Brody Dalle

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Brody Dalle
Image:Brodydallehung.JPG Brody Dalle in the music video for The Hunger
Born	January 1, 1979 in Fitzroy
Genre(s)	Punk Rock
Affiliation(s)	The Distillers
Years active	1998 - present
Official site	Official Distillers website

Brody Dalle (born Bree Leslie Pucilowski on January 1, 1979 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia), is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers.

Dalle's father is English and her mother is of Polish and Italian descent. Her mother kicked her father out when Dalle was very young but later remarried and had another child.

Dalle had a troubled existence from the start. When she was young, she was expelled from four schools and got sent to a Catholic girls' institution. The stricter rules did not seem to deter her antisocial, self-destructive behaviour, on the contrary, it may have spurred it on. By her mid-teens Dalle was self-harming, taking drugs (though in an interview with The Face magazine in 2004, she denied taking drugs on a habitual basis) and truanting to provide a release for her anger. The unstable relationship with her mother hit rock bottom when an incident led to them trying to strangle each other in the kitchen. Growing up, Dalle lived on Bell St. and later, Bennett St. in Fitzroy.

In her late teens, Dalle started a band of her own, Sourpuss, which developed a solid fanbase and played alongside Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth at Australia's Somersault Festival. She met Tim Armstrong, the frontman of the punk band Rancid at this festival when she was sixteen. She saw him packing up the drums backstage and the two mohawked rockers promptly fell head-over-heels in love with each other. Despite Armstrong being 13 years her senior, and Dalle initially lying about her age, the couple married shortly after Dalle turned eighteen. She moved with Armstrong from Melbourne to Los Angeles, California and there founded The Distillers.

The Distillers released their self-titled first album in 2000 receiving acclaim and comparisons to Hole. By the time The Distillers came back to the studio for their second album, the band had a complete overhaul in lineup. The Distillers' second effort was Sing Sing Death House. From that album they released 2 singles, the first being "The Young Crazed Peeling" and the second being "City of Angels." Their 2003 third release was Coral Fang. They released three singles from it: "Drain The Blood", "Beat Your Heart Out" and finally, "The Hunger". That same year they played Lollapalooza.

Dalle and Armstrong divorced in 2003. After they divorced, Brody reverted to using the surname of her favorite actress Béatrice Dalle of Betty Blue. Happily, Dalle has put her tumultuous beginnings behind her, has made peace with her family, and is now engaged to Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme. She gave birth to their first child, Camille Harley Homme, on January 17, 2006. Dalle recently stated on the band's website that she is "pregnant" which fooled a lot of people, but she went on to explain that she was gestating a new album, not a new baby.

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Race: Caucasian
Natural hair colour: blonde
Eye Colour: gray

Height: 5"8 (173 cm)

Weight: 150 lbs. (68 kg)

Released music: "The Distillers" (2000); "Sing Sing Death House" (2002); "Coral Fang" (2003).

Dalle is known for her sexy verve, incredible onstage presence and raspy, powerful voice.
Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion) once said, "She has a voice like a gravel truck with a broken axle but she never misses a note".