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The Dear & Departed 
L-R: Cortney, Keath, Dan, Darren, JimmyBackground information Also known as TD&D Origin Auckland, New Zealand. Orange County, California, U.S. Genres New Wave, gothic rock Years active 2006 - present Labels Science Records
Equal Vision RecordsWebsite The Dear & Departed's myspace Members Dan Smith
Darren Parkinson
Courtney Miner
Jimmy Walsh
Keath MoonPast members Simon O'Gorman
Joel Bourne
David WilliamsThe Dear & Departed is a rock band from Orange County and Los Angeles, California, founded by Dan Smith. Founded in 2006, the band went on the Vans Warped Tour and released their debut album the same year. In 2007 the band again played on the tour, and some other tours followed. After releasing an EP in January 2010, the band went into the studio in late 2010 to work on their next full length album.
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History
Dan Smith (aka Dan Under) made his mark growing up in New Zealand. There his music career blossomed playing for countless bands in the NZ punk/hardcore scene and Smith was active in both show promotion and underground record labels. Dan left New Zealand in 2001 to pursue his music further and also his rapidly growing tattooing career. After spending 2 years mostly in Australia, he migrated to the United States in 2005. Dan continues to return to New Zealand regularly and is a spokesperson for the country on the world famous TLC hit tv show LA Ink.
The band was signed by Science Records, going on the Vans's "Warped Tour" and working with other experienced artists and producers. Working with producer Chris Vrenna, they recorded their debut album, Something Quite Peculiar, in December 2006. Vrenna has worked with such bands as U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Killing Joke, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson and Gnarls Barkley.
In 2007, the band shared the stage with bands such as AFI, Sick Of It All, Saosin, Norma Jean, Alexisonfire and Avenged Sevenfold. They participated in the Vans' Warped Tour 2007. Simon O’Gorman left the band in December 2007 and Matt Baker, who contributed keyboards on Something Quite Peculiar filled a touring position for Tiger Army and Revolution Mother tours.
On May 8, 2008, the band posted a blog stating that the band, Joel Bourne and David Williams were parting ways, and were succeeded by Courtney Miner and Jimmy Walsh in September 2008. Dan Smiths obligations filming the hit TLC tv show LA Ink in 2009 put touring on hold, but with a more concrete line up the band was very active in writing new material. January 2010, after signing with Equal Vision Records, saw the release of Chapters, a 5 song EP. The band recently toured with Alkaline Trio and Cursive around America and AFI and Sick Of It All and are now currently writing and preparing new songs for their second LP they plan to record in August/September 2010.
The band uses guest vocals from bands such as AFI and Gin Blossoms on their new album, lead singer Dan Smith has also appeared on a few AFI albums. He talks about his friendship with AFI frontman Davey Havok in a recent interview with online magazine Coup De Main.[1]
Their new album, Every Walking Moment was released on November 8th, 2011. It is the band's first full-length offering for Equal Vision and was produced by Chad Gilbert (New Found Glory, A Day To Remember). Davey Havok, frontman of AFI, has provided backing vocals for the album.
Members
- Dan Smith - vocals
- Darren Parkison - guitar
- Cortney Miner - guitar
- Keath Moon - bass
- Jimmy Walsh - drums
Discography
Demos & EPs
- "Demo 2006"
- "SAMPLER" Exclusively available on their Tour.
- "Chapters", January 5, 2010.
Albums
- Something Quite Peculiar, May 22, 2007.
- Every Walking Moment, November 8, 2011.
Tours
- AFI and Sick of it All (2007)
- Vans Warped Tour (2007)
- Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
- Alkaline Trio, Cursive (band) (2010) US Tour
- AFI, Sick of it All (2010) UK Tour
References
External links
Categories:- English rock music groups
- Equal Vision Records artists
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