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Rasputina is a varying collection of cellists playing Alternative Rock . The band officially began in Brooklyn , New York in 1992 , when Melora Creager put out an advertisement requesting members to form an all- Cello band. Julia Kent responded, and the two formed what was dubbed the Travelling Ladies' Cello Society . Creager writes all of the lyrics for Rasputina, performs all of the vocals, and does much of the cover art for the albums. While Rasputina was locally well-known and popular with audiences, the music didn't seem to fit into any category. For this reason, the band was largely untouched until an A&R man named Jimmy Boyle saw them at a festival concert and signed them to Columbia Records . In 1996 , '' Thanks For The Ether '' was released, and afterwards Rasputina toured with such bands as Bob Mould , Porno For Pyros and Marilyn Manson . In 1997 '' Transylvanian Regurgitations '', a follow up ep remixed by Manson, was released. On their second full-length album, '' How We Quit The Forest '', Rasputina signed on Chris Vrenna (from Nine Inch Nails ) as their drummer and producer, resulting in songs with more distortion, drums, and strange sound effects. As Rasputina toured and recorded, Creager and Kent took on other members for short periods of time. A cellist named Lisa Haney played third chair for a couple years before they signed to Columbia Records. Carpella Parvo was the third cellist on ''Thanks for the Ether'', but left the country afterwards. Agnieszka Rybska performed on ''How We Quit the Forest'' and is listed in the "special thanks" section for ''Thanks for the Ether''. In 1998 , Rybska became pregnant and temporarily left the band. Drummer Perry James Hedwig And The Angry Inch toured with the band in 1998-1999. Julia Kent has since left as well, and Creager's current assemblage includes Zoë Keating and Jonathon TeBeest. All of the members seem to share an interest in the Victorian Era , and express it most obviously through their clothing, appearing in costume at concerts and in photographs. However, despite their love for antiquities, and their sometimes dark, ethereal sound, they don't easily fit into the Goth genre, or any other for that matter. BIOGRAPHIES
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