Artist description Otto's Daughter is female fronted electronic rock

Music Style Electronic rock, pop-metal

Musical Influences NIN, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Tori Amos, Rammstein

Similar Artists NIN, Garbage, Manson

Artist History “Female fronted Aggressive, Energetic and Melodic Rock with in your face vocals. It’s a bit of Punk, Pop, Rock and Industrial/Goth without one overpowering the other”. -Peppermint Mag.UK- Otto’s Daughters style and sound came about when European transplant Singer/Songwriter Jacqueline van Bierk and Californian native HH Gadget (Drummer/Songwriter) started collaborating. Otto’s Daughter came alive as a full band in October 1998. The debut "Void of Course", released in October 1999, was added to over 250 College Radio Stations nationwide and has gotten write-ups in local, national and International Music Magazines and E-zines. The band has been featured on many music sites, including MP3.com ”woman in rock” and Cdstreet.com. The second album “Renew”, mixed by Neil Kernon, who’s worked with bands like Queen, Queensryche, Rorschach Test and many others, was released in May 2002 and has received positive reviews nationwide. “Renew” is currently receiving College Radio Airplay. The Songs “B” and “Stripped” are spinning on WDHA’ s “ Girl Power Hour”, NJ’s biggest Rock Station. Otto’s Daughter, originally from NYC, currently relocated to LA . The band has played at NYC’s CBGB's, Downtime, The Continental, Webster Hall, Irving Plaza, The Elbowroom, Philadelphia’s Trocadero Theatre, The Balcony, New Orleans Wax Museum, Dixie Tavern, The Hard Rock Caf�, The Middle East in Boston, MA and many others. The band has an energetic and entertaining live show. Jacqueline van Bierk grabs everyone’s attention with her aggressive and powerful stage persona. The album “Renew” is being distributed by Metropolis. Otto’s Daughter is currently in the studio writing new material and preparing for live performances in LA.

Group Members JvB- Vocals, Guitar, Keys HH Gadget, Drums, Samples, Keys Jim Robbins-guitar Garrison Fargo-guitar John Hazel-bass

Albums Void of Course, Renew

Press Reviews Earbuzz.com Otto's Daughter must be noticed - this is pure rock and roll and is everything that rock and roll should be - honest, angry, energetic, with pure interest in communication about the soul suckers of the world - and van Bierk tells the story well. Her voice rises like a siren above the technologically composed tracks - searing the audio with whines, screams, and artistic control of one of the most brutal and compelling female voices in rock. She sings to you - at you - spinning a musical spell of sexuality and violence - dark and heartfelt.The sound is European - the result is a completely original female metal/rock/Euro/techno sound that gets to you, slaps you, and the musically frightening tapestry wraps around you like the tentacles of the squid that adorn the liner notes - intoxicating. Fulfilling.-Earbuzz.com 11/99Vampyre Dreams Cable TVIn this city of New York you might find many artists, bands, filmmakers and of course the insane public access tv producers (ouch!) who are all in search of that one glorious moment where they are able to share some of their own unique gifts through their work. But when it comes to performers and what they are trying to share with the audience , it's a matter of what they can do to the audiences' senses. Can a band take an audience and make them, for a moment, forget where they are, who they're with and just be enthralled in the performance? On the night of Alchemy, Otto's Daughter achieved that moment. Bands like The Who, Led Zep, Stones, etc. were capable of enrapturing their audience. Who could conceive of a local NJ band with loose change in their pocket and rage in their hearts to reach that kind of overture�but on a foggy night in the city of Old New York, a band with little recognition made themselves a legend.-Asif Murad from Vampyre Dreams 11/99The Big TakeoverHostile, antagonistic industrial music has gone from underground subcult to recognized commercial form, thanks to Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Consolidated, and others.But there's still new places to go with it for an aspiring singer/performer with venom in her veins such as Jacqueline van Bierk. Like Trent Reznor's dominant vision in his group, her pawprints are all over this debut Void of Course, not only writing and singing the songs, but also establishing credits on every instrument played, save the drums (she prefers to collaborate on the rampant, schizophrenic samples and drumloops.) Her vocals are never quite sinister but always ominous, matching the unrelenting abhorrence and disrelish of nasty songs such as "Fistful of lies" and the anything-but-hushed "Hush." If Dracula was real, he might not be a goth fan, he might instead want to daunt and intimidate visitors to his infernal lair with his invidious whip-lashing. Brutally uncompromising. -Jack Rabbit- 12/99The Aquarian WeeklyTheir self-released album is filled with the diversity of metal, industrial and goth. Otto's Daughter have the ability to take their music a lot further with a steady cash flow from a label, I'm sure. All the elements are present and just waiting to be released. Void of course is just a sample of what this band could do working with a small budget. Samples so utterly repulsive, yet music and vocals attract you to the point of listening to every little sound that's going on in each song. High-end production for this record ranks in the upper digits with me with bonus points with their captivating live performances by the band itself. Especially by it's knockout lead vocalist Jacqueline van Bierk.--BH, The Aquarian weekly 12/99Hudson CurrentThey've been aligned with Garbage and Nine Inch Nails, and frontwoman Jacqueline van Bierk has been called a female Marilyn Manson. Van Bierks knowing vocals (she also plays guitar, keyboards and bass on certain tracks) and the Garbage comparison starts to cover it. And on stage, their energetic, mesmerizing performance is interspersed with tossing of red glitter-filled balloons-reminiscent of blood, but also a tip off to the band's root in glamour.-Elizabeth McConnell, Hudson Current 11/99

Location Los Angeles, CA - USA

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