Mr. Doctor is the leader of and creative drive behind the experimental rock

Experimental rock

Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....

 band Devil Doll

Devil Doll (band)

Devil Doll is an Italian-Slovenian experimental rock band formed in 1987 by the mysterious "Mr. Doctor". The band has gained a cult following, taking influences from gothic rock, classical and slavonic folk music, and fronted by the sprechgesang of Mr. Doctor himself. Devil Doll albums were all...

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For 20 years, from forming the band in 1987, he kept his identity a secret – revealing little more than that he was born in Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

, of Italian extraction, and lived in Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

. After 1992, when he was heavily censored in the introduction of a television showing of Sacrilegium

Sacrilegium

Sacrilegium is the third album by the rock band Devil Doll, released on May 1992 on Hurdy Gurdy Records.A concept created by Mr. Doctor, Sacrilegium is the first album by Devil Doll recorded as a single lineup, located in Ljubljana.-Track listing:...

, he long refused to give interviews. His name, Mario Panciera, was only made public with the 2007 release of his book 45 Revolutions (A definitive discography of UK punk, mod, powerpop, new wave, NWOBHM, and indie singles 1976–1979, Volume I).

Discography

• The Mark of the Beast (1988) (only one copy exists)
• The Girl Who Was... Death (1989)
• Eliogabalus
  Eliogabalus
  Eliogabalus is the second official album by the Italian/Slovenian rock band Devil Doll, released on May 1, 1990 on Hurdy Gurdy Records.A concept by Mr. Doctor, the title of the album is a reference to the Roman Emperor Elagabalus.-Background:...
  
  (1990)
• Sacrilegium
  Sacrilegium
  Sacrilegium is the third album by the rock band Devil Doll, released on May 1992 on Hurdy Gurdy Records.A concept created by Mr. Doctor, Sacrilegium is the first album by Devil Doll recorded as a single lineup, located in Ljubljana.-Track listing:...
  
  (1992)
• The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms
  The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms
  The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms is an album by Devil Doll. It is a reworked, remixed, extended version of their previous release Sacrilegium. It is the original soundtrack to the film of the same name, which was written and directed by Mr...
  
  (1993)
• Dies Irae
  Dies Irae (album)
  Dies Irae is the fourth and final studio album by Devil Doll.A concept by Mr. Doctor, is inspired by the life and music of George Harvey Bone, the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Brontë, Emily Dickinson and Isidore Ducasse....
  
  (1996)

Quotes

"A man is less likely to become great the more he is dominated by reason: few can achieve greatness – and none in art – if they are not dominated by illusion."
Heading of the advertisement by Mr. Doctor to recruit members for the original lineup of Devil Doll

"This is a painting, not a graphic work."
Mr. Doctor, in response to why only one copy of The Mark of the Beast was pressed.