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Evan Griffith Dando (born March 4, 1967) is an American musician and frontman of
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 tour ...
. 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
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, 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
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; his parents divorced two years later. In his teens Dando attended
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in Boston. In the fall of 1986 he enrolled at
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but dropped out after getting "four Fs and a D."


The Lemonheads

While at Commonwealth, Dando met Ben Deily and
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 for ...
, and in 1986 they formed the Whelps before changing their name to Lemonheads, like that of the
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manufactured by
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. The Lemonheads debuted at the Meltdown House in
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on July 18, 1986, followed by a show at The Rat on August 19. The band recorded an EP, ''Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners'', which got the attention of
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, a local label. The Lemonheads' first three albums, ''
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'', '' Creator'', and ''
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'', were all released on Taang! Following the third album, Dando left the group briefly after some tension with Deily, and joined
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's band
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. However, he returned as a drummer when The Lemonheads' cover of
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's song "
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" became successful, and the group had an opportunity to tour Europe. Deily, however, quit the band shortly before the tour, which placed Dando as the guitarist and lead vocalist. Dando brought in David Ryan on drums, and the group signed with major label
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, where it released the album '' Lovey'' in 1990. The album straddled punk, rock, country, and metal, and sold about 9,000-11,000 copies. Dando spent some time in Australia to write songs with friends
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and Tom Morgan, who later started the band
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. Some of his songs formed the basis for The Lemonheads' fifth album, ''
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''. In 1992, The Lemonheads recorded a
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-inflected cover of
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" to help promote the VHS release of ''
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'' film for its 25th anniversary. The song reached number 19 on the
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in December 1992, and was included in the album's re-release as a bonus track. Dando initially disliked the song inclusion on the album, feeling like he was tricked by his label, who asked him to record it. But after seeing the track being played in Martin Scorsese's '' The Wolf of Wall Street'', his opinions towards the track changed. Dando's face appeared on several magazine covers, and ''
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'' listed him among the "50 Most Beautiful People". In an interview with ''Q'' magazine, he admitted he smoked crack cocaine and regretted it. In late 1993, the group released the album ''
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'', which featured singles "It's About Time", "Big Gay Heart", and " Into Your Arms". During the group's touring in 1994, Dando befriended
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and appeared at some of their live shows. He also made a cameo appearance at the end of the 1994 film ''
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'' with
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. Dando re-formed The Lemonheads with former member John Strohm on guitar, Bill Gibson, former bassist of Australian band
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, and Patrick Murphy, a former member of
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, on drums. The group released the album '' Car Button Cloth'' in 1996. The album featured "jangly guitar songs" such as "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You," and some writing that showed off Dando's darker side in "Break Me" and "Losing Your Mind". In 1997 the band went on tour and played its final gig at the
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, after which the band went on hiatus. In 2005, Dando put together a new lineup for The Lemonheads which included
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and Bill Stevenson, formerly of the
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. In April 2006, they signed with
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, and released a self-titled album in September. Dando also had a lineup which included bassist Vess Ruhtenberg and drummer Devon Ashley of the Pieces where they toured the UK, Europe and the United States. In late 2007, Alvarez and Stevenson toured with Dando for the first time live on the US tour. In 2008, he toured with Ruhtenberg and Ashley to promote the re-release of a deluxe version of ''It's a Shame About Ray'', and then toured with Ruhtenberg and drummer P. David Hazel of Beta Male for a European Tour. On April 23, 2008 at the inaugural ''
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'' US Awards ceremony held at the El Rey in
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, Dando received a Classic Album award for ''It's A Shame About Ray'', although ''
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'' reported that he threw the award in the garbage offstage, and then returned to perform "Ray" and "My Drug Buddy". In 2009 the Lemonheads released ''
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'', a collection of 11 covers, including tracks originally recorded by
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,
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; the album featured vocal performances by actress
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and model
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. For many of the tours since 2010, The Lemonheads have included the entire ''It's a Shame About Ray'' album on the setlist.


