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"The Lemonheads are an alternative rock band from the United States. Since forming, recording, and touring lineups of the band have included Evan Dando, co-founder Ben Deily, John Strohm (Blake Babies), Jesse Peretz, Corey Loog Brennan, Juliana Hatfield, Nic Dalton (Godstar, Sneeze, The Plunderers), Dave Ryan, Patrick 'Murph' Murphy (Dinosaur Jr), Bill Gibson (Eastern Dark), Mark Newman, Kenny Lyon, and various others. The Lemonheads were formed by Evan Dando and Ben Deily, in high school, at the Commonwealth School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 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, named for a candy which Dando noted was sweet on the inside, and sour on the outside, possibly a metaphor for the band's sound.
Their very first recording as a group was titled Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners. Dando enrolled at Skidmore College, but couldn't maintain his grades and dropped out to pursue a career as a musician. Having signed to local label Taang! Records, 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 Deily left the band. Dando then recruited David Ryan on drums, signed to major label Atlantic/Warner, and produced the album Lovey in 1990. Straddling punk, rock, country, and metal, this album was released a year before grunge became popular and did not sell well - roughly 30,000 copies.
The band officially renamed themselves from 'Lemonheads' to 'The Lemonheads' prior to the release of the Come on Feel the Lemonheads LP. 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 but paved the way for future madness with tracks like 'Style' and 'The Jello Fund.' Once again, the band enjoyed modest mainstream success, this time with the single 'Into Your Arms.'
Atlantic's release of The Best Of The Lemonheads in 1998 only served to increase the mystery. Through 1998 and 2004 Evan Dando did some solo tours performing the band's songs but an official reunion was never confirmed. During this time Evan released a live album Live at the Brattle Theatre in 2001, and a solo album in 2003, titled Baby I'm Bored. Following the release of the album he performed his new songs all over the world. After a nine-year recording absence, during which Dando performed off and on as a solo act and released a solo album, it was announced in the summer of 2005 that the band had quietly reformed - with a recording lineup bolstered by Bill Stevenson and Karl Alvarez, ex-members of the Descendents. Recently, the live lineup has fluctuated, with Bill Stevenson, Chris Brokaw (Come), and George Berz (Dinosaur Jr) all sitting in on drums during 2005, while Juliana Hatfield and Josh Lattanzi - chiefly known for his work with Ben Kweller - have performed a few shows on bass."
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