The Distillers were originally formed by Australian-born Brody Armstrong, a woman with a distinctively harsh singing voice. Ex-wife of Rancid's Tim Armstrong, Brody changed her name to "Dalle" after their divorce in 2003. Although there were significant line-up changes it was Brody who played guitar, sang, and wrote or co-wrote nearly every song on the band's three albums. Tony Bradley also played guitar and Ryan Sinn played bass. he Distillers’ Sing Sing Death House is one of the few albums in the mainstream eye that truly deserves to be referenced as punk-rock. It is nasty and contemptuous, provocative and empowering and flies by at a breakneck pace. As enthusiastic and straight-edged as Sing Sing Death House is, and for all of Armstrong's brave struggling with her emotional horrors, the album lacks a certain zeal to carry it beyond its spiritual leanings. The sense that they are capable of moving forward and making an album that could be a real watershed recording is clear. This album feels more like a stepping stone to greater things, though. Right now they have made one of the more honest and vital punk-rock records of recent memory, one of which deserves every ounce of love it has gotten.Tracklist:
1. Sick of It All
2. I Am a Revenant
3. Seneca Falls
4. The Young Crazed Peeling
5. Sing Sing Death House
6. Bullet and the Bullseye
7. City Of Angels
8. Young Girl
9. Hate Me
10. Desperate
11. I Understand
12. Lordy Lordy
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