Our Story
A Doll’s House: An Old, New Band
New music can come from anywhere…even four middle-aged guys. Meet A Doll’s House. A band that is old but new.
A Doll’s House was born in Los Angeles during the late 80's. For a few years, the band played all the L.A. clubs (Whiskey, Roxy, Troubadour, Anti Club, Raji's and even the Natural Fudge Cafe). Unfortunately, life took over and the party ended. They were barely 22 years old.
Thirty years later, those same three guys with established careers as a lawyer, a veterinarian and a TV producer embraced the well-worn adage “better late than never.”
They teamed up with an L.A. vocalist, David Santos, and the four clicked virtually overnight. The band had the great fortune of having Brian Wheat (perhaps best known as the bass player and co-founder of Tesla) engineer and produce the album.
The result is A Doll’s House first album: Annum. A ten-track album, literally thirty years in the making is out now!
… Welcome to A Doll’s House world.
Our Name
What is the meaning our band's name?
Coming up with a band name can be challenging. Some band names have a funny story behind them (see Led Zeppelin). Some have a deeper meaning; the Doors got their name from the book "The Doors of Perception." Some emulate their heroes; Buddy Holly's "Crickets" influenced The Beatles to name themselves what they did.
A Doll's House? It has nothing to do with the Ibsen play (well, not directly). Instead, weeks away from our first gig and desperately needing a name I happened to learn that the original name for The Beatles "White Album" was going to be "A Doll's House."
"OK, Fine. If they don't want it, we do."
Lewisohn, Mark: The Beatles Recording Sessions: 1988 Harmony Books, page 163.