DRESDEN DOLLS FANS DRESSEDAS DOLLS FOR HALLOWEEN

Boston’s own Dresden Dolls formed five years ago after a creative meeting of the minds. The group, which combines rock and vaudville, is working on their second album, but they recently took time out to play some shows in their favorite time of year.

The fall and especially Halloween is crucial to the two-piece, and Drummer Brian Viglione and pianist and vocalist Amanda Palmer talk about how a Dresden Dolls show has come to be a costumed event.

“Well it was just a natural extension of where the band grew out of as I mentioned and then to have this sort of Salon as a Halloween party where all these different multi-media artists would come and poets and reading and music and all these costumes first and foremost. And that was a big part of where the band sort of began playing and delving into the arts-based thing. There were always people’s installations. So when we did this CD release party we just kind of threw out this invitation to people and add things and sort of keep that going…” We just sort of said if you want to come dressed up, do it, but we also try to keep emphasizing, if you want to come not dressed up, we don’t care. It’s not a dress code, it’s just an invitation to be crazy and do whatever you want to do. So we’re just as happy to see people show up in jeans and t-shirts.”

Dresden Dolls have been playing shows with an orchestra, and the band’s DVD, Paradise, is set for a November 22 release. The duo’s mini-tour wraps up on Halloween in their hometown of Boston.