Down & Out with the Dolls (2003)

Working day jobs while dreaming of success, aspiring young rockers KALI (Nicole Barrett), LAVENDER (Melody Moore) and REGGIE (Kinnie Starr) get the jump start they need when local legend FAUNA (Zoe Poledouris), singer for the seminal (if utterly obscure) Goth band THE SNOGS, joins them as lead singer. Ousted from her home and her band by her erratic, Eurotrash boyfriend PAULO (Mikael Jehanno), Fauna has been thrust back to square one. Street-wise and opportunistic, she stumbles upon the other girls, recognizing their usefulness as a ready-made and pliable supporting band with which to launch her umpteenth campaign for stardom. It doesn't hurt that guitarist Kali, recently rekindled a childhood friendship with LEVI (Coyote Shivers), lead singer of THE SUICIDE BOMBERS, a hometown band on the fast track to being acquired by local indie label POP UP RECORDS. Realizing that the Levi connection could prove decisive, scheming Fauna takes star-struck Kali under her wing. What better way to seize control of the band? More »

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