TEAR OF A DOLL *

      TEAR OF A DOLL, formerly «Tears Of A Doll» { also under the diminutive TOAD }, was a band from Paris (france) which began within «punk∼hardcore» movement to then mix the speed & energy of this style with more complex structures inherited from the experiences of the 70’s «progressive∼rock», of «noise∼rock» or 90’s «math∼rock» even non∼western traditional musics… TEAR OF A DOLL also features she∼male voice sung in different languages ​​{ mainly english, but also japanese, german, french and hungarian }…

• TOAD begun in 1988, as a logical follow∼up to Heimat-los —french «punk∼hardcore» precursor in 1983— with three of its members —accompanied by François Truillet, also on bass later with Copywrong— as the basis of this new sonic adventure. Originally, they spelled their name with a «s». This name was chosen as a funny opposition of the typical «punk∼hardcore» band names of the time, and also in reference to a new trend that had originated in Washington∼DC and would later be called «emo», initiate around bands like Rites Of Spring, Gray Matter, Fugazi…

• 1992 → …After losing their original singer —Norbert  ex. Heimat-los— and their second guitarist —Nydeu  ex. Kromozom 4— as well as the arrival of a new drummer —Orkhan Murat, the third one—, Tear Of A Doll took the opportunity to radically change their sound. From then on, they created a new repertoire developing obvious influences among others of Victims Family  & NoMeansNo  but with definitivly a personal touch (french touch, ah ah). Astrid Orion (voice) joined the band at this period. The most representative recording of this line∼up is the eponymous album recorded in 1996. From fall ’96, the guitarist & fonding member François L’Homer spend more time expatriate in asia than in france. Since then, the group is almost inactive, playing only at french festival Trans Musicales (1997) and occasionally publishing a few chansongs on compilations…