Blag Dahlia

Blag Dahlia

Cafaro (left) with Nick Oliveri in 2006.
Background information
Birth name Paul Cafaro
Also known as Blag Dahlia
Blag Jesus
Blag Stallion
Blag the Ripper
Earl Lee Grace
Julius Seizure
Born (1966-05-08) May 8, 1966
Highland Park, Illinois, United States
Genres Punk rock, hardcore punk, garage punk, acoustic rock, bluegrass
Occupation(s) Singer, musician, producer, author
Instruments Vocals
Labels Thick Syrup Records, SubPop, Sympathy for the Record Industry, Epitaph
Associated acts Dwarves, Mondo Generator, The Uncontrollable, Penetration Moon, Suburban Nightmare, Candy Now!

Paul Cafaro (born May 8, 1966),[1] better known by the stage name Blag Dahlia, is an American singer, musician, producer, and author. He is best known as the vocalist for punk band Dwarves.[2][3]

Career

Music

Dahlia is best known as the front-man of Dwarves, a punk rock band.[4] With the Dwarves, he has written and produced 10 full-length records over a span of 24 years. He has produced albums by Mondo Generator,[5] Dwarves,[6] F.Y.P, Jon Cougar Concentration Camp, Swingin' Utters, and The God Awfuls.[7] He also released solo material as Blag Dahlia and under one of his other aliases, Earl Lee Grace. Blackgrass (1995), a 13-song LP of bluegrass songs,[2][8] was released on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label using a backing band of real bluegrass musicians. He started an acoustic duo with Nick Oliveri, The Uncontrollables. He narrated the opening score on Last Day of School by Autopsy Boys. In 1999, he sang "Doing the Sponge" in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "The Chaperone".

Films

Two songs recorded by Dahlia were on the soundtrack to A. W. Feidler's short film The Job (1997).[9] In 2001, Dahlia performed "Zine-O-Phobia Music" for the Ghost World soundtrack.[10] Dahlia appears in a mock snuff film entitled Misogynist: The Movie (2003). The Dwarves song "Massacre", which Dahlia wrote, was on the soundtrack to the 2006 film Hostel.[11] He also narrated Chris Fuller's 2007 Gotham Award-nominated independent film Loren Cass.

Writing

Dahlia has authored two novels, Armed to the Teeth With Lipstick (1998) and Nina (2006).[2][12]

Controversy

In 2004, Dahlia was involved in an altercation with Josh Homme at an L.A. club, after which Homme was arrested for assault. Upon pleading no contest, Homme was ordered to remain at least 100 yards (91.44 meters) away from Dahlia and the club, was sentenced to three years' probation with community service, and was forced to enter a rehab program for 60 days.[13]

Solo discography

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