Evan Dando
Evan Dando
Evan Griffith Dandois an American musician, best known for fronting the alternative rock band The Lemonheads. He has served as the lead singer of the group since its formation in 1986. He has also embarked on a solo career and collaborated on various songs. In December 2015, he was inducted into the Boston Music Awards Hall Of Fame...
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth4 March 1967
CityEssex, MA
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Every three months I would give this person 100 grand I would have spent on coke, so when my music income ran out I still had $700,000.
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I wanted love from the masses because I was trying to make up for my parents' messy divorce and feeling abandoned when I was 11.
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I was trying to spend it as quickly as possible. Because I'm so lazy, all that money created a block. I was flying around the world, staying at fancy hotels, having fun and trying to get rid of it as quickly as possible, so I could get on with some more work.
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But ya have to make videos in the States. Usually ours just look too serious. We haven't got it together.
lifestyle
Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle.
boss records labels
It is hard, though, 'cos record labels love to boss you around. I won't let them do that anymore.
fun play records
I'd forgotten what it was like to play music and have it be fun so I decided to stop. I wasn't even sure if I was going to make a new record, I was just kinda quitting.
fun wife
It's better when you have your wife with you, more fun.
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I don't like alcohol, but I still like to mess around with other stuff occasionally. I think it's important I take mushrooms and acid. They're certainly not addictive, so I can't rule that out.
knows
You know more about me than I do about myself, that's probably true.
song writing firsts
When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.
song writing minutes
The best songs I write in 20 minutes.
stuff ends corporate
Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on.
fun thinking rocks
See, to me, rock'n'roll doesn't have any point. It's just fun. It has a million different angles and they're all valid. But I think rock might be a world issue.