| The Killer Barbies | |
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| Origin | Vigo, Galicia (Spain) |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Drakkar Records, Toxic Records |
| Members | |
| Silvia Superstar Billy King Doctor Muerte Godzilla |
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| Past members | |
| Santai-Santai De Yogui Bear Dr. Gonzo Super bingo Kabuto Jr Maxter Man Jeyper Man Blue Demon |
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The Killer Barbies is a Spanish punk band fronted by singer/guitarist Silvia Superstar. After some success in Spain on the independent label Toxic Records, they got an international distribution through the German label Drakkar Records in 2000.
The band has also starred in two movies directed by prolific exploitation film director Jess Franco: Killer Barbys and Killer Barbys vs. Dracula.
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Silvia Superstar (real name: Silvia García Pintos) and Billy King (real name: Antonio Domínguez) formed The Killer Barbies in 1994, and quickly began releasing their material on the Spanish label Toxic Records. They released their first album Dressed to Kiss in 1995. One year later they released a second album ...Only for Freaks! shortly after featuring in the Jess Franco movie Killer Barbys. They recorded a third album in 1998, Big Muff. The three albums sold more than 10,000 copies each.[1]
After these three successful albums in Spain, the band signed to the German label Drakkar Records, to get a larger audience outside Spain. In 2000 they released their international debut Bad Taste containing a selection of songs from their first three albums re-recorded. In 2002 they released the single Candy featuring a vocal participation of Bela B. of Die Ärzte fame and eventually some new material with the album Sin Is In in 2003. Since then they have been silent except for the compilation of b-sides Freakshow in 2004. The same year, Silvia Superstar was featured in the Show "Die drei ??? und die singende Schlange" by the German comedy theater company Das Vollplaybacktheater.
The band features as the main characters of two movies directed by Jess Franco: Killer Barbys, which was made in relation to their first album Dressed to Kiss in 1996, and Killer Barbys vs. Dracula, made in relation to their last album to date, Sin Is In in 2003. The spelling was changed in the movies because Mattel would not let them use the Barbie name.
Director Jess Franco is back to his old tricks with this gruesome gore-fest about a band called The Killer Barbies (played by the band of the same name) that gets stuck in a remote locale when their transportation breaks down. Eager to get back on the road, the group searches on foot for help. Instead, they run into a bloodthirsty sorceress, Von Fledermaus (Mariangela Giordano), who is about to make their lives much worse.
Spanish director Jesús Franco spins another morbid but campy tale about Count Dracula (Enrique Sarasola) rising from the dead. What brings the Transylvanian bloodsucker back from what was supposed to be a permanent slumber? A new song by the rock band The Killer Barbys, who, while touring in Spain, encounter the undead menace and take him on in a monumental battle to the finish. Who will prevail, the musicians or the master of the macabre?