The Dandy Warhols
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The Dandy Warhols are an American alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band formed in Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

 in 1994. The band was founded by singer-guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor
Courtney Taylor-Taylor
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. The vast majority of the band's songs are written by Taylor-Taylor, including hits "We Used to Be Friends" and...

 and guitarist Peter Holmström, with keyboardist Zia McCabe
Zia McCabe
Zia McCabe is a percussionist, bass guitarist, and keyboard player. She is a member of American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. She graduated from Battle Ground High School in Battle Ground, Washington in 1992. In 1995, with hardly any prior musical experience, Zia joined The Dandy Warhols...

 and drummer Eric Hedford
Eric Hedford
Eric Hedford is a drummer who was a founding member of The Dandy Warhols.-Early work:He performed on 1995's Dandy's Rule OK?, 1996's The Black Album, and 1997's …The Dandy Warhols Come Down. Under the moniker "Aquaman", Hedford is credited for "additional production" on Everyday Should Be a Holiday...

 later joining. Hedford left in 1998 and was replaced by Taylor-Taylor's cousin Brent DeBoer. The band's name is a pun on the name of American pop art
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...

ist Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...

.

The band gained popularity after they were signed to Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 and released their major label album debut ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
…The Dandy Warhols Come Down is the second studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, released in July 1997 on Capitol Records. The album features a change in style from the garage rock- and shoegaze-influenced sound of their previous album, Dandys Rule OK, to a more...

in 1997, featuring the popular single "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth
Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth
"Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" is a song by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released as the second single from their second album, ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down, released in 1998...

". In 2001, the band rose to international attention after their song "Bohemian Like You
Bohemian Like You
"Bohemian Like You" is a song by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released in 2000 as a single from the band's third studio album Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia. On its original release, it failed to even reach the Top 40 in the UK, peaking at number 42...

" was featured in a Vodafone
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 advertisement. The band have released eight studio albums to date and are currently in the process of recording their ninth album, This Machine, which is due to be released in February 2012.

Early years

The band was formed in Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

 in 1994 by Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Peter Holmström. Soon after, drummer Eric Hedford was hired, and following an unsuccessful experiment with Taylor-Taylor's girlfriend on bass guitar, keyboardist Zia McCabe joined the band after Taylor-Taylor saw her working in a coffee house. Taylor-Taylor described the band's beginning as a group of friends who "needed music to drink to". The Dandy Warhols performed in bars throughout Portland and became well-known for their nudity-filled live shows. At their first gig in 1994, they were approached by Tim/Kerr Records
Tim/Kerr
Tim/Kerr was a record label in Portland, Oregon, run by Thor Lindsay and Tim Kerr, who closed the business in Spring of 1999. Some of the better known bands that were on the label include Everclear and The Dandy Warhols. The label also released a collaboration between Kurt Cobain and author William S...

, who offered to pay for the recording of an album. The result was 1995's Dandys Rule OK, which combined elements of 1960s garage rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...

 and 1990s shoegaze music.

The album impressed Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

, who decided to sign the band, and in 1997 they released their second album and major label debut, ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
…The Dandy Warhols Come Down is the second studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, released in July 1997 on Capitol Records. The album features a change in style from the garage rock- and shoegaze-influenced sound of their previous album, Dandys Rule OK, to a more...

, which produced the popular single "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth
Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth
"Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth" is a song by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released as the second single from their second album, ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down, released in 1998...

". The extravagent music video was directed by celebrity fashion photographer David LaChapelle
David LaChapelle
David LaChapelle is a photographer and director who works in the fields of fashion, advertising, and fine art photography, and is noted for his surreal, unique, sexualized, and often humorous style.-Early life:...

 and earned them fame outside the United States.

In 1998, drummer Eric Hedford left the band after a dispute over royalties
Royalties
Royalties are usage-based payments made by one party to another for the right to ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property...

 and was replaced by Taylor-Taylor's cousin, Brent DeBoer.

Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia

In 2000, the band released their third album, Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia is the third album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on 1 August 2000 on Capital Records...

