More psychological than musical, Fear of Dolls created a sound bordering on the absurd. The combination of noise and nonsense, any and all things childish, exaggerated, and irrational, resulted in an incredible cacophony that could transport you back to a time when you still believed monsters lived under your bed.
With that, we simply wrote and played music without a care in the world, finding strange joys and comforts in the confusion that was often instilled upon the innocent bystanders who found themselves within our aural walls, where the ground often trembled with an emotionally threatening, dark, ambient noise.
Formed in 1995 by Greg Forschler, the music and members have been constantly shifting and evolving ever since, and degenerating, yet breathing in various forms, since 2001, into a perpetual state of uncertainty and flux. The band has had two distinct singers among its personnel changes, and is currently fronted by Greg and vocalist Bonni Suval, who joined in 2000 along with her doll Chatty Patty. With shows and recordings a rare surprise, the band maintains an ambiguous existence.
CONSPIRATORS:
Greg Forschler - guitar, bass guitar, toys, other. Also a member of C'est la Mort, Emergency Hand Puppet, and Faith & Disease (Projekt Records), former member of Ninth Circle (Ivy Records)
Bonni Suval - vocals, xylophone, toys
Other members include or have included:
Phil Petrocelli - drums. Also in Black Noise Cannon and nov23.
Shaun Richards - drums, percussion
Thomas Purdy - guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer
Joel Bergstrom - guitar, bass guitar, keyboard. Formerly of Bete Noire and 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 - 9 song album, independent release
She Dances Happily To Happy Songs, She Smiles Happily With Happy Thoughts
2005 - 5 song EP, independent release
Bless This Broken Body
2002 - 3 song CD single, independent release
When The Organ Played At Twilight
1999 - independently released 6 song CD
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