Dandy Warhols

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The Dandy Warhols are a rock band formed in Portland, Oregon by Courtney Taylor-Taylor (vocals, guitar), Zia McCabe (keyboard), Peter Holmström (guitar), and Eric Hedford (drums). When Hedford left in 1998, Taylor-Taylor's cousin Brent De Boer replaced him as drummer. The Dandy Warhols 's name is a play on the name of pop artist Andy Warhol.

The Dandy Warhols are strongly influenced by The Velvet Underground, Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, The Shadows and The Rolling Stones as well as including implicit musical references to My Bloody Valentine in some songs. Front man Courtney Taylor-Taylor describes The Dandy Warhols  beginning as a group of friends who "needed music to drink to." The Dandy Warhols performed live shows in bars throughout Portland and released their first album, Dandys Rule, OK? on Tim Kerr Records in 1995. This album was influential in Capitol Records' decision to sign The Dandy Warhols .

The Dandy Warhols  first achieved success in Europe after the release of their second record ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down in 1997; the lead single "Not If You Were The Last Junkie on Earth" proved popular in many countries across the continent. The Dandy Warhols popular both visually and sonically, gained a reputation throughout Europe and Australia for selling out their live shows.

Following the release of Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia in 2000, The Dandy Warhols  gained a firm fan base in the college radio scene before garnering critical acclaim and mainstream recognition. The album reached platinum status in the UK along with Greece and various other European countries. It also went platinum in Australia where they tour extensively. The song "Bohemian Like You" was featured in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and was used in a Vodafone advertising campaign throughout Europe and Australia in 2001. The advertisement money was used to buy a quarter city block in Portland, Oregon (The Dandy Warhols's hometown) for use as film and recording studios, as well as being a clubhouse for The Dandy Warhols to throw parties and host catered dinners. The Dandy Warhols's music has been frequently used in advertising ever since.

Welcome to the Monkey House, released in 2003, was co-produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran and engineered by Brian Coates of The Great Northwest. The album takes its title from Kurt Vonnegut's collection of short stories of the same name. The recording features an eighties synth-rock sound that alienated some devotees of The Dandy Warhols's earlier harder-edged guitar sound. It also won critical plaudits for its polish, panache, and The Dandy Warhols's capacity to reinvent itself. One of the album's singles, "We Used to Be Friends", was used as the theme song for the the Australian reality series My Restaurant Rules, and later on the American cult drama Veronica Mars. It also was used on an episode of The O.C. (Season 1 Episode 12)as well as on an episode of Wonderfalls (Season 1, Episode 4). "I Am a Scientist" is featured on most episodes of the British television program Brainiac: Science Abuse (it plays in the background of the "I Can Do Science Me" segment).

Odditorium or Warlords of Mars, partially named after and recorded in The Dandy Warhols's Portland studio, The Odditorium, was released on September 13, 2005. "Smoke It" was the first track released for radio play. The album has been described as a return to form for The Dandy Warhols, moving away from the synth-heavy sound of Welcome to the Monkey House and back toward the largely guitar-oriented, diverse arrangements of Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia.

Along with The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy Warhols were the subjects of the 2004 documentary DiG! This film captured a love/hate relationship between both bands, highlighting the interaction of BJM frontman Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor. It was recorded over the course of seven years by Ondi Timoner.

In December of 2006, the song "Me and My Friends" was featured in the downloadable song-pack for the Xbox video game Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4.

The Dandy Warhols' songs were featured prominently in the first and second season of the FOX drama "The O.C." along with numerous major motion pictures. The Dandy Warhols were also featured in the movie 9 Songs.

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