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The Dresden Dolls are arguably the cream of this crop – belting out songs with a piano and drums that sound like you’re caught in the eye of the storm of the apocalypse, and have somehow stumbled across the band playing as planet Earth goes the way of the Titanic. After their set at Leeds, Music Towers caught up drummer and all-round raffish gent, Brian Viglione, to talk sleaze, glamour and…err….Michael Jackson?

I cam into the tent just as you were playing “War Pigs”, that’s obviously been part of the live set for a while, but I was pretty surprised that you threw out “Everyday I Love You Less and Less” as well.

That’s the fun thing – Amanda [Palmer, vocalist and keyboards] likes that record. She thought it was a catchy little thing. We were in rehearsal and she was ‘I just learned this song and it’s really fun to play’ and then we thought ‘Oh my god, it’ll be amazing to play at Leeds as it’s where [Kaiser Chiefs] are from’. It’s a great 3-minute song – it’s pure fun.

We don’t mention the whispered rumours round the rumour surrounding Amanda and Kaiser Chiefs’ frontman. Word round the campfire has it that the two share a bit more than mutual appreciation of each others’ recordings.

The last album, “Yes, Virginia” – that was something of a breakthrough release for you, wasn’t it?

That record came out riding on the heels of two solid years on the road, so I think just naturally it would have been the record, maybe regardless of material necessarily – I think it’s a good record but I think the way that the touring schedule lined up with the release and promotion of that album, it probably couldn’t have happened any other way. The fanbase had been broiling and brewing for so long, that when there was a new album and the huge press push, everyone pointed to the radio and magazines and said “see – that’s the fucking band I was telling you about”. It was really fortunate timing, and we owe a lot to our fans for the word of mouth; that’s essentially what grew the band,