, to critical and commercial success, after the re-release of their single "Bohemian Like You
Bohemian Like You
"Bohemian Like You" is a song by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released in 2000 as a single from the band's third studio album Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia. On its original release, it failed to even reach the Top 40 in the UK, peaking at number 42...

" was featured in a popular Vodafone
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 advertisement. It has since become the band's most well-known song and has been featured in a number of films and television shows.

Around this time, Taylor took out a loan to acquire an industrial warehouse space in downtown Portland (the band's hometown), dubbed "The Odditorium", occupying a quarter city block. The Odditorium is the band's eclectic rehearsal space and recording and mixing studio. It also serves as an art space and clubhouse for parties and other events.

In 2002, the band was selected by David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

 to play at the Meltdown
Meltdown (festival)
Meltdown is an annual, English festival, held in London, featuring a mix of music, art, performance and film. Meltdown is held in June at Southbank Centre, the arts complex covering and including the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and The Hayward...

 festival that year. The two artists played a rendition of "White Light/White Heat
White Light/White Heat (song)
"White Light/White Heat" is a song by American avant-garde rock band The Velvet Underground, the title track on their second album, released in 1968. It is a fast, relatively aggressive start to the album, similar to the punk rock genre it would ultimately influence.The song's vocals are performed...

" together as an encore to the July 29 gig, which was billed as The New Heathens Night. The band also supported David Bowie on his 2003 A Reality Tour
A Reality Tour
A Reality Tour was a worldwide concert tour by David Bowie in support of the Reality album. The tour commenced on 7 October 2003 at the Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark continuing through Europe, North America, Asia, including a return to New Zealand and Australia for the first time since the 1987 Glass...

.

Welcome to the Monkey House

The band's fourth album, Welcome to the Monkey House
Welcome to the Monkey House (album)
Welcome to the Monkey House is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. "We Used to Be Friends" was a popular single from the album, which later went on to be the theme song for the cult TV show Veronica Mars....

, was released in 2003. The original mix of the album by Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

-winning soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 producer Russell Elevado
Russell Elevado
Russell Elevado , is a recording engineer and record producer based in New York City. Elevado's achievement for recording and mixing contemporary R&B recording artist D'Angelo's critically acclaimedVoodoo album, gained him a Grammy award in 2000...

 was rejected by Capitol Records, and a more polished and commercial mix by Nick Rhodes
Nick Rhodes
Nick Rhodes is an English musician, is best known as the keyboardist of the pop rock band Duran Duran...

 of Duran Duran
Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...

 was instead released. The album was a change of style for the band, featuring synthesizers and a strong eighties
1980s in music
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 influence. One of the album's singles, "We Used to Be Friends
We Used to Be Friends
"We Used to Be Friends" is a song by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released as the lead single to their fourth studio album, Welcome to the Monkey House, in 2003. It single failed to chart in the US but charted neatly in the UK where it peaked at number 18. The song is...

", went on to become one of the band's most popular tracks, and was used as the theme song for the American cult drama Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...

, and later, the Australian reality series My Restaurant Rules
My Restaurant Rules
My Restaurant Rules is an Australian reality television series that aired on the Seven Network.-Overview:The series pits five couples, one each from Australia's five largest cities, to compete against each other in opening a successful restaurant....

.

Dig!

Along with The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Brian Jonestown Massacre is an American eclectic musical group led by Anton Newcombe, whose music spans multiple genres including psychedelia, electronica, folk music, blues, experimental music, and many others....

, The Dandy Warhols were the subjects of the 2004 documentary film Dig!
DiG!
Dig! is a 2004 documentary film directed by Ondi Timoner, and produced by Timoner, Vasco Nunes, and David Timoner. Compiled from seven years of footage, it contrasts the developing careers of the bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre and the bands' respective frontmen Courtney...

