Evan Dando
Evan Dando performing live in 2005
Background information
Birth name	Evan Griffith Dando
Born	March 4, 1967
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Genre(s)	Rock, alternative
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1986–present
Associated acts	The Lemonheads

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Biography

Early Life

Evan Griffith Dando was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 4, 1967, and raised in its environs. During his youth, Dando had gravitated towards such influential '80s punk outfits as Hüsker Dü and the Replacements. Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Government  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area  - City  89. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Hüsker Dü were a rock band formed in Minneapolis-St. ... The Replacements (also known as The Mats or The Mats, from the insult of a detractor who joked the bands name was The Placemats, which the band then adopted) were a seminal alternative rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...

The Lemonheads

Along with school friend Ben Deily, he formed The Lemonheads at the Commonwealth School in Boston circa 1986. 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. 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. The Lemonheads are an alternative rock band from the United States. ... Commonwealth School is a small independent high school of about 145 students located on Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Skidmores main entrance. ...

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. The relationship had broken down, and Deily left. Sweet Child o Mine is a song by the hard rock band Guns N Roses. ...

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. 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. 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. Its a Shame About Ray is an album by the Lemonheads. ... Mrs. ... For the American rock band, see The Graduate (band). ...

During 1992-1993, Dando's face appeared on many magazine covers. People magazine voted him one of the "Sexiest Men Alive." People, a weekly magazine of celebrity and popular culture news, debuted on February 27, 1974. ...

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, formed in Manchester in 1991. ...

Dando continued to appear in the pages of the music press with the equally winsome Juliana Hatfield. Juliana Hatfield, c. ...

In 1996, Dando assembled a new band, still called the Lemonheads, featuring old friends John Strohm and Murph (ex-Dinosaur Jr). 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." John Strohm (or John P. Strohm, born Bloomington, Indiana) is a guitarist, singer, and lawyer. ... Dinosaur Jr are an American alternative rock band. ...

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. The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. ...

Solo career

Dando reappeared in late 2000 (having done "monitors for Enya"), singing with the Blake Babies and playing some acoustic shows. 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. Enya, birth name Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin (IPA: ), sometimes presented in the media as Enya Brennan, was born on 17 May 1961, in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland, and is a four-time Grammy Award-winning singer, an Academy Award-nominated songwriter, and Irelands best-selling solo artist and... Blake Babies was an early nineties rock trio from New England. ... Ben Lee (born September 11, 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is a ARIA Award winning Australian musician and actor. ... Ben Kweller (born in San Francisco, California on June 16, 1981) 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. (It has not been released elsewhere.) 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 UK 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. MC5 (short for Motor City Five) was a hard rock band formed in Detroit, Michigan, USA in 1964 and active until 1972. ... The Dandy Warhols is a psychedelic power pop band formed in Portland, Oregon by Courtney Taylor-Taylor (born Taylor) (vocals, guitar), Zia McCabe (keyboard), Peter Leow (born Holmstrom) (guitar), and Eric Hedford (drums). ... Craig Armstrong (b. ... All Tomorrows Parties is a music festival which takes place in the United Kingdom at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and the United States in Los Angeles, CA. Named after a song by The Velvet Underground, it was founded by Barry Hogan and Helen Cottage in 1999...

Lemonheads Return

In 2006 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. A new self-titled Lemonheads album, produced and engineered by Stevenson, was released September 25 in the UK and September 26 in the United States. Dando then toured extensively in the UK and Europe before coming back to the United States on November 19, 2006. Karl Alvarez is the bass guitar player for both the Descendents and ALL, the band that resulted after the Descendents disbanded again in 1987. ... John William Stevenson (born September 10, 1963 in Torrance, California), better known as Bill Stevenson, is an American musician. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... The Descendents are a punk rock band from southern California, formed in 1978 by guitarist Frank Navetta, bassist Tony Lombardo and drummer Bill Stevenson. ...

Discography

• 2001 Live at the Brattle Theatre
• 2003 Baby I'm Bored

Baby Im Bored is an album by Evan Dando, released in 2003. ...

External links

• Evan Dando & Lemonheads fansite
• Vagrant Records - The Lemonheads site
• Vox Interview And Biography
• Interview with Evan Dando on AOL Music