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The Lemonheads
The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1986 by Evan Dando, Ben Deily, and Jesse Peretz. Dando has remained the band's only constant member. After their initial punk-influenced releases and tours as an independent/college rock band in the late 1980s, the Lemonheads' popularity with a mass audience grew in 1992 with the major label album ''It's a Shame about Ray'', which was produced, engineered, and mixed by The Robb Brothers (Bruce Robb, Dee, and Joe). This was followed by a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson", which eventually became one of the band's most successful singles. The Lemonheads were active until 1997 before going on hiatus, but reformed with a new lineup in 2005 and released ''The Lemonheads'' the following year. The band released its latest album, '' Varshons 2'', in February 2019. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Lattanzi
Josh Lattanzi, is an American musician best known for his collaborations with Norah Jones, Ben Kweller, The Lemonheads, Albert Hammond Jr., and The Candles. Early life Lattanzi graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1994. Early Collaborations Lattanzi recorded and toured with Juliana Hatfield 1998–2002. He recorded background vocals on James Taylor's 2003 release, October Road. He joined Ivy (band) as their touring guitar player during tours from 2002–2004. 2001–2005: Ben Kweller After Radish (band) broke up, Lattanzi joined Ben Kweller's band on bass. He collaborated with Kweller on the Sha Sha (2002) and On My Way (2004) albums. 2003–Present: The Lemonheads While on tour with Juliana Hatfield, Lattanzi met Evan Dando of The Lemonheads and toured in support of his solo album: Baby I'm Bored. Years later, Lattanzi would go on to support the band, playing bass on the 2006 release: The Lemonheads. Lattanzi has performed off and on with the band since 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most populous city in the country. The city boundaries encompass an area of about and a population of 675,647 as of 2020. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to approximately 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinosaur Jr
Dinosaur Jr. is an American rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1984, originally simply called Dinosaur until legal issues forced a change in name. The band was founded by J Mascis (guitar, vocals, primary songwriter), Lou Barlow (bass, vocals), and Murph (drums). After three albums on independent labels, the band earned a reputation as one of the formative influences on American alternative rock. Creative tension led to Mascis firing Barlow, who later formed Sebadoh and Folk Implosion. His replacement, Mike Johnson, came aboard for three major-label albums. Murph eventually quit, with Mascis taking over drum duties on the band's albums before the group disbanded in 1997. The original lineup reformed in 2005, releasing five albums thereafter. Mascis's drawling vocals and distinct guitar sound, hearkening back to 1960s and 1970s classic rock and characterized by extensive use of feedback and distortion, were highly influential in the alternative rock movement of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murph (drummer)
Emmett Jefferson Murphy III (born December 21, 1964), professionally credited as both Patrick Murphy and Murph, is best known for being the drummer for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. He was a member of the group from its founding in 1984 through 1993, and since the original lineup reformed in 2005. Musical career Murph was initially the drummer in the hardcore punk band All White Jury. He met J Mascis and Lou Barlow through Mascis' friend Charlie Nakajima and was soon after invited to join their band Deep Wound. Deep Wound disbanded and Mascis, Barlow, and Murph formed Dinosaur Jr without Nakajima. Murph would remain in the band until leaving the group in 1993. He joined The Lemonheads in 1995. In April 2005, Murph returned to Dinosaur Jr. with J Mascis & Lou Barlow, reforming the original line-up. The trio has released five Dinosaur Jr. albums since reforming: the comeback album ''Beyond'' in 2007, ''Farm'' in 2009, ''I Bet on Sky'' in 2012, ''Give a Glimpse of What Yer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Berz
Angel Rot were an American stoner metal group based in Manhattan, New York, United States. The original incarnation of the band consisted of bassist Mike Davis, vocalist/guitarist Tom Five and drummer George Berz. History Angel Rot was formed in 1988 Manhattan by bassist Mike Davis, vocalist/guitarist Tom Five and drummer George Berz. Tom Five had been a band member of seminal industrial/noise rock band White Zombie. Scott Sanfratello took over drumming duties from Berz in 1989 and was then replaced by Tony Mann a year later. In 1990 Steven Kleiner filled the drummer role and remained with Angel Rot until they disbanded. That year the band released the 7" vinyl single ''Screw Drive'', followed by another release in 1992 with another single titled ''Necrostrangle''. In 1993 the band recorded sessions for their full-length debut but the release date was delayed when the master tapes were lost. In 1999 those sessions were finally issued on ''Unlistenable Hymns of Indulgent Dama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nic Dalton
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Jesse Peretz
