Mydolls began in 1978 in Houston, Texas with Dianna Ray and Trish Herrera writing a few songs together. Later Dianna and Trish were joined by Linda Bond/Younger and the three went in search of a drummer. After several attempts of working with drummers, Trish's cousin, George Reyes joined the band and the sound took off with his powerful connection to Dianna Ray's bass playing. This gave Trish and Linda a lot of room to play with their guitars in a very unconventional way. Linda would sometimes play the top three strings, while Trish played the bottom three, giving the sound a somewhat textural body. The vocals were mainly shared by Trish and Linda with Dianna adding some chanting and George singing while playing drums on a couple of songs. Mydolls traveled to London, England after the release of their first 45 and were warmly greeted by Mayo Thompson of the Red Crayola and Rough Trade fame. They were also invited to be on the BBC Radio and be interviewed by John Peel. Mydolls did three major US tours in addition to playing around Texas and Louisiana. The three tours took them though the midwest to college towns and small alternative venues, and all the way to New York City to play the NY Film Festival premiere of Wim Wenders movie, Paris, Texas. Mydolls appear in the movie in the bar scene where Nastaja Kinski reconnects with Harry Dean Stanton. Later, Paris,Texas would win the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Mydolls continued to play together until 1986 when Linda gave birth to her first child, and the band split to pursue other areas of film, art and careers. Trish, George and Dianna did some studio work with Dan Workman (Sugar Hill Studios/Culturcide) while Dianna and Trish played with Dianna's life partner, Kathy Johnston, in WWI Women with Instruments, Black Dresses and They Should Have Been Blondes. Trish lives in Houston and cuts hair at www.wavelengthsalon.com and Dianna has a film business. George, father of two, moved to Austin where he is a counselor at a community college and Linda, now mother of two, works at a hospital in Houston. Currently, Mydolls are rehearsing in hopes of playing a Thanksgiving show in Houston, along with bands who once played Rock Island, for a reunion show. Mydolls has released their complete works on CD on Grand Theft Audio. This CD includes 2 cds and a 24 page booklet of all of their songs plus photos, flyers and lyrics.
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What Mydolls wrote about politically, sadly still applies today.
Audiography:
Nova Grows Up / Therapist CIA Records
Exorcist/ Imposter CIA Records
Soldiers of Pure War on compilation Cottage Cheese From the Lips of Death
Savage Song/ Sub Pop 7
Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick/Mydolls CIA Records
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