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Dark cabaret

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in 2000, The Dresden Dolls described their music as "Brechtian punk cabaret", a term coined by Amanda Palmer in early 2003 in part to preclude being labelled by the media as goths. Nevertheless, with their musical style and appearance in white face makeup and reduced period clothing, the Dresden
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Perhaps the earliest stage of the modern dark cabaret genre dates back to 1974, when Nico released her album, The End. Her songs, "You Forgot To Answer" and "Secret Side" were much ahead of the dark cabaret sound which was to come. Marc Almond also was an early contributor to this direction. The
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Dolls and their fans quickly became the most readily identified with the newly evident dark cabaret genre, garnering the most mainstream attention. The band's popularity led to an increased interest in prior acts in the genre namely the Tiger Lillies and
638:, a live recording at Hammersmith's Clarenden Ballroom, was recorded on cassette only in 1982. Sex Gang Children play a type of macabre and terrifying music from beyond the grave, dark cabaret as they like to call it in the media. 806:: Revival of cabaret and burlesque theatrics mixed with a more punk or goth musical styling, most often applied to the Dresden dolls. Popularized by the 2005 compilation Projekt Presents: A Dark Cabaret. 347:. Collaboration with burlesque performers was given by Brian Viglione as the inspiration for the Dresden Dolls' look. By the 2000s, burlesque was receiving a revived mainstream interest, with the films 634:
Sex Gang Children are now considered the godfathers of goth. The singer, Andi Sex Gang, shares with the other members a certain attraction for German cabaret and the occult. Their debut album
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One of the earliest bands to play mainly or exclusively in a style which might now be described as dark cabaret were the
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Dark cabaret as a distinct musical movement began to solidify around the mid-2000s, notably represented by
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Virgin Prunes bordered the sound at times, and Nina Hagen's punk opera style closed in on it further.
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writer Christopher R. Weingarten stated that "Any journey into cabaret-punk begins with the work of
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and the medium being incorporated into music videos released by musical artists including
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gaining significant attention, the high profile public persona of burlesque dancer
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and its songs "You Forgot to Answer" and "Secret Side". Dave Thompson's review for
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sung by Rozz Williams together with, among others, "Evil Night Together" by
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s dark and cynical take on cabaret performance anticipated dark cabaret.
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and Kit and The Widow but the Tiger Lillies incorporated themes of
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cabaret, with live performances that borrow from the stylings of
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The Human Menagerie - Cockney Rebel, Steve Harley & Cockney
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Speer, Deborah "The Dresden Dolls" Pollstar, 3 April 2006
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