Blag Dahlia
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| Cafaro (left) with Nick Oliveri in 2006. Cafaro (left) with Nick Oliveri in 2006. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Paul Cafaro |
| Also known as | Blag Dahlia Blag Jesus Blag Stallion Blag the Ripper Earl Lee Grace Julius Seizure Kip Casper |
| Born | May 8, 1966 Highland Park, Illinois, United States |
| Genres | Punk rock, hardcore punk, garage punk, acoustic rock, bluegrass |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician, producer, author |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Labels | Thick Syrup Records, SubPop, Sympathy for the Record Industry, Epitaph |
Paul Cafaro (born May 8, 1966),[1] better known by the stage name Blag Dahlia, is an American singer, musician, producer, and author. He is best known as the vocalist for punk band Dwarves.[2][3]
Career
Music
Dahlia is best known as the front-man of Dwarves, a punk rock band.[4] With the Dwarves, he has written and produced 10 full-length records over a span of 24 years. He has produced albums by Mondo Generator,[5] Dwarves,[6] F.Y.P, Jon Cougar Concentration Camp, Swingin' Utters, and The God Awfuls.[7] He also released solo material as Blag Dahlia and under one of his other aliases, Earl Lee Grace. Blackgrass (1995), a 13-song LP of bluegrass songs,[2][8] was released on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label using a backing band of real bluegrass musicians. He started an acoustic duo with Nick Oliveri, The Uncontrollables. He narrated the opening score on Last Day of School by Autopsy Boys. In 1999, he sang "Doing the Sponge" in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "The Chaperone".
Films
Two songs recorded by Dahlia were on the soundtrack to A. W. Feidler's short film The Job (1997).[9] In 2001, Dahlia performed "Zine-O-Phobia Music" for the Ghost World soundtrack.[10] Dahlia appears in a mock snuff film entitled Misogynist: The Movie (2003). The Dwarves song "Massacre", which Dahlia wrote, was on the soundtrack to the 2006 film Hostel.[11] He also narrated Chris Fuller's 2007 Gotham Award-nominated independent film Loren Cass.
Writing
Dahlia has authored two novels, Armed to the Teeth With Lipstick (1998) and Nina (2006).[2][12]
Controversy
In 2004, Dahlia was involved in an altercation with Josh Homme at an L.A. club, after which Homme was arrested for assault. Upon pleading no contest, Homme was ordered to remain at least 100 yards (91.44 meters) away from Dahlia and the club, was sentenced to three years' probation with community service, and was forced to enter a rehab program for 60 days.[13]
Solo discography
- "Let's Take a Ride" / "Lord of the Road" 7" (1994), Sympathy for the Record Industry
- "Doing the Sponge" (1999), SpongeBob SquarePants
- Venus With Arms CD (1995), Atavistic
- Blackgrass CD album (1995), Sympathy for the Record Industry – released under the name Earl Lee Grace
- "Haunt Me" / "Let's Take a Ride" 7" (1996), Man's Ruin[14]
References
- ^ Blag Dahlia MySpace
- ^ a b c Ritchie, Ryan (2007) "Locals Only – Blood, Guts and Literacy: Blag Dahlia steps out from behind the Dwarves to wax hysterical", OC Weekly, July 12, 2007, retrieved 2010-02-07
- ^ Hollywood.com
- ^ The Sinful Dwarf
- ^ Mondo Generator homepage
- ^ CDuniverse Production Credit
- ^ Dahlia production credits Archived May 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Blag Dahlia interview
- ^ IMDb
- ^ Ghost World credits
- ^ Hostel credits
- ^ Suburban Stain Archived May 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Chris Lee (June 24, 2007). "Queens' rough rider". LA Times.
- ^ Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 312
External links
- Feature: The New Pop Idol: Candy Now and Blag Dahlia?!
- Nothing But Hits with Blag Dahlia, column for PlugInMusic.com
- Blag Dahlia's best things about 2008
- Blag Dahlia interview on RocknRollDating from 2009
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