare intensity, deeply psychological, beautiful and
innocent, balanced on the edge of madness.”
-Kaleidoscope
“Taking the listener on a schizophrenic journey through ominous cacophony and radiant
beauty, Fear of Dolls conduct a symphony of droning guitars, striking female vocals, and
vibrant percussion.”
-Outburn
“Fear of Dolls are a band who have managed to tap in to an unspoken world of eerie soundscapes, psychotic laughter, piercing screams and hushed lullaby voices that would make any horror movie producer proud”
-Devolution