Dopamine (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Dopamine


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = flagicon|Wales Caerphilly,
Wales, UK
Genre = Rock, Alternative
Years_active = 2000–Present
Label = UK - Unsigned
Japan - Pyropit
URL = [http://www.dopaminemusic.com]
Current_members = Neil Starr (Vocals/Guitar)
Ryan Day(Guitar/Vocals)
Dan Brewin (Bass)
Sam Phillips(Drums)
Past_members = James (Jim) Leaves (Bass)
Iain Mahanty (Guitar/Vocals)
Gareth Davies(Bass)

Dopamine are an Alt-Rock foursome, from Caerphilly, Wales. They are very good friends of The Blackout, Funeral for a Friend and Lostprophets, and have toured with both bands.

Discography

Albums

*Unknown: Promo CD a.k.a. The Cheese Grater EP - Self Released
*2002: Statement Of Intent - Self Released
*2003: The Time It Takes To Let Go - You And Whose Army? Records
*2004: A Lesson In Dying - Self Released
*2005: Auditioning My Escape Plan - Golf Records
*2005: Dopamine/Reubens Accomplice - Split EP
*2005: What Went Wrong And Who Is The Betrayer? - Japan Release - Pyropit Records
*2006: Experiments With Truth - Self Released

ingles

Misc

*2006: Experiments With Truth - 7" Vinyl

The Singles Club

*Dec 2006: Singles Club 1 - Self Released
**Experiments With Truth
**Last Christmas (Wham Cover)
**Mr Jones (Counting Crows Cover)

*Jan 2007: Singles Club 2 - Self Released
**Who You Are
**You And Your Friends Vs Me And The Revolution (The Blackout Cover)
**Bright Lights For Closed Eyes (From What Went Wrong And Who Is The Betrayer? - Japan Only Release)

*Feb 2007: Singles Club 3 - Self Released
**Too Late
**Everything You Need To Know About Breaking Hearts (From What Went Wrong And Who Is The Betrayer? - Japan Only Release)
**Sick Lie Future (From What Went Wrong And Who Is The Betrayer? - Japan Only Release)

*Mar 2007: Singles Club 4 - Self Released
**Colour Of Comfort
**Disorder (Demo Recorded In 2000!)
**Broken (Demo Recorded In 2000!)

*Apr 2007: Singles Club 5 - Self Released
**Still Hiding
**Bruises For Losers (Demo Recorded In 2003!)
**Lose Your Place (From Statement Of Intent - Self Released Demo)

*May 2007: Singles Club 6 - Self Released
**I Disappear
**Project 195 (Demo Recorded Pre 2002!)
**Beauty Tree (Demo Recorded Pre 2002!)

*June 2007: Singles Club 7 - Self Released
**Ghost In The Machine
**Blinded
**Alex Kidd

Videography

*2003: The band made a video for Sick Lie Future, a song from the self-released EP, Statement Of Intent. This video was never released to the public, and only left available online. The video features Neil, Sam, and James, playing the song in a hospital. It also features ex-manager Jon, and Neil's girlfriend, Jess.
*2005: The band made a video for Laruso, a song from the album Auditioning my Escape Plan. The video was added to the play list on Kerrang!
*2006: The band made a video for Experiments With Truth, from the album of the same name. This was recorded as a 'live' video at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, and can be viewed on the bands MySpace page.

The Singles Club

The Singles Club was devised in November, by the band themselves. Contrary to popular belief, it is not a way for single Dopamine fans to hook up with each other. It is in fact a club comprising of under 100 members, who all receive a single released by Dopamine on a monthly basis. There are only 100 of each single printed, and any that remain after being sent to The Singles Club members, are then sold on eBay, or via MySpace to the rest of the fan base

Trivia

*Gareth Davies of Funeral for a Friend was briefly in the band before Funeral.
*Have toured with Lostprophets and are currently touring with Hell is for Heroes (As of February '07).
*They are confirmed to play The Full Ponty 2007 on Saturday 26th May (May Bank Holiday Weekend) with Lostprophets headlining. Dopamine are on the Atrium stage which is headlined by Paramore.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/music/pages/artists_dopamine.shtml BBC - Dopamine]
* [http://www.dopaminemusic.com Dopamine - Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/dopamine MySpace site]