THE DISTILLERS IS PUNK

The Distillers were an energetic punk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1998. They released their first two albums on Hellcat Records/Epitaph Records before moving to Sire, part of the Warner Music Group. The Distillers were originally formed by Australian-born Brody Armstrong (later Dalle), a woman with a distinctively harsh singing voice. Ex-wife of Rancid's Tim Armstrong, Brody changed her name to "Dalle" after their divorce in 2003. Although there were significant line-up changes it was Brody who played guitar, sang, and wrote or co-wrote nearly every song on the band's three albums. Tony Bradley also played guitar and Ryan Sinn played bass.

Beginning as purveyors of aggressive punk sung at high-speed, The Distillers suffered as their second album Sing Sing Death House was branded a poor imitation of Courtney Love's Hole, although still raging furiously and still a showcase for Armstrong/Dalle.

Members Brody and Tony have formed a new band called Spinnerette.

• Andy Granelli played drums and left the band in March of 2005 to pursue his other band, Darker My Love.
• Rose "Casper" Mazzola played back-up guitar and sometimes sang. She left the band after the making of Sing Sing Death House, and played for the band Gold Cash Gold for a short while after.
• Kim Chi played bass and left the band after the making of the self-titled record. She played on and toured for the first Original Sinners' album with Exene Cervenka of the L.A. punk band X and has since left that band. She is currently touring with Rockstar: Supernova Runner-up Dilana.
• Mat Young left the band after the making of the self-titled record.
• Ryan Sinn left the band recently. He played in the band Angels and Airwaves with Tom DeLonge of blink-182 for a time after the Distillers. However Ryan has now left Angels and Airwaves and joined Love Equals Death.