. The film captured a love-hate relationship
Love-hate relationship
A love–hate relationship is an interpersonal relationship involving simultaneous or alternating emotions of love and hate. This relationship does not have to be of a romantic nature, and may be instead of a sibling one...

 between both bands, highlighting the interaction of BJM frontman Anton Newcombe
Anton Newcombe
Anton Alfred Newcombe is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and leader of the music group, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.-Music:...

 and Courtney Taylor-Taylor. It was recorded over the course of seven years by Ondi Timoner
Ondi Timoner
Ondi Timoner is an American film director, producer and editor.-History:Ondi Timoner is the only director to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival twice. Born in Miami, Florida, Timoner graduated cum laude from Yale University, with a double major in American Studies and Theater...

, and won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

.

In the same year, the band released a double-album comprising Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols
The Black Album/Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols
The Black Album/Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols is a 2004 double album released by alternative band, The Dandy Warhols. The two disc set was released on their own Beat the World Records label. Initially, the album was only available to purchase through the band's website...

, a collection of B-sides, covers
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

, and unreleased songs, and The Black Album
The Black Album/Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols
The Black Album/Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols is a 2004 double album released by alternative band, The Dandy Warhols. The two disc set was released on their own Beat the World Records label. Initially, the album was only available to purchase through the band's website...

, an album recorded before ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down that was rejected by Capitol Records and dismissed by the band themselves.

Odditorium or Warlords of Mars

The band released their seventh album, Odditorium or Warlords of Mars
Odditorium or Warlords of Mars
Odditorium or Warlords of Mars is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on 13 September 2005 on Capitol Records...

, on 13 September 2005 to a mixed critical response. It was partially named after and recorded in the band's own Odditorium studio. The album was a return to the psychedelic guitar-oriented rock of ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
…The Dandy Warhols Come Down is the second studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, released in July 1997 on Capitol Records. The album features a change in style from the garage rock- and shoegaze-influenced sound of their previous album, Dandys Rule OK, to a more...

, moving away from the synth-heavy sound of Welcome to the Monkey House. "Smoke It" was the first track released for radio play.

Around about this time, the band contributed to the Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse video game soundtrack with a cover of "All I Have to Do Is Dream
All I Have to Do Is Dream
"All I Have to Do Is Dream" is a popular song made famous by the Everly Brothers, written by the husband and wife songwriting team Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, and published in 1958. The song is ranked No...

" by The Everly Brothers.

On 17 July 2006, the band released the stand-alone single "Have a Kick Ass Summer (Me and My Friends)", which was later re-recorded as "Mis Amigos" for their 2008 album ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols.... The song was later featured in the downloadable song-pack for the Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...

 video game Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4
Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4 is the twelfth home version of Dance Dance Revolution released in the United States. It was released by Konami on November 14, 2006, for the Microsoft Xbox video game console. About 70 songs are available in total in this version...

.

...Earth to the Dandy Warhols...

The band released their eighth record, ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols...
Earth to The Dandy Warhols
...Earth to the Dandy Warhols... is the sixth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, released for download and streaming play on 19 May 2008, with the CD version of the album released on 18 August 2008...

, digitally through a subscription service on May 19, 2008. It was the first album of theirs to be released on their self-founded Beat the World Records label, after splitting with Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 in 2007. The album featured a collaboration with Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...

 and the Heartbreakers'
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers are an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. They were formed in 1976 by Tom Petty , Mike Campbell , Benmont Tench , , Ron Blair and Stan Lynch...

 Mike Campbell on the track "Love Song".

In the same year, the band released an EP titled Earth to the Remix E.P. Volume One, consisting of electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 remixed versions of "The Legend of the Last of the Outlaw Truckers", "Welcome to the Third World", "The World the People Together (Come On)", and "Wasp in the Lotus". They followed up this EP in 2009 with Earth to the Remix E.P. Volume Two, this time containing remixes of "And Then I Dreamt of Yes", "Talk Radio", "Love Song", and "Now You Love Me".

In 2008, the band covered the Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...

 song "Primary
Primary (song)
"Primary" is the first single from The Cure's third studio album Faith, released in 1981 on Fiction Records. It was the first song by The Cure to be remixed as a separate extended mix for release on 12" single...

