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Sohodolls are an English electronic band from London. The group was formed ...

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Sohodolls are an English electronic band from London. The group was formed in 2003 and, following various line-up changes, currently (as of March 2008) includes Maya von Doll (vocals), Toni Sailor (guitar) and Weston Doll (keyboards). These members are joined by other musicians on stage. The band—whose name is sometimes punctuated with a space as Soho Dolls—have described their sound as a cross between "decaying and desperate glamour" and "savagery and sex". Their debut album Ribbed Music for the Numb Generation was released through A&G Records in September 2007. The majesty of rock, the mystery of roll, all underpinned by ferocious beats. Sohodolls are not afraid to bring in various musical styles – glam-rock, punk, hip hop and big band swing - put them through their mincer and shit out twisted dark pop songs. Lead singer and songwriter Maya, 'a female Iggy Pop', started the band a couple of years ago and brought in co-conspirator Toni who has been described by the NME as 'a more sinister Jimmy Page'. They have in tow a weird and wonderful collection of musical maestros who wouldn't look out of place in A Clockwork Orange or Bowie's Labyrinth. Weston Doll commands an eclectic array of synths while the rhythm section concoct rock-solid grooves beneath the anthemic melodies and rock and roll riffs. Sohodolls is first and foremost a live band that you must subject yourself to at least once in your lifetime. The band wants global domination - their tentacles are already stretching out beyond the safe outposts of LA and London. They have in their sights the Far East, South Africa and the Middle East! The band's ethos is and always has been 'putting rock and roll back into music'. This doesn't mean bad behaviour fit for Channel 4 viewing, although it does rear its ugly head every now and then on the tour bus or backstage, but rather Sohodolls' ethos is one of bold creativity - riffs, songs, lyricsand intros that bands like The Who and The Stooges would dive head-first into.