Dante DeCaro

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Dante DeCaro
Dante DeCaro w/ Johnny and the Moon at Bowery Ballroom on October 9, 2007.
Dante DeCaro w/ Johnny and the Moon at Bowery Ballroom on October 9, 2007.
Background information
Born January 26, 1981
Origin Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Genre(s) Indie Rock
Years active 1999 – Present
Label(s) Sub Pop
Warner Bros. Records
Kill Devil Hills Records
Associated acts Wolf Parade
Johnny and the Moon
Hot Hot Heat

Dante DeCaro (January 26, 1981) of Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, is the former guitarist/songwriter of the Canadian band Hot Hot Heat. His inventive guitar parts were considered a crucial part of Hot Hot Heat's success with their first major label album Make Up The Breakdown. Dante left the band after the recording of 2005's Elevator due to creative differences and an apparent disdain for the touring lifestyle and corporate status of the band.

During Dante's brief solo stint, he was renowned around Victoria, British Columbia for his talent at playing a banjo and a harmonica at the same time. He played at the historic Fifty Fifty Arts Collective show in the early summer of 2005.

In the spring of 2005, he began playing solo acoustic shows with drummer Arlen Thompson of the Montreal band Wolf Parade. DeCaro officially joined Wolf Parade as their new guitarist in Summer 2005.[1]

Dante now fronts local Shawnigan Lake band Johnny and the Moon. Often mistaken as a solo project, Johnny and the Moon are a four piece band consisting of keyboards, banjos and even garbage bins for drums.[2] The band released its self-titled debut album in 2006 on Kill Devil Hills Records.[3]

Dante DeCaro is also the name of a race horse that has been generally characterized as a "bronze medalist" and has been appraised by at least one source as "worth about $30,000".

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Hot Hot Heat

[edit] Wolf Parade

[edit] Johnny and the Moon

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Wolf Parade Bio", SubPop.com, August 13, 2007.
  2. ^ Official MySpace page, "Johnny and the Moon", myspace.com, retrieved January 4, 2008.
  3. ^ Kill Devil Hills Records, "Johnny and the Moon Bio", killdevilhillsrecords.com, retrieved January 4, 2008.

[edit] External links

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