T he last time the Guardian sat down with Brody Dalle, in , her band, LA punks the Distillers, had released their third — and what would be last — album, Coral Fang. They were also on the eve of implosion, and unknown to her fans, Dalle was battling a crystal meth addiction. I wanted to blow my fucking head off. Yet here is Dalle with a new album to talk about, 10 years on — a clear-eyed, fair-skinned picture of health, all platinum hair and chunky silver rings — stretched across a sofa at the Ace Hotel in east London. How has she managed to stay clean? She'd quit meth two months earlier, and the pregnancy galvanised her resolve.

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The rock 'n' roll couple had been married for 12 years
For this last band, it will mark the start of a return proper. Do you thrive on a big show like that, or do you get nerves going out in front of so many people? But it was a lot of fun. It was really fucking hot as well. I puked after Reading, and so did our bass player Ryan [Sinn]. Did it look like the shows might not happen at all when your drummer Andy Granelli injured his hand? As we were at the airport flying to the UK , I noticed that his hand was still infected.
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The group released three albums before disbanding in She began another project, Spinnerette , which released an eponymous album in In , she released Diploid Love , her first album under her solo name. Her parents later married other people; through her father's second marriage, she is the older half-sister of actress Morgana Robinson. I just experimented, like everyone else. Dalle was intrigued by Cyndi Lauper and the Beatles as a child. The two pursued a relationship and were engaged in , shortly after Dalle turned The Distillers released their eponymous debut album in , receiving acclaim and comparisons to Hole , with Dalle often compared to Courtney Love [13] and later to PJ Harvey. The album was well-received, [15] and the band experienced success with several singles from the album and performed at Lollapalooza.
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