Lemonheads - Definition and Overview

The Lemonheads is an indie, alternative and punk band from the United States.

History

Frontman and vocalist, Evan Dando, formed the band in Boston in 1984 with his high school classmates Ben Deily and Jesse Peretz. Initally the band was called the Whelps, but changed to the Lemonheads before the release of its debut EP, Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners.

The band's breakthrough 1992 album, It's a Shame About Ray, featuring the hit cover of the Simon & Garfunkel track "Mrs Robinson", was co-authored by Australian songwriter Tom Morgan of the band Smudge.

Helped in a 1996 tribute album for Schoolhouse Rock creator Thomas G. Yohe, which contain remakes of many popular Schoolhouse Rock songs like Conjunction Junction, I'm Just a Bill, and Interplanet Janet.

Discography

Albums

• Hate Your Friends - 1987
• Creator - 1988
• Create Your Friends - 1989
• Lick - 1989
• Lovey - 1990
• It's a Shame About Ray - 1992
• Come on Feel the Lemonheads - 1993
• My Drug Buddy - 1993
• Car Button Cloth - 1996
• The Best of the Lemonheads: The Atlantic Years - 1998

Bootlegs / Possible Bootlegs

• The secret life of Evan Dando (live at McCabes Guitar Shop, Los Angeles, CA, USA) - May 1993

External links

• Musicbrainz Discography (http://musicbrainz.org/artist/58a53082-a629-4ff1-a44d-7492d6f6e8fb.html)