Dean Wareham
Michael Dean Wareham (born August 1, 1963 in Wellington ) is a New Zealand indie rock musician and author who was "once half known with Galaxie 500 and Luna."
Career
Wareham's family moved from Sydney to New York in 1977. He completed a sociology degree at Harvard and founded the indie rock and slowcore band Galaxie 500 in 1986 with two classmates from his university preparatory school . After his departure from Galaxie 500, he founded in 1991 Dreampop band Luna , went into the 2000 Warehams future wife Britta Phillips. Luna was named "the best band you've never heard of" by Rolling Stone and named the album Penthouse in a list of the 100 best rock albums. Nevertheless, the band remained commercially unsuccessful. Since then, Wareham and Phillips have released several albums as Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips , since 2007 shortened as Dean & Britta . In 2004 Luna announced the impending dissolution and played one last concert on February 28, 2005 at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. About Luna's farewell tour, the documentary Tell Me Do You Miss Me? turned.
Wareham published the book Black Postcards - A Rock & Roll Romance in 2008 , in which he describes his life as a musician. The book received numerous positive reviews because of the ironic de-romanticization of existence as a rock'n'roll musician.
Together with Britta Phillips, Wareham was responsible for the soundtrack for the productions The Squid and the Whale (2005), Just Like the Son (2006), Price Check (2012) and Mistress America (2015).
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Official website of Dean & Britta (English)
- Myspace presence by Dean & Britta (English)
- Fansite to Galaxie 500 and later band projects (English)
- Interview about the publication of Black Postcards on kexp.org (English)
- Dean Wareham in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christoph Dallach: Rickety cars and joyless sex on spiegel.de
- ↑ Book Review - Black Postcards by Dean Wareham on largeheartedboy.com (English)
- ↑ David Chiu : Luna Call It Quits . Rolling Stone , October 15, 2004, archived from the original on July 26, 2008 ; accessed on January 13, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wareham, Dean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wareham, Michael Dean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand musician and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wellington , New Zealand |