formed in 2007

One-Eyed Doll, which was formed in 2007, first gained recognition from their peers when they won their first Best Punk Band at the 2009 SXSW; the award was presented by Exene Cervenka of the first-generation punk band X . That year, they also won 2nd place Metal Band, 3rd place Best New Band, 4th place Industrial/Goth Band, 7th place Best Acoustic Guitar (Freeman), 8th place Female Vocals (Freeman), and 10th place Best Record Producer (Sewell, for Monster .) One-Eyed Doll broke into the mainstream media, however, with the release of their third album Break , whereupon Freeman was featured in the January/February 2011 Fallen Heroes issue of Revolver in its cover feature The Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock ; she also appeared as an awakening zombie on the America’s Got Talent semi finals as part of ArcAttack. She gained musical recognition as a guitarist upon being featured in a full-page dedicated article in the April 2011 Guts & Glitter issue of Guitar Player magazine as one of the Twenty Most Extraordinary Female Guitarists along with the likes of Joan Jett , Bonnie Raitt , and Nancy Wilson . The band has a fervent fanbase , and is known for their mutual support of their fans, some of whom have gotten tattoos of the band’s iconography, and for their equally fervent DIY business model. Amongst its national tours, One-Eyed Doll have been performing at several major anime conventions such as DragonCon , and headlining at the 4&20 Blackbird Festival in Weed, California .