" for the charity album Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to the Cure
Perfect As Cats
Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to the Cure is a charity record released by Los Angeles indie label, Manimal Vinyl on October 28, 2008.. , Segodnya . , Les Inrockuptibles It features covers of The Cure favourites by Dandy Warhols, Bat For Lashes, Kaki King, Devastations, ex-Godflesh frontman, Justin K...

, which released on October 28, 2008 on Manimal Vinyl
Manimal Vinyl
Manimal Vinyl is a Los Angeles based record label founded in 2006 by fashion stylist, Paul Beahan. They are known for releasing underground and experimental pop music. They were originally known as a folk label that makes annual tribute records for worldwide charities, having eventually switched to...

 Records, with profits going to Invisible Children Inc. The band also contributed to the Love and Rockets
Love and Rockets (band)
Love and Rockets were an English alternative rock band formed in 1985 by former Bauhaus members Daniel Ash , David J , and Kevin Haskins . Former Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy had embarked on a solo career after Bauhaus split in 1983...

 tribute album, No New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets, in the same year, covering the song "Inside the Outside".

In 2008, The Dandy Warhols announced they were releasing a collaborative album called Breathe Easy to benefit conservation
Conservation
Conservation may refer to:* Conservation movement, to protect animals, fungi, plants and their habitats** Conservation biology, the science of the protection and management of biodiversity...

 projects. The recordings, which started on October 21, 2008, took place at the band's The Odditorium studio in Portland, Oregon. They collaborated with bands such as The Bravery
The Bravery
The Bravery is an American rock band from New York City that consists of Sam Endicott , Michael Zakarin , John Conway , Mike Hindert , and Anthony Burulcich...

, The Kooks
The Kooks
The Kooks are an English indie rock band formed in Brighton, East Sussex, in 2001. Formed by Luke Pritchard , Hugh Harris , Paul Garred , and Max Rafferty , the lineup of the band remained constant until 2008 and the departure of Rafferty...

, Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis
J Mascis
J Mascis is an American musician, best known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter for Dinosaur Jr.. In 2011, he was ranked in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.- Biography :...

, and Spoon
Spoon (band)
Spoon is an American rock band formed in Austin, Texas. The band is composed of Britt Daniel ; Jim Eno ; Rob Pope and Eric Harvey .-History:...

. Not much is known about the current status of the project and recordings are not readily available.

In 2009, the band covered The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

' "Blackbird
Blackbird (song)
"Blackbird" is a Beatles song from the double-disc album The Beatles . Blackbird was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon–McCartney.-Origins:...

" upon the passing of Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

, as a reference to the lyrics of their 2003 song "Welcome to the Monkey House" from the album of the same name: "When Michael Jackson dies/We're covering Blackbird".

The Capitol Years and new album

On 19 July 2010, The Dandy Warhols released The Capitol Years 1995–2007
The Capitol Years 1995–2007
The Capitol Years 1995–2007 is a greatest hits album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, released on 19 July 2010. It comprises their years with Capitol Records...

, a greatest hits album chronicling the band's years with Capitol Records. The album consists of singles and popular songs from the albums ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down, Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia, Welcome to the Monkey House, and Odditorium or Warlords of Mars, as well as the original Russel Elevado mixes of "I Am a Scientist" and "Plan A" from The Dandy Warhols Are Sound, an alternate mix of "Every Day Should Be a Holiday", an extended version of "Godless", and a new track, "This Is the Tide", written by Brent DeBoer and Zia McCabe, with DeBoer on lead vocals. "This Is the Tide" debuted on Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

 on 18 June 2010 and three different music videos have since been released for the song.

The band are currently in the process of recording a new album. While playing in Sydney's Enmore Theatre in May 2011 as part of their 2011 Australian tour, lead singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor announced the new album would be titled This Machine and is to be released in February 2012 (although Taylor-Taylor has previously jokingly announced the album title would be called either The Pastor of Muppets, Shitty Shitty Band Band, or Whirled Piece in blog posts on the band's official website). On the same tour, the band debuted two new songs, "Wow Signal", and "Rest Your Head", which are believed to be tracks from the new album.

