History Music / Rasputina

''Rasputina'' a cello rock band from Brooklyn, New York that was formed in 1992 and is fronted by Melora Creager. Their (rather dark) lyrics are often related to the Victorian era.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Their primary genre is rock [-[[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace WITH CELLOS!]]-], and has been defined by Melora herself as "Neoclassical Chamber Grunge."

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Their primary genre is rock [-[[RecycledInSpace WITH CELLOS!]]-], and has been defined by Melora herself as "Neoclassical Chamber Grunge."

* AndYourRewardIsInfancy: One interpretation of "A Quitter". The first part of the song is a dirgelike number about someone DrivenToSuicide. This is followed by a few seconds of silence and a weird lullaby, suggesting that the person has been returned to the start of their life cycle for a fresh start.

* IWasQuiteALooker: The title character of "Remnants Of Percy Bass," a former leading man who has grown sickly and decrepit.

{{Music/Rasputina}} is a cello rock band from Brooklyn, New York that was formed in 1992 and is fronted by Melora Creager. Their (rather dark) lyrics are often related to the Victorian era.

Current lineup:

* Daniel [=DeJesus=]

Studio albums:

* [[ConceptAlbum Oh Perilous World]] (2007)

!!Rasputina provides examples of:
* [[ProtestSong Anti-War Album]]: "Oh Perilous World".

* BlatantLies: "Our Lies" exemplifies this trope, with the singer variously claiming that she was never conceived, the bones in her face weren't there all along and that she loves your coffee cake.
* ConceptAlbum: "Oh Perilous World". "Unknown" is also a concept album dealing with Melora Creager's real life encounter with a stalker.
* CreepyDoll: “Gingerbread Coffin”.
* GoodbyeCruelWorld: "A Quitter". The title has a double meaning in French, which phonetically translates to "has left."
* IAmTheBand: Rasputina is Melora Creager.
* IWasQuiteALooker: The title character of "Remnants Of Percy Bass", a former leading man who has grown sickly and decrepit.
* LyricalDissonance: Inverted with their appropriately dark and foreboding cover of “Bad Moon Rising”, Creedence Clearwater Revival's peppy song about impending doom.

* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: “The Donner Party”.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Rasputina and their fans tend to favor the corset.
* OrphanageOfFear: "My Orphanage"
* PunBasedTitle: "Dwarf Star" is a pun on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_star celestial body.]]
--->He said he was a dwarfstar
--->'Cause he was small
--->And he was… famous
* RevolvingDoorBand: after going through innumerable lineup changes, some of which lasted for several years at a time, founder Melora Creager is the only original member left and the only member to appear on every album. Some members even return to work with Melora on side projects after they've officially left the band.

* {{Uberwald}}: The subject matter of "Transylvanian Concubine".

* WildChild: "Snow Hen of Austerlitz".

--->And he was…famous

* ConceptAlbum: "Oh Perilous World".

* GeniusBonus: Melora Creager is a history buff, and it shows in her lyrics. For instance, "1816, The Year Without A Summer" happened in RealLife pretty much as the lyrics describe, and the Thursday Christian referenced on ''Oh Perilous World'' was a real person (son of the leader of the MutinyOnTheBounty).

* Oh Perilous World (2007)

* AGoodNameForARockBand: Their namesake is [[CaptainObvious Rasputin.]]

* MisattributedSong: A song called "Life 101" by the band Call Me Alice has been misattributed to them, and one or both names will often come up as a song title under a search for Rasputina.

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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Their primary genre is rock [-[[RecycledInSpace WITH CELLOS!]]-].

* TearJerker: “A Quitter”.