'''Brody Dalle''' (born '''Bree Leslie Pucilowski''' on January 1, 1979 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia), is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the Punk Rock band, The Distillers.
Dalle is known for her raspy but powerful voice. "''She has a voice like a gravel truck with a broken axle but she never misses a note''," Brett Gurewitz once said.
Her mother kicked out her father when she was very young then her mum remarried and had another child. Brody felt like an outsider. She was cutting, doing drugs (though in an interview with The Face magazine in 2004, she denied taking drugs on a habitual basis) and skipping school to release her anger. She and her mother hated each other so much that one incident led to them both trying to strangle each other in the kitchen. She grew up on Bell St. then on Bennett St.
When she was young, she was expelled from four schools and got sent to a Catholic girl's institution. She started a band of her own, Sourpuss, which developed a fanbase following and played alongside Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth at Australia's Somersault Festival. She met Tim Armstrong, the frontman of the punk band Rancid at this festival when she was sixteen. Dalle lied about her age at first then married Armstrong shortly after turning eighteen. She moved from Melbourne to Los Angeles, California and there founded The Distillers. Her father is English and her mother is of Polish and Italian descent.
The Distillers released their self-titled first album in 2000 receiving acclaim and comparisons to Hole. By the time The Distillers came back to the studio for their second album, the band had a complete rehaul and had a new lineup with Dalle. The Distillers sophomore effort was Sing Sing Death House. Their 2003 third release was Coral Fang. That same year they played Lollapalooza.
Dalle and Armstrong divorced in 2003 and Brody reverted to using the surname of her favorite actress Béatrice Dalle of ''Betty Blue''. Dalle is now engaged to Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme and she gave birth to their first child, Camille Harley Homme, on January 17, 2006.
Trivia
*Despite being famous for her jet black hair, Brody is actually a natural blonde, as stated by herself in the UK music magazine NME
*Her most notable tattoo is a black skull and feminine pink bowtie on her left arm with "FUCK OFF" written on it.
*Was in contention to represent Australia in her beloved pastime, swimming, until she, as Brody has allegedly said, "found pot".
*On a recent (May 31st, 2006) blog
