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Silvia Superstar (real name: Silvia García Pintos) and Billy King (real name: Antonio Domínguez) formed The Killer Barbies in 1994 and quickly began releasing their material on the Spanish independent label Toxic Records. They released their first album,
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band fronted by singer/guitarist Silvia Superstar. After some success in Spain on the independent label Toxic Records, they got an international distribution through the German label
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The Killer Barbies' songs "Baby With Two Heads" and "Down the Street" were featured in the video game
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The band was featured as the main characters of a series of two films directed by Jesús Franco:
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to get a larger audience outside Spain. In 2000, they released their international debut album
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Little Steven's Underground Garage Presents The Coolest Songs in the World! Vol. 3
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After these three successful albums in Spain, the band signed to the German label
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The Killer Barbies' song "Have Some Fun" was featured in the video game
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The band also starred in a series of two films directed by the prolific
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Silvia Superstar of The Killer Barbies at a live concert in 2009
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fame and next released some new material with the album
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Silvia Superstar of The Killer Barbies at a live concert in 2009
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