Jesse Peretz (born May 19, 1968) is an American film and television director, TV producer and former musician. He first rose to prominence as a bass guitarist and founding member of The Lemonheads, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based band which formed in 1986. Peretz left the band as a musician shortly before their breakout album, ''It's a Shame About Ray'', was released, but stayed on as the band photographer. After leaving The Lemonheads, he began to work extensively as a director, first in short form works such as television commercials and music videos, later transitioning to feature films and television series. His directorial work includes the films ''Our Idiot Brother'' and '' Juliet, Naked'', and the TV series ''Girls''. Career Peretz is a founding member of the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based rock band The Lemonheads, which he formed in high school with classmates Evan Dando and Ben Deily. He left the band as a musician prior to the band's breakthrough album, ''It's a Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Strohm (musician)
John Strohm (or John P. Strohm, born March 23, 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American musician, singer, and lawyer. He began his musical career playing drum set in Indiana's punk rock scene, then moved to Boston in 1985 and switched to guitar. With Juliana Hatfield and Freda Love (then Freda Boner) he co-founded the indie rock trio Blake Babies in 1986. In 1994 the band Velo-Deluxe with Strohm as the frontman released their only album ''Superelastic'' through Mammoth Records. Strohm also played drums in The Lemonheads from 1987 - 1989 and guitar during the years 1993-1994 and 1996-1997. He led the indie rock band Antenna Antenna ( antennas or antennae) may refer to: Science and engineering * Antenna (radio), also known as an aerial, a transducer designed to transmit or receive electromagnetic (e.g., TV or radio) waves * Antennae Galaxies, the name of two collid ... and released his first solo album, ''Vestavia'', in 1999. In 2007 Strohm released another full-le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vess Ruhtenberg
Vess Soda is a brand of soft drink manufactured and distributed primarily in the St. Louis, Missouri, United States metropolitan area and recently in Canada through Dollarama and Giant Tiger locations. The company was founded in 1916 by Sylvester Jones, who arrived at the Vess brand name from his nickname. Whistle Orange Soda was introduced in 1925, with the Vess logo on other soda flavors. The 1929 stock market crash left the company in bad financial shape. The business was sold to Donald Schneeberger. Schneeberger was considered a genius at marketing and added several new flavors to the line, many of which are still produced today. At the height of its popularity, Vess had bottling plants in several locations, including Asheville, North Carolina; Lafayette, Indiana; Anderson, Indiana; and Cincinnati, Ohio. Vess was purchased in 1994 by Cott Beverages. In 2017, Refresco purchased Cott and assumed ownership of the Vess label. Vess continued to be distributed primarily in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Dando
Evan Griffith Dando (born March 4, 1967) is an American musician and frontman of the Lemonheads. He has also embarked on a solo career and collaborated on songs with various artists. In December 2015 Dando was inducted into the Boston Music Awards Hall of Fame. Biography Early life and education Dando was born in Essex, Massachusetts, on Boston's North Shore, to Susan, a former fashion model, and Jeffrey, who worked as a real estate attorney. At the age of nine, his family moved from Essex to Boston; his parents divorced two years later. In his teens Dando attended Commonwealth School in Boston. In the fall of 1986 he enrolled at Skidmore College but dropped out after getting "four Fs and a D." The Lemonheads While at Commonwealth, Dando met Ben Deily and Jesse Peretz, and in 1986 they formed the Whelps before changing their name to Lemonheads, like that of the Lemonhead (candy), candy manufactured by Ferrara Pan Candy Company, Ferrara Pan. The Lemonheads debuted at the Meltdown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sneeze (band)
Sneeze are an Australian pop rock band formed in 1991 by Nic Dalton (who ran the band's record label, Half a Cow) on vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, and drums, and Tom Morgan (from Smudge) on vocals and guitar. They issued four albums, ''Sneeze'' (1993), ''The Four Seezons'' (1997), '' Lost the Spirit to Rock & Roll'' (2001) and ''Just The Blues Sped Up'' (April 2004). As of mid-2019, Sneeze have been working on new material. History Sneeze were formed in Sydney in 1991 by Nic Dalton ( The Plunderers) on vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards and drums, and Tom Morgan (from Smudge) on vocals and guitar. In 1993 they issued their debut album, ''Sneeze'', which initially comprised 20 tracks with none over two minutes in length on Dalton's own label, Half a Cow. It was recorded with a range of guest musicians: Simon Day (from Ratcat) on guitar and vocals, Alannah Russack (from the Hummingbirds) on guitar and vocals, and Evan Dando (from the Lemonheads) on guit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smudge (band)
Smudge are an Australian rock and indie pop trio formed in 1991 by Paul Duncan on bass guitar, Alison Galloway on drums and Tom Morgan on guitar and vocals. Morgan is known outside Australia as a song writing collaborator of Evan Dando and his band, the Lemonheads. In 1994 Duncan was replaced on bass guitar by Adam Yee and in 1997 Pete Kelly joined on guitar. Smudge signed with Half a Cow to issue four studio albums, ''Manilow'' (1994), ''Hot Smoke and Sassafras'' (1994), ''You Me Carpark . . . Now'' (1996) and ''Real McCoy Wrong Sinatra'' (1998), before going into hiatus from late 1999. Since 2002, Smudge play a few times a year. There has been no new music since 1998. History Smudge were formed in 1991 in Sydney by Paul Duncan on bass guitar, Alison Galloway on drums and Tom Morgan on guitar and vocals. Galloway and Morgan were also bandmates in Godstar alongside Nic Dalton, who was the co-owner of the record label, Half a Cow.McFarlane'Godstar'entry. Archived frothe o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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