The Distillers is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles, Califor… Read Full Bio ↴The Distillers is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1998. They released their first two albums on Hellcat Records/Epitaph Records before moving to Sire, part of the Warner Music Group. The Distillers are originally formed by Australian-born Brody Dalle. As lead singer, she adopted a signature harsh singing voice. Although there were constant line-up changes, Brody consistently played the guitar, sang, and wrote or co-wrote nearly every song on all the band's albums. Tony Bradley also played guitar and Ryan Sinn played bass.Before this more solid line up, early band members included guitarist/vocalist Rose Casper, bassist Kim Chi and drummer Matt Young.

The Distillers split for the very first time in 2004, Brody and Tony have since formed a new band called Spinnerette. Ryan Sinn joined Angels & Airwaves after The Distillers split, but left A&A after two years.

Brody announced the emergence of Spinnerette, a semi-solo project in March 2007. She stated in an interview that, "Spinnerette isn't a band, it's me and whichever musicians I want to work with at the time." Spinnerette released a digital EP called Ghetto Love, via their Official Website on December 11th, 2008. On June 9th, 2009 the band made their entire debut album available for listening on their MySpace page. The album, Spinnerette, was released in the UK on June 15th, 2009. The first single was Baptized By Fire.

In November 2012, Brody Dalle announced on Twitter that she was working on a solo album, featuring Alain Johannes and Michael Shuman of Queens of the Stone Age and Shirley Manson of Garbage.

In November 2013, Dalle announced that she had signed to Caroline Records, a division of Universal Music Group, with the intention of releasing her debut solo album in early 2014. The album was produced by Alain Johannes, and features guest appearances from Shirley Manson of Garbage, Nick Valensi of the Strokes, and Warpaint's Emily Kokal. Dalle is scheduled to promote the album and support Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age on their Australia/New Zealand tour in March 2014.

In January 3rd, 2018 Brody Dalle and the band shared a short 30 second trailer video teasing new material and captioned with the words ‘THE DISTILLERS 2018’. Dalle has also changed her Facebook cover photo to The Distillers logo. During 2017 Dalle shared photos of herself at work in the studio.

In 2018, they have been touring the United States and Europe. In September 2018 they released their first EP as a band after 15 years: Man vs. Magnet, which includes a new edit of Brody Dalle's 2014 song "Blood in Gutters" as a B-side.
This new edit has a different lyrics, but it kept the chorus line "Find your weakness, kill it"

Solvent
The Distillers Lyrics

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Holy, Holy, Rocket
I wanna be your sparket
Holy, Holy, Rocket
I wanna be your...

Yeah, I'm okay
Hey, It's to late
Now's, the time

And, It's okay
Yeah, I'm just late

Holy, Holy, Rocket
I wanna be your sparket
Holy, Holy, Rocket
I wanna be your...

Yeah, I'm okay
Hey, It's to late
Now's, the time
And, It's okay
Yeah, I'm just late

Yeah...

Yeah, I'm okay
Hey, It's to late
Now's, the time
And, It's okay
Yeah, I'm just late

Too late
Too late

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to The Distillers' song "Solvent" are a bit cryptic in nature, and it's not entirely clear what the song is about. The repeated mantra of "Holy, Holy, Rocket, I wanna be your sparket" could be interpreted as a desperate plea for some sort of transcendence or escape from reality. The word "solvent" itself means a substance used to dissolve another, so it's possible that this song is about using drugs or other means to escape from one's problems.

The repeated refrain of "Yeah, I'm okay, Hey, It's too late, Now's the time, And, it's okay, Yeah, I'm just late" could be interpreted as someone trying to convince themselves that they're alright, but coming to the realization that it's too late for them to fix their problems. The line "I'm just late" could potentially be a reference to someone being too late to make things right, or being late to their own life somehow. Overall, the lyrics seem to convey a sense of longing and desperation, mixed with a feeling of acceptance that things may never be better.

Line by Line Meaning

Holy, Holy, Rocket
Expressing the intensity of desire to move forward.

I wanna be your sparket
Wanting to be the initiator of change and progress.

Yeah, I'm okay
Attempting to conceal emotions and appear fine.

Hey, It's too late
Acknowledging the point of no return has been reached.

Now's the time
The present moment is the opportunity to act.

And, It's okay
Reassuring oneself that everything will work out.

Yeah, I'm just late
Accepting responsibility for not taking action sooner.

Too late
The window of opportunity has closed.

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