Brent DeBoer is an American singer-songwriter from
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...
. He is in the bands
The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock band, formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1994 by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor and guitarist Peter Holmström. They were later joined by keyboardist Zia McCabe and drummer Eric Hedford ...
,
Immigrant Union
Immigrant Union is an Australian-American psychedelic folk/country band from Melbourne. It consists of Brent DeBoer (from The Dandy Warhols), Bob Harrow, Peter Lubulwa, Ben Street and Paddy McGrath-Lester. Courtney Barnett
Courtney Melba B ...
, and Fathead and released a solo studio album, ''The Farmer'', in 2010. DeBoer now lives in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
, with his wife Sarah and two children.
DeBoer joined The Dandy Warhols in 1998, after the original drummer Eric Hedford left the band.
Personal life
He is a cousin of bandmate
Courtney Taylor-Taylor
Courtney A. Taylor (born July 20, 1967), known as Courtney Taylor-Taylor, is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. He is the lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, a band he co-founded. Taylor-Taylor ...
. At the age of five he received his first drum set for Christmas.
DeBoer has contributed funds to the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) is a nonprofit organization that was founded in New York City as the Association for Advancement of Research on Multiple Sclerosis on March 11, 1946 by Sylvia Lawry. Ms. Lawry was a lawyer looking fo ...
as well as Pink and Blue for Two.
References
External links
Official websiteOn Facebook
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Living people
Lakeridge High School alumni
American alternative rock musicians
The Dandy Warhols members
Musicians from Portland, Oregon
1967 births
American emigrants to Australia
American male singer-songwriters
Singer-songwriters from Oregon
Immigrant Union members
American people of Dutch descent