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Dandy Warhols Information
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'The Dandy Warhols' are a psychedelic power pop band formed in Portland, Oregon by Courtney Taylor-Taylor (formally simply Courtney Taylor) (vocals, guitar), Zia McCabe (keyboard), Peter Loew (formally known as Peter Holmstrom/Holmström before his marriage to Michelle Loew in 2003), and Eric Hedford (drums). When Hedford left in 1999, Taylor-Taylor's cousin Brent De Boer replaced him as drummer. The band's name is an obvious play on the name of pop artist Andy Warhol.
History
Strongly influenced by The Velvet Underground, the band first achieved success in Europe after the release of their second record 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 after being 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.
Welcome to the Monkey House, released in 2003, was co-produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran. 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.
Though stateside success still eludes the band, they have a large following in Europe. This lack of stateside success and unhappiness with the band's label, Capitol Records, was underlined in an interview lead singer Courtney Taylor-Taylor gave to Static Multimedia.com http://www.staticmultimedia.com/content/music/features/feature_1120770928 link.
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 although having 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 it has received mixed reviews and has, like the single "Smoke It", seen poor positioning in the UK Charts. In the light of this the follow up single version of "All The Money" was radically remixed with more guitars and new drums but still failed to chart highly.
Along with Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy Warhols were the subjects of the 2004 documentary Dig! The film, capturing the highs and lows of the two bands over a period of seven years is seen by many as the real life successor to Spinal Tap.
Discography
Albums
* 1995 Dandy's Rule OK?
* 1997 ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down #16 UK
**"Boys Better" from this album was included on the Good Will Hunting soundtrack, and "Every Day Should Be A Holiday" on the There's Something About Mary soundtrack.
* 2000 Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia #182 US; #32 UK
**"Godless" and "Nietzsche" from this album were used in the movie Anti-Trust.
**The hit "Bohemian Like You" was featured on Monday Night Football, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Six Feet Under, and Igby Goes Down. In the UK it was used extensively by Vodafone for a television campaign, and on football programmes Match of the Day and 606. It also used in Australia for a number of Holden advertisements.
**"Solid" was used as the theme song to the short-lived TV show Undeclared.
* 2003 Welcome To The Monkey House #118 US; #20 UK
**"We Used to be Friends" from this album is used as the theme song for Veronica Mars and is featured on Music from The O.C. Vol. 1, from the popular Fox television series. It was also used as the theme song for the Australian reality TV show, My Restaurant Rules.
* 2004 The Black Album
* 2004 Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols
* 2005 Odditorium or Warlords of Mars #89 US; #67 UK
The Black Album and Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols are available only from the band's
Singles
| 'Year' | 'Title' | 'Chart positions' | 'Album' | | UK Singles Chart | US Modern Rock | | 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" | #42 | #28 | Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia | | 2000 | "Godless" | - | - | Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia | | 2001 | "Bohemian Like You" | #5 | - | Re-release of single | | 2002 | "Get Off" | #34 | - | Re-release of single | | 2003 | "We Used To Be Friends" | #18 | - | Welcome To The Monkey House | | 2003 | "You Were The Last High" | #34 | - | 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 |
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