Poison Dollys

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Poison Dollys were an all-female heavy metal band that formed in the early 1980s on Long Island, NY. Their self-titled album was released in 1984. They toured with Aerosmith, Autograph, Nazareth, Motorhead, Foghat, and appeared as themselves in the movie "The Rejuvinator". The band moved to Los Angeles in 1988. Long Island, New York based rockers Poison Dollys, began in 1981 and soon gained local stardom for their slicked over hard rock fronted by vocalist Velena La Leuce, aka Roulette, real name Amy Brammer, keyboardist Hot Dot Ravish, drummer Jewel, bassist Mad Mef D’ Terror aka Mef Manning, real name Mary Ellen Felicione, and guitarist Gigi Taris aka Gina Stile, real name Gina Tagliente. This line up would play their first show by 1983 and began earning their rock badges and quickly gained a strong local fan base. With a replacement on drums by hard hitting Gail Kenny and the departure of their keyboardist the Dollys emerged stronger and the reformed line-up proved to be beneficial and the band was signed to release a debut album. Released in 1985 the self-titled debut won critics over with intricate and crunchy guitar hooks and Benatar esque vocals. Playing along side heavy weight bands from Blue Oyster Cult and Aerosmith opened the band’s fan base to expand far from just the east coast, and when fellow east coast rockers Twisted Sister covered the band’s opening track from the debut album “Love is For Suckers” in 1987 it became a cult classic for both the bands. Soo

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Poison Dollys

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Absolute Hair Metal Vol. 36

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Female Fronted Heavy Metal, 1976 - 1989, Disc 9

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Absolute Hair Metal

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RARE RECORDINGS & DEMOS

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Rejuvenator

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POISON DOLLYS - Disc2 - RARE RECORDINGS & DEMOS

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POISON DOLLYS - Disc1

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Poison Dollys '85 [Bad Reputation Remaster 2CD Rare Bonus Tracks]

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