Dandelion

There are three bands named Dandelion, also a Dub/Reggae singer: 1) This late ?70s album has a great style fundamental with some 60s garage and acid folky influences, a great melancholic mix not heard with many groups, except for a few exceptional 60s tracks from here and there. Something likewise was started by Green On Red in the early ?80s (with some of the same elements, but in a later style): a psychedelic organ making almost psychedelic the melancholic sadness in the songs.

1) This late ?70s album has a great style fundamental with some 60s garage and acid folky influences, a great melancholic mix not heard with many groups, except for a few exceptional 60s tracks from here and there. Something likewise was started by Green On Red in the early ?80s (with some of the same elements, but in a later style): a psychedelic organ making almost psychedelic the melancholic sadness in the songs. Dandelion plays garage-like drums, slow psych electric guitar, both played rather primitively and inspired from the beauty of the songs. The guitars (pedal-electric and acoustic) are mixed a bit amateur-like, a bit too much to the fore ; all in all this creates a very charming effect, while the vocals are mixed more to the background, confirming in this mix very well the beautiful sadness of the songs. Just one, more acoustic track is sung, in Spanish, by a female vocalist.

The album was pressed originally as a 300 edition, on a small label called Le Kiosque D'Orph?e, and is worth much now. The group did a limited second album in pop wave style in 1981 and quit as a band in 1983. Over the next ten years Jean Christophe Graf continued to work and make demos under the bands name.




2) Dandelion was a Grunge band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania formed in 1988 by vocalist Kevin Morpurgo, bassist Michael Morpurgo, guitarist Carl Hinds, and drummer Dante Cimino. Their first album, I Think I'm Gonna Be Sick (Columbia/Ruffhouse, 1993), enfused a mixture of Grunge and Punk roots to deliver a filthy sound. Songs of that off the album included "Nothing To Say", and "Play That Song". (Solid grunge tracks were preferably "Under My Skin" and "Diggin' A Hole"). Some songs even aimed toward the Hard Rock/Metal genre much like "Waiting for a Ride", "Thorn" and "Outside". A second rhythm guitarist, Bayen Butler, was added in this time period.

During the release of their second album, "Dyslexicon" (Sony, 1995), Butler left the band to pursue a solo career. At the same time, vocalist Kevin Morpurgo and Carl Hinds faced newly acquired guitar duties, in which Morpurgo started playing rhythm guitar and Hinds switched to lead guitar. Drummer Dante Cimino also began to sing backing vocals. This album went mainly for the Punk tone, rather than Grunge. The rest of the album was composed of an alternative, and rather mellow sound, blended with the hypnotic vocal harmonies of Morpurgo and Cimino.

Their music was featured in the MTV show "The Real World" as well as the Edward Furlong movie "Brainscan". The quality of the band's music was comparable with that of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Unfortunately, the band missed receiving national fame as the albums were released during the time of grunge's decline in popularity.


3) Dandelion is an all Girl band out of New York City. Hot Women that know how to ROCK!!! A Female Fetale Rock Show! Talent, Excitement, Allure! It's not common to find a band with such an array of talent on Multiple levels. a Band that Can Rock out on any Style in the Party Rock/Pop/Dance Genres, from Ozzy to Sister Sledge, From Guns n Roses to Rhianna , Ms. Franklin to Led Zepplin, from Bucky Cherry , Lit , Prince, Nine Inch Nails,Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects ? Paramore & Pink with much more to offer. They can deliver to any venue or event a non stop party! All members are active musicians for the past decade. It's all about having fun, if you are looking for a fun loving, down to earth band, these Gals are for you. Their website is: . http://www.dandelionrock.com/

4) A Belgian Blues Rock band formed in Ghent, BE in late 1999 by Pieter Minne (Southern Voodoo) with Fons Sijmons (The Scabs), Dietmar Vanneste, Brecht De Boever (Pura Vida) and Tanguy van Durme (Cosmic Fools). The bans split in 2004.

5) Reggae/Dub MC/singer from London

http://www.myspace.com/dandelionmc