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Doll Congress
Doll Congress was an American 1980s alternative rock by Morgan, and "The Main" sung by Penn. "The Main"
band from Los Angeles. Its members were Michael Penn featured the steady beating of a suspended steel pipe for
(guitar, vocals, production), Gabriele Morgan (vocals, percussion, which was often used in their live perfor-
clarinet), Patrick Warren (keyboards), Larry Rott (bass), mances. They also had two tracks on the soundtrack to
and Rafael Gayol (who then went by the name Danny the teen flick, Welcome to 18, released in 1986: "Give Up
Gayol, drums). They began as "Gabriele Morgan and Doll Your Ghost" and "I Will Be Around"
Congress" following the release of an EP by Gabriele Mor- They played their last gig in February, 1987. Michael
gan which featured Michael Penn on guitar and bass, in Penn went on to make his first solo LP for RCA entitled
1981, but quickly shortened the band’s name to just "Doll March, released in 1989, which featured six songs written
Congress" as Michael Penn took over some of the lead vo- and performed during his time in Doll Congress.
cals and shared the songwriting with Gabriele Morgan.
The band was popular locally, but found it difficult to
spread this success any further.[1]
References
Doll Congress released two records, including the [1] "Allmusic’s Michael Penn Entry". Allmusic.
1983 self-titled 12" record on the Enigma label, with http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5126. Retrieved
three songs: the cover of "Concrete and Clay" (originally 2006-10-15.
by Unit 4 + 2), and two originals; "Easy To Touch" sung
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• United States alternative rock musical group stubs
• Alternative rock groups from California
• Musical groups from California
• Musical groups from Los Angeles, California
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