Biography

Vocalist Lexa "Ophelia" Vonn describes Ophelia Rising best: "Our sound is the Go-Go's meets Marilyn Manson and our imagery is Kenneth Anger meets Russ Meyer." The band holds up to this self-portrait by combining punk intensity; metal riffs; and dark, erotic, gothic overtones. Ophelia Rising's roots are in Boston, MA, where in 1994 founding member Lexa, then high school student Yvonne Nicoletti, was arrested in an anti-censorship protest defending the art of White Zombie. Rob Zo... Read more