Amanda Palmer's Vocal Chords Look Like A Nasty Vagina

01/31/08 5:00pm

by Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack)

Dresden Dolls lead singer Amanda Palmer will undergo surgery in March to remove vocal nodes from her throat, resulting in the band cancelling the remaining four dates on their current North American tour.

"My vocal chords look like a vagina," Palmer posted in a Jan. 28 blog entry. "Well, to be fair, EVERYBODY'S vocal chords look like a vagina.

"But MY vocal chords look like a vagina that's, frankly, seen better days. i could go into some really uncomfortable poetic metaphors here involving busy and careless hookers but i WONT."

When Palmer was receiving the bad news, it was tempered somewhat because Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne were in the doctor's office at the same time. The surgeon who will operate on Palmer has an extensive list of celebrity clients who've undergone similar procedures, including Cher, Julie Andrews, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Extreme's Gary Cherone.

The band's new album is beginning to take shape, however.

"We have a collection of songs from yes, virginia that weren't used on the album but that i deemed them too GOOD to be relegated as 'b-sides,'" Palmer wrote in an earlier post. "So they were never released.

"These include 'The Kill,' 'Boston' & 'Gardener' (we thought we recorded 'glass slipper,' but now i can't seem to find it. hm.) We also have some rarer stuff and with these new recordings, we're currently trying to decide how we want to package and release this stuff."

Palmer's debut solo album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, will likely be released in September and supported by a world tour.