In 2011, The Dandy Warhols "rearranged and performed" the theme music to the popular science-based television show MythBusters
MythBusters
MythBusters is a science entertainment TV program created and produced by Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The series is screened by numerous international broadcasters, including Discovery Channel Australia, Discovery Channel Latin America, Discovery Channel Canada, Quest...

, with the updated theme music first appearing in episode 171, "Bikes and Bazookas".

Other developments

In 2009, frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor released a graphic novel titled One Model Nation. Taylor-Taylor also regularly writes "one sentence movie reviews" on the band's official website.

In 2010, drummer Brent DeBoer released a solo folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 album called The Player. A music video for the song "You Win" was produced. DeBoer currently fronts the country band Immigrant Union. The band appeared on an episode of Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight
Adam Hills In Gordon Street Tonight
Adam Hills In Gordon Street Tonight is an Australian television interview show on ABC1 hosted by comedian Adam Hills. The show features celebrity guests, comedy and live music....

, playing a cover of Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo
Rose Tattoo is an Australian rock and roll band, now led by Angry Anderson, that was formed in Sydney in 1976. Their sound is hard rock mixed with blues rock influences, with songs including "Bad Boy for Love", "Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw", "Nice Boys", "We Can't Be Beaten" and "Scarred for Life"...

's "Bad Boy for Love".

Guitarist Peter Holmström currently fronts the neo-psychedelia
Neo-psychedelia
Neo-psychedelia is music that emulates or is heavily influenced by the psychedelic music of the 1960s. It began to be revived among British post-punk bands of the later 1970s and early 1980s and was taken up by groups including bands of the Paisley Underground and Madchester scenes, as well as...

 band Pete International Airport
Pete International Airport
Pete International Airport is an American neo-psychedelia band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1997 by Peter Holmström of The Dandy Warhols and named after the Dandy Warhols song of the same name...

, which was named after the Dandy Warhols song of the same name and also features members from bands such as The Lovetones, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and The Upsidedown
The Upsidedown
The Upsidedown is an alternative rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States.The band released their debut album, Trust Electricity, in 2004. The album has received national attention, and the band has been noted in several newspapers and magazines as an up-and-coming band to watch, including...

. The band released their debut self-titled album
Pete International Airport (album)
Pete International Airport is the self-titled debut album by American neo-psychedelia band Pete International Airport, released in 2010.- Track listing :...

 in 2010. He also appeared as a guest musician on The Dead Stars on Hollywood
The Dead Stars On Hollywood
The Dead Stars on Hollywood are an American rock band based in New York City, that incorporates elements of glam, new wave and goth into their alternative rock sound...

's EP, Anthems for the Friendly-Fire Generation.

Keyboardist Zia McCabe currently plays in the country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 band Brush Prairie.

Musical style

The Dandy Warhols' sound has included a variety of different genres ever since their conception. Dandys Rule OK (1995) featured garage rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...

- and shoegaze influences, while their next album, The Dandy Warhols Come Down (1997), displayed a more commercial and polished sound (being their first record on a major label), abandoning the garage rock of the previous album and delving further into psychedelic soundscapes. Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia is the third album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on 1 August 2000 on Capital Records...

(2000) featured a matured, less overdrive
Overdrive
- Music :* Overdrive , a Serbian band* Overdrive, a Swedish band featuring Janne Stark* Overdrive , an album by Fastlane* Overdrive, an album by Aphrodite* "Overdrive" * "Overdrive"...

n sound, with less overt psychedelia and more power pop leanings.

Welcome to the Monkey House
Welcome to the Monkey House (album)
Welcome to the Monkey House is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. "We Used to Be Friends" was a popular single from the album, which later went on to be the theme song for the cult TV show Veronica Mars....

