Profile
Evan Dando
Musician
Male
Born
Mar 4, 1967
Age
46
Hometown
United States
Evan Griffith Dando is an American musician, most famous for fronting the alternative rock band The Lemonheads. He is the only original member left in the current Lemonheads line-up, having served as lead singer since the band's original formation in… Read More
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Elisabeth MosesMarried 2000
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Can't See 'Em All!The Portland Mercury - Sep 07, 2012
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For The Record: A Place To Feel Vinyl's WarmthEast Windsor - Aug 31, 2012
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Maria Rodale: Never Miss The Opening Act Plus 3 Great New Bands!Huffington Post - Jul 20, 2012
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The Lemonheads @ The Venue, DerbyThe Silver Tongue - Apr 22, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1967
Birth
Born on March 4, 1967.
TEENAGE
1986
19 Years Old
Along with school friend Ben Deily, he formed The Lemonheads at the Commonwealth School in Boston in 1986. The Lemonheads played their first show on August 18, 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 manufacturered by Ferrara Pan Candy Company which Dando noted was "sweet on the outside, and sour on the inside," possibly a metaphor for the band's sound.
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TWENTIES
1993
26 Years Old
He also garnered attention in 1993 for admitting to smoking crack cocaine.
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The Lemonheads then toured throughout 1994; Dando famously befriended Oasis and appeared at the band's live shows.
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1996
29 Years Old
In 1996, Dando assembled a new band, still called the Lemonheads, featuring old friends John Strohm and Murph (ex-Dinosaur Jr).
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THIRTIES
1997
30 Years Old
The band toured successfully in 1997 and played a final gig at the Reading Festival, after which Dando promptly disappeared from view—due in no small part to his addiction to crack cocaine.
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1999
32 Years Old
Dando recorded a duet with Juliana Hatfield for the 1999 album, Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons.
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2000
33 Years Old
Dando started making public appearances again in late 2000 (jokingly stating that he had been doing "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.
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2002
35 Years Old
Dando sings back-up on Mary Lorson's/Saint's Low's 2002 release Tricks for Dawn on the song "Long Way Down."
2003
36 Years Old
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.
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2005
38 Years Old
In 2005, 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.
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FORTIES
2008
41 Years Old
Despite the lack of an album to support, Dando, along with a new lineup featuring Vess Ruhtenberg and P. David Hazel of Beta Male, began a tumultuous tour of Europe in August 2008.
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2010
43 Years Old
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He was married to English fashion model Elizabeth Moses until separating in 2010.
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2011
44 Years Old
In Spring and Summer of 2011, Evan Dando paired up again with Juliana Hatfield for a series of live performances where each played guitar and traded off vocals, alternating between one another's songs.
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