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Evan Dando
Evan Dando performing live in 2005
Evan Dando performing live in 2005
Background information
Birth name Evan Griffith Dando
Born March 4, 1967 (1967-03-04) (age 41)
Origin Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genre(s) Rock, alternative
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar
Years active 1986–present
Associated acts The Lemonheads
Notable instrument(s)
Gibson SG

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Biography

Early life

Evan Griffith Dando was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 4, 1967, and raised in its environs. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. During his youth, Dando had gravitated towards such influential '80s punk outfits as Hüsker Dü and the Replacements. For other uses see Husker Du. Hüsker Dü was an American Alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis-St The Replacements were an American Alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979 For high school, he attended the Commonwealth School, in Boston, Massachusetts. Commonwealth School is a small independent High school of about 155 students and 35 faculty located on Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay neighborhood The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

The Lemonheads

Along with school friend Ben Deily, he formed The Lemonheads at the Commonwealth School in Boston circa 1986. Ben Deily is an American Musician, most famous as one of the founders writers and lead singers (along with Evan Dando) of the Boston -based The Lemonheads are an American Alternative rock band formed in 1986 by singer/guitarist Evan Dando, who has been the only constant member Commonwealth School is a small independent High school of about 155 students and 35 faculty located on Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay neighborhood At this stage they played punk rock, and were briefly known as the Whelps, until a name change in 1987 led to the birth of the Lemonheads, after a candy which Dando noted was sweet on the outside, and sour on the inside, possibly a metaphor for the band's sound. Their first recording as a group was titled Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners. Dando enrolled at Skidmore College, but could not maintain his grades and dropped out to pursue a career as a musician. Skidmore College is a private liberal arts college located in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States After being signed by local label Taang! The Lemonheads released the albums Hate Your Friends, Creator, and Lick with Deily and Dando sharing lead vocals and songwriting duties until about 1989, when Dando left the band. Taang! Records is an Independent record label based in San Diego California.

However, the lure of a European tour and moderate success of single "Luka" brought Dando back on tour with the Lemonheads, where night after night he continually played the guitar riff of "Sweet Child o' Mine" during Deily's songs. " Sweet Child o' Mine " is a song by the Hard rock band Guns N' Roses. The relationship had broken down, and Deily left.

Dando then recruited David Ryan on drums, was signed to major label Atlantic/Warner, and produced the album Lovey in 1990. Straddling punk, rock, country, and metal, the album sold roughly 30,000 copies. Dando cut his losses and flew to Australia to write some songs with friends Nic Dalton and Tom Morgan.

These songs formed the basis for It's a Shame About Ray, the Lemonheads' breakthrough album. It's a Shame about Ray is the fifth album by The Lemonheads. It was released on June 2 1992 (see 1992 in music) However, a cover of "Mrs. Robinson" (recorded to promote the video release of The Graduate) was released to the annoyance of the band and brought them the most exposure they'd had so far. " Mrs Robinson " is a song written by Paul Simon and first performed by Simon and Garfunkel. The Graduate is a American comedy / drama / Romance film directed by Mike Nichols, based on the novel of the same name by When the "Ray" album was reissued, the track was tagged on to the end. The band enjoyed quite a bit of success on college radio, and modest mainstream exposure.

During 1992-1993, Dando's face appeared on many magazine covers. People magazine voted him one of the "Sexiest Men Alive. People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published " He also garnered attention in 1993 for admitting to smoking crack cocaine. [1]

Still, a huge breakthrough single still eluded the band as they released Come on Feel the Lemonheads in late 1993. This was a successful album which included the tracks "Style" and "The Jello Fund. " Once again, the band enjoyed modest mainstream success, this time with the single "Into Your Arms. "

The Lemonheads then toured throughout 1994; Dando famously befriended Oasis and appeared at the band's live shows. Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991

Dando continued to appear in the pages of the music press with Juliana Hatfield. Juliana Hatfield (born July 27, 1967 in Wiscasset, Maine, United States) is an American Guitarist Singer-songwriter

In 1996, Dando assembled a new band, still called the Lemonheads, featuring old friends John Strohm and Murph (ex-Dinosaur Jr). John Strohm (or John P Strohm, born March 23 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American guitarist singer and lawyer This band produced another Lemonheads album, Car Button Cloth. While featuring jangly guitar songs such as "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You," this set also showed off the darker side of Dando's writing: "Break Me" and "Losing Your Mind. "

The band toured successfully in 1997 and played a final gig at the Reading Festival, after which Dando promptly disappeared from view. Atlantic released the The Best Of The Lemonheads in 1998.