(2003), produced by Nick Rhodes
Nick Rhodes
Nick Rhodes is an English musician, is best known as the keyboardist of the pop rock band Duran Duran...

 of Duran Duran
Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...

, represented a significant leap in style, from guitar-driven alternative rock into eighties
1980s in music
For music from a year in the 1980s, go to 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89For a history of music in all times, see Timeline of musical events....

-influenced synth pop. Odditorium or Warlords of Mars
Odditorium or Warlords of Mars
Odditorium or Warlords of Mars is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on 13 September 2005 on Capitol Records...

(2005) featured a return to the overdriven psychedelic soundscapes of Come Down, whilst also incorporating the genre experimentation seen on Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia. ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols...
Earth to The Dandy Warhols
...Earth to the Dandy Warhols... is the sixth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, released for download and streaming play on 19 May 2008, with the CD version of the album released on 18 August 2008...

(2008) continued in the electronic style of Monkey House.

Personnel

Current members
  • Courtney Taylor-Taylor
    Courtney Taylor-Taylor
    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. The vast majority of the band's songs are written by Taylor-Taylor, including hits "We Used to Be Friends" and...

     (1994–present)
  • Peter Holmström (1994–present)
  • Zia McCabe
    Zia McCabe
    Zia McCabe is a percussionist, bass guitarist, and keyboard player. She is a member of American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. She graduated from Battle Ground High School in Battle Ground, Washington in 1992. In 1995, with hardly any prior musical experience, Zia joined The Dandy Warhols...

     (1994–present)
  • Brent DeBoer (1998–present)


Former members
  • Eric Hedford
    Eric Hedford
    Eric Hedford is a drummer who was a founding member of The Dandy Warhols.-Early work:He performed on 1995's Dandy's Rule OK?, 1996's The Black Album, and 1997's …The Dandy Warhols Come Down. Under the moniker "Aquaman", Hedford is credited for "additional production" on Everyday Should Be a Holiday...

     (1994–1998)

Discography

Studio albums
  • Dandys Rule OK (1995)
  • ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
    ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
    …The Dandy Warhols Come Down is the second studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, released in July 1997 on Capitol Records. The album features a change in style from the garage rock- and shoegaze-influenced sound of their previous album, Dandys Rule OK, to a more...

    (1997)
  • Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
    Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
    Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia is the third album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on 1 August 2000 on Capital Records...

    (2000)
  • Welcome to the Monkey House
    Welcome to the Monkey House (album)
    Welcome to the Monkey House is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. "We Used to Be Friends" was a popular single from the album, which later went on to be the theme song for the cult TV show Veronica Mars....

    (2003)
  • The Black Album
    The Black Album/Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols
    The Black Album/Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols is a 2004 double album released by alternative band, The Dandy Warhols. The two disc set was released on their own Beat the World Records label. Initially, the album was only available to purchase through the band's website...

    (2004)
  • Odditorium or Warlords of Mars
    Odditorium or Warlords of Mars
    Odditorium or Warlords of Mars is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. It was released on 13 September 2005 on Capitol Records...

    (2005)
  • ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols...
    Earth to The Dandy Warhols
    ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols... is the sixth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, released for download and streaming play on 19 May 2008, with the CD version of the album released on 18 August 2008...

    (2008)
  • The Dandy Warhols Are Sound
    The Dandy Warhols Are Sound
    The Dandy Warhols Are Sound is the release of Grammy Award-winning soul mixing engineer Russell Elevado's original mix of The Dandy Warhols' 2003 studio album, Welcome to the Monkey House...

    (2009)
  • This Machine (2012)


Compilation albums
  • Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols
    The Black Album/Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols
    The Black Album/Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols is a 2004 double album released by alternative band, The Dandy Warhols. The two disc set was released on their own Beat the World Records label. Initially, the album was only available to purchase through the band's website...

    (2004)
  • The Capitol Years 1995–2007
    The Capitol Years 1995–2007
    The Capitol Years 1995–2007 is a greatest hits album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, released on 19 July 2010. It comprises their years with Capitol Records...

    (2010)

External links

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