Emilie Autumn

Biography

Emily Autumn Fritzges, better known by her stage name Emilie Autumn, is an American singer-songwriter, poet and violinist. Autumn draws influence for her music the style of which she has alternatively labeled as "Victoriandustrial" and glam rock from plays, novels and history, particularly the Victorian era. Performing with her all-female backing band The Bloody Crumpets, Autumn incorporates elements of classical music, cabaret, electronica, and glam rock with theatrics, and burlesque.

Growing up in Malibu, California, she began learning the violin at the age of four and left regular school five years later with the goal of becoming a world-class violinist; she practiced eight or nine hours...