The Dandy Warhols
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| The Dandy Warhols
<tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="3">Image:Dandywarhols 1.jpg The Dandy Warhols: Left to right, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Brent DeBoer, Zia McCabe, Peter Holmström. </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Portland, Oregon, USA</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Rock</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">1993–Present</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">Capitol |
The Dandy Warhols are an alternative rock band formed in Portland, Oregon by Courtney Taylor-Taylor (formerly just Courtney Taylor) (vocals, guitar), Zia McCabe (keyboard), Peter Holmström, and Eric Hedford (drums). When Hedford left in 1998, Taylor-Taylor's cousin Brent De Boer replaced him as drummer. The band's name is a play on the name of pop artist Andy Warhol.
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[edit] History
The Portland, Oregon Warhols are strongly influenced by The Velvet Underground and The Rolling Stones [citation needed] as well as including implicit musical references to Jethro Tull and My Bloody Valentine in some songs. Frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor describes the band beginning as a group of friends who "needed music to drink to." The band performed live shows in bars throughout Portland and released their first album, Dandy's Rule OK? in 1995. This album was influential in Capitol Records' decision to sign the band.
The band first achieved success in Europe after the release of their second record ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down in 1997; the lead single "Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth" proved popular in many countries across the continent.
Following the release of Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia in 2000, the band gained a firm fan base in the college radio scene before garnering critical acclaim and mainstream recognition. The song "Bohemian Like You" became a hit in the UK and was used in a Vodafone advertising campaign in 2001. The advertisement money was used to buy a quarter city block in Portland, Oregon (the band's hometown) for use as film and music studios, as well as being a clubhouse for the band to throw parties. In 2006, "Bohemian Like You" was also used in a Chevrolet advertisement.
Welcome to the Monkey House, released in 2003, was co-produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran and engineered by Brian Coates of The Every Thing. The album takes its title from Kurt Vonnegut's collection of short stories of the same name. The recording features an eighties synth-rock sound that alienated some devotees of the band's earlier harder-edged guitar sound. It also won critical plaudits for its polish, panache, and the band's capacity to reinvent itself. One of the album's singles, "We Used to be Friends", later was used as the theme song for the Australian reality series My Restaurant Rules and the American cult drama Veronica Mars.
Though commercial success in the United States still eludes the band, they have a large cult following. This was underlined in an interview lead singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor gave to Westword.com:
- "I don't give a [expletive] about rock stars," he announces from the comfort of a Texas hotel room. "You mean like David Lee Roth or Gene Simmons? I…don't…care." He's more receptive to David Bowie, but "Bowie isn't a rock star. I don't know that he's ever rocked hard [sic] in his life. He's more of an artist, and that's what we are. I didn't grow up playing guitar and shouting, 'I want to be a rock star!' We could just as easily have become painters."[1]
Odditorium or Warlords of Mars, partially named after and recorded in the band's Portland studio, The Odditorium, was released on September 13, 2005. "Smoke It" was the first track released for radio play. The album has been described as a return to form for the band, moving away from the synth-heavy sound of Welcome to the Monkey House and back toward the largely guitar-oriented, diverse arrangements of Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia.
Along with The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy Warhols were the subjects of the 2004 documentary DiG! This film captured a love/hate relationship between both bands, highlighting the interaction of BJM frontman Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor. It was recorded over the course of seven years by Ondi Timoner.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
 <center>(1995) <center>Tim/Kerr |
 <center>(1997) <center>Capitol <center>#16 UK |
 <center>(2000) <center>Capitol <center>#182 US, #32 UK |
 <center>(2003) <center>Capitol <center>#118 US, #20 UK |
 <center>(2004) <center>Beat The World Records |
<center>(2004) <center>Beat The World Records |
 <center>(2005) <center>Capitol #89 US, #67 UK |
The Black Album and Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols are available only from the band's website.
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |
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| 1995 | "The Dandy Warhols TV Theme Song" | - | - | Dandys Rule OK? |
| 1995 | "Ride" | - | - | Dandys Rule OK? |
| 1998 | "Every Day Should Be A Holiday" | #29 | - | ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down |
| 1998 | "Not If You Were the Last Junkie On Earth" | #13 | #31 | ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down |
| 1998 | "Boys Better" | #36 | - | ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down |
| 2000 | "Get Off" | #38 | - | Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia |
| 2000 | "Bohemian Like You" | #56 | #28 | Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia |
| 2001 | "Godless" | #66 | - | Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia |
| 2001 | "Bohemian Like You" (re-release) | #5 | - | Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia |
| 2002 | "Get Off" (re-release) | #34 | - | Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia |
| 2003 | "We Used To Be Friends" | #18 | - | Welcome To The Monkey House |
| 2003 | "You Were The Last High" | #34 | - | Welcome To The Monkey House |
| 2003 | "Plan A" | #66 | - | Welcome To The Monkey House |
| 2005 | "Smoke It" | #59 | - | Odditorium or Warlords of Mars |
| 2005 | "All The Money or the Simple Life Honey" | #83 | - | Odditorium or Warlords of Mars |
| 2006 | "Horny As A Dandy" | #17 | - | Mash-up with Mousse T |
| 2006 | "Have A Kick Ass Summer (Me And My Friends)" | - | - | Have A Kick Ass Summer (single) |
[edit] Trivia
Courtney Taylor-Taylor guest-starred as himself in an episode of The Loop, a FOX comedy series. It also guest-starred Adam Brody of The O.C. as a homosexual going to a party attended by Courtney.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- The Dandy Warhols on MySpace
- Slabtown - Fansite
- allmusic.com Guide
- Dandy Warhols Lyrics
| The Dandy Warhols |
| Courtney Taylor | Peter Loew | Zia McCabe | Brent DeBoer |
| Eric Hedford |
| Discography] |
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| Albums and extended plays: Dandy's Rule OK? | ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down | Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia | Welcome to the Monkey House | The Black album | Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols | Odditorium or Warlords of Mars |
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| DiG! |
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