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RUMORS OF MY DEMISE
Musician Evan Dando's hair-raising memoir.
Evan Dando rose to fame in a more innocent time. The Lemonheads front man, songwriter and actor started in the 80s hardcore scene and went on to become a 90s icon.
Think of Evan Dando, and you think of heroin chic, grunge and celebrity burnout... pre-internet celebrity burnout. Perhaps known as much for his partying and boyishly good looks, after two gold records and the kind of fame that you just can't enjoy anymore, the Lemonheads cooled off and life went on.
But fame was never what motivated Dando. Above all else, he is an artist. He lives for his music, and he makes no apologies. From sleeping on floors in the punk rock days to crashing at Johnny Depp's place in Hollywood, it's secondary to making music.
"Evan Dando knows he's lucky" is the title of a recent New York Times article on the reclusive musician, who's been reminiscing on his life in rock and roll from an old '70s trailer on Martha's Vineyard for the last ten or so years: https://nyti.ms/2ODlGBU
As always, the press wants him to fit in a box. But after a lifetime of such treatment, Evan Dando is going to tell his own story. His memoir, RUMORS OF MY DEMISE, will remind readers what was so great about the pre-internet 90s: the innocence, the access, and the anonymity. He intends to bring it all to life again, the clubs, the drugs, the ringing ears. The fun, the fame, the fall. And, ultimately, the satisfaction of living the life of an artist. No apologies.
Think of Evan Dando, and you think of heroin chic, grunge and celebrity burnout... pre-internet celebrity burnout. Perhaps known as much for his partying and boyishly good looks, after two gold records and the kind of fame that you just can't enjoy anymore, the Lemonheads cooled off and life went on.
But fame was never what motivated Dando. Above all else, he is an artist. He lives for his music, and he makes no apologies. From sleeping on floors in the punk rock days to crashing at Johnny Depp's place in Hollywood, it's secondary to making music.
"Evan Dando knows he's lucky" is the title of a recent New York Times article on the reclusive musician, who's been reminiscing on his life in rock and roll from an old '70s trailer on Martha's Vineyard for the last ten or so years: https://nyti.ms/2ODlGBU
As always, the press wants him to fit in a box. But after a lifetime of such treatment, Evan Dando is going to tell his own story. His memoir, RUMORS OF MY DEMISE, will remind readers what was so great about the pre-internet 90s: the innocence, the access, and the anonymity. He intends to bring it all to life again, the clubs, the drugs, the ringing ears. The fun, the fame, the fall. And, ultimately, the satisfaction of living the life of an artist. No apologies.
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