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The Dears
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| The Dears | ||
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 The Dears performing in Leicester in 2005.
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Montreal, Quebec Canada  |
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| Genre(s) | Indie rock | |
| Years active | 1995 – present | |
| Label(s) | Grenadine Records/MapleMusic Recordings | |
| Website | http://www.thedears.org/ | |
| Members | ||
| Murray Lightburn George Donoso Valérie Jodoin-Keaton Natalia Yanchak Patrick Krief Martin Pelland |
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| Former members | ||
| Richard MacDonald John Tod Andrew White Roberto Arquilla Brigitte Mayes Jonathan Cohen Rob Benvie Joseph Donovan |
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The Dears are a Canadian indie rock band. They originated in Montreal, Quebec.
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The band formed in 1995 and released their first album, End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story in 2000. In 2001 and 2002, they also released the EPs Orchestral Pop Noir Romantique and Protest as well as a collection of unreleased songs Nor the Dahlias. In 2003 they released their second full-length album No Cities Left and in 2006 they released Gang Of Losers.
The lineup of the band is fluid and changes frequently. The band's core member is founder and lead singer Murray Lightburn. The current lineup of the band (in place since 2004) include George Donoso, Valérie Jodoin-Keaton, Patrick Krief, Martin Pelland, and Lightburn's wife, Natalia Yanchak.
The Dears have had high-profile gigs as opening act for the bands Sloan, Keane and for Morrissey, to whom Lightburn is often compared. Their music has been described as a cross between The Smiths, Serge Gainsbourg and Joy Division with Lightburn's singing voice being likened to Morrissey as well as Blur's Damon Albarn. The complexity of the music and arrangements has also been compared to Radiohead, Jethro Tull and early Genesis.
The Dears have just finished supporting the UK band Keane on their tour of the United Kingdom.
- Murray Lightburn - Lead vocals, guitars & keyboards
- George Donoso - Drums
- Valérie Jodoin-Keaton - Keyboards, recorder & backing vocals
- Natalia Yanchak - Keyboards & backing vocals
- Patrick Krief - Guitars
- Martin Pelland - Bass guitar
- Richard MacDonald (1995-1998)
- John Tod (1995-2000)
- Andrew White (1995-1998)
- Roberto Arquilla (1998-2000)
- Brigitte Mayes (1999-2002)
- Jonathan Cohen (1999-2002)
- Rob Benvie (2002-2003)
- Joseph Donovan (2003 - touring guitar player)
- End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story (2000)
- Orchestral Pop Noir Romantique (2001)
- Nor the Dahlias: The Dears 1995-1998 (2001)
- Protest (2002)
- No Cities Left (2003)
- Thank You Good Night Sold Out (2004)
- Gang of Losers (#52 CAN) (2006)
- We Can Have It (2004)
- Lost in the Plot (8/11/2004) 49
- 22: The Death of All the Romance (2/5/2005) 53
- Ticket to Immortality (14/8/2006)