Solo career

Dando recorded a duet with Juliana Hatfield for the 1999 album, Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons. Juliana Hatfield (born July 27, 1967 in Wiscasset, Maine, United States) is an American Guitarist Singer-songwriter Return of the Grievous Angel A Tribute to Gram Parsons is a 1999 Tribute album to pioneering country and rock musician Gram Parsons The two sang Gram Parsons' "$1000 Wedding". Gram Parsons ( November 5, 1946  – September 19, 1973) was an American Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist

Dando started making public appearances again in late 2000 (having done "monitors for Enya"), singing with the Blake Babies and playing some acoustic shows. Enya (born Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin on May 17 1961, Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, Ireland, sometimes presented in Blake Babies was an Indie rock band formed in 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts. A full acoustic world tour kicked off in earnest in early 2001, with Dando garnering some rave reviews and renewed interest in his back catalogue. He played with Ben Lee and Ben Kweller, with several strong new songs, and seemed to regain a measure of confidence. Benjamin Michael Lee (born September 11, 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is an ARIA Award winning Jewish Australian Ben Kweller (born 16 June 1981, San Francisco, California) is an American rock Musician.

These shows led the way to Dando's first solo release, Live at the Brattle Theatre, which was released in Australia in 2001. In addition to a number of live songs from a Boston concert, the release also included a second disc with several covers of country songs.

In March 2003, Dando finally released his first proper solo album, Baby I'm Bored, to critical acclaim and a top 40 placing on the UK albums chart. Described by many as a return to form, it allowed Dando to continue to tour, except this time with a full band.

As well as guesting with the reformed MC5, writing songs with the Dandy Warhols, collaborating with soundtrack composer Craig Armstrong, and having two tribute CDs recorded for him by fans through his fan site, Dando played several live dates, including a full performance of the It's A Shame About Ray album as part of All Tomorrow's Parties' Don't Look Back festival. The MC5 ( Motor City Five) was an American Hard rock band formed in Lincoln Park Michigan in 1964 and active until The Dandy Warhols are a rock band formed in Portland Oregon by Courtney Taylor-Taylor ( vocals, Guitar) Zia McCabe Craig Armstrong may refer to Craig Armstrong (composer Craig Armstrong (footballer All Tomorrow's Parties is a Music festival which takes place in England at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday

Lemonheads Return

In 2005 Evan Dando put together a new lineup for the Lemonheads, consisting of Karl Alvarez and Bill Stevenson (both most known for their work with pop-punk pioneers the Descendents) and signed to Vagrant Records. Karl Matthew Alvarez (born March 10, 1964) is the Bass guitar player for both The Descendents and All, the band that resulted after People namded ' Bill Stevenson include Bill Stevenson (musician Bill Stevenson (American football Pop punk (also known as punk pop and other names is a Fusion genre that combines elements of Punk rock with Pop music, to varying A new self-titled Lemonheads album, produced and engineered by Stevenson, was released September 25 in the UK and September 26, 2006 in the United States. Since then, Dando (along with a new touring lineup featuring Vess Ruhtenberg and Devon Ashley of the Pieces) have toured extensively in the UK, Europe, Australia and North America with bands such as Vietnam and Hymns.

As of January 2008, The Lemonheads are currently working on a new studio album that should be released from mid to late 2008. PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence

Discography

Trivia

References

  1. ^ Dando Comes Clean: Is alt-rock pinup a Lemonhead or crackhead?, Rolling Stone

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