Solo career and collaborations

Dando worked with Australian musicians
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and Tom Morgan, both of whom have been involved with The Lemonheads. In Sydney, he joined Dalton, Morgan, and a number of Half A Cow artists on a self-titled album by the band
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and the album ''
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'' by Godstar. Dando participated in the Australian band the Givegoods, which featured
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of
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. Dando has worked regularly with
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where he appeared on several
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songs and she in turn played with The Lemonheads. In
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, Dando wrote on tracks and provided supporting music and vocals on the ''Slow Learner'' album, released in 1989. He also collaborated on Hatfield's album ''Hey Babe'', released in 1994. In 1999, he recorded a duet with Hatfield for the 1999 album, '' Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons''. The two sang
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' "$1000 Wedding". Their long-time relationship inspired a line in the
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' song "
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": "No promises as vague as heaven. No Juliana next to my Evan".Barenaked Ladies ''Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits''. Liner notes, 2001. "Page admits that the line 'No Juliana next to my Evan' dates it a bit, utit still sounds pretty to me today." In late 2000, Dando sang with the
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and played some acoustic shows with them. In 2011, Dando and Hatfield paired up again for a series of live performances. In 1995, he had a small role in
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's indie film ''
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'', and contributed two songs to the soundtrack. During an acoustic world tour in early 2001, Dando garnered renewed interest in his back catalog. With touring musicians
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, he performed a mix of Lemonheads songs and solo songs. His performance at the
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in Cambridge on October 18, 2000, was recorded and officially released in the fall of 2001 as '' Live at the Brattle Theatre''; the album was packaged with an additional disc, an EP titled ''Griffith Sunset'' that featured covers of country songs. In February 2003 Dando released his first solo album, ''
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'', which reached the top 40 of the
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. In 2004, Dando performed as the lead vocalist for the band
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on a 41-show tour. He has collaborated with
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and soundtrack composer Craig Armstrong. At the
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' Don't Look Back festival, Dando played several live dates, including a full performance of the ''It's A Shame About Ray'' album. In 2015, Dando played solo shows in the United States and Europe.


Personal life

While taking a break from making music with/as the Lemonheads, Dando met English model and musician Elizabeth Moses in 1998; they married two years later. Moses contributed photography to Dando's albums ''Live at the Brattle Theatre'' and ''Baby I'm Bored'' as well as the Lemonheads' 2006 eponymous album and its 2009 follow-up, ''Varshons'', on which her backing vocals can be heard on the song "Fragile." Moses and Dando separated in 2010. On February 13, 2019, Dando appeared on an episode of '' The Goldbergs'' called "My Valentine Boy”. In the episode, he was played by Luke Eisner. In the episode he played guitar with The Dropouts, a band starring Adam Goldberg’s fictional older sister.


Legacy

Dando has been referenced in song by several musicians. *
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wrote a tribute song called "I Wish I Was Him" *
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's "This is the Dream of Evan and Chan" is about a dream
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had about Dando and
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* Frequent Dando collaborator Tom Morgan mentions " isRock 'n Roll Friend Evan" in Smudge's 1991 single "Don't Want to Be Grant McLennan" *
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mentions Dando in her song "The Beer" * The 1994 song "
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contains a lyric that refers to Dando and
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. *Dando's name appears in
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have a song called "Evan Doesn't Ring Me Anymore". *In the "My Valentine Episode" of ''The Goldbergs'', Luke Eisner played a young Evan Dando that joined Erica Goldberg's band the Dropouts before leaving to join the Lemonheads. Evan Dando himself cameoed in the episode as a townie that bought beer for underage kids.


Discography


Albums

* '' Live at the Brattle Theatre/Griffin Sunset EP'' (2001) * ''
Baby I'm Bored ''Baby I'm Bored'' is an album by Evan Dando that was released on February 25, 2003. It was his first solo studio album as well as his first LP of new songs since the release of the Lemonheads' '' Car Button Cloth'' in 1996. Elizabeth Moses, who m ...
'' (2003) ( UK #30)


Singles

* "Perfect Day" (1995, with
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) ( UK #75) * "Stop My Head" (2003) ( UK #38) * "It Looks Like You" (2003) ( UK #68)


References


External links

*
Evan Dando at Bar/None Records
*
The Lemonheads biography

Interview with Evan Dando on AOL Music

Evan Dando & The Lemonheads
- fan site with collection of magazine interviews that involve Evan Dando.
Evan Dando at Fire Records
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