Burning Brides

Burning Brides formed in Philadelphia in the spring of 1999. According to their label bio, Dimitri Coats (vocals/guitar) and his longtime girlfriend/musical partner Melanie Campbell (bass) dropped out of Juilliard art school (studying acting and dance, respectively) and spent two long years together "traversing the country in search of an environment responsive to their rock needs." They reportedly lived in San Francisco, Portland, OR, and Boston (where Coats grew up) before settling in the south Philly area, where they joined forces with drummer Mike Ambs and formed this heav...