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Milwaukee, United States (1999 – 2005)

Hey Mercedes were an band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, that formed in 1999/2000 after the dissolution of Braid. The band consisted of Bob Nanna on guitar and vocals, Todd Bell on bass and vocals, Mark Dawursk on guitar and vocals and Damon Atkinson on drums. Hey Mercedes proved a more melodic antidote to Bob Nanna’s previous band, Braid. With such hits as Stay Six, Our Weekend Starts on Wednesday, Let’s Go Blue and Eleven to Your Seven, the band quickly gained popularity in an audience that had never been exposed to the scene.

Hey Mercedes’ first release was a Self Titled EP on Polyvinyl Records. Soon after its release, they signed to Vagrant Records and started touring for support of their upcoming Vagrant full length. In 2001 alone, they performed 114 shows. After the release of the band’s first full length at the end of 2001, Dawursk left the band and was replaced with Mike Shumaker. With 2 full lengths, 3 EP’s and 358 shows under their belt, Hey Mercedes called it quits. Their final show (#359) was at the Metro in Chicago on April 23rd of 2005.

In a 2007 e-mail campaign, Threadless Tees reported that Hey Mercedes would play at the Metro, to celebrate the grand opening of the company’s Chicago store.

Spread Eagle, Wisconsin is a place best known for water, wilderness and paintings of the local ducks. Now it can take credit for LOSES CONTROL, the long-awaited second album from Hey Mercedes.
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  • ccgenoa

    hey kids check-out our new release! http://skverna.bandcamp.com/ http://www.mediafire.com/?fd52zqmzx4eyo4f

    last month
  • johnnyvirus

    <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

    last month
  • PaperFireArms

    love them

    July 2011
  • Siberiandreamer

    Not midwest-emo...

    April 2011
  • yoda_soda

    heeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyy the way you are is the way you'll stay >>>>>>

    January 2011
  • flkings

    hardly home de chez rainbow / je ne sais quai / je t'aime cell phone

    December 2010
  • helpme364

    It's emo by way of Bob Nanna.

    December 2010
  • kinotherapy

    also what dumbfuck put in the band description that they're emo? this isn't emo. get a fucking clue.

    November 2010
  • therewasatime

    i know it was unintentional, but the beginning riff of a-list actress is the same as the end riff of yes, i am talking to you by cap'n jazz. my roommate just pointed this out to me and i was stunned.

    October 2010
  • kinotherapy

    this is definitely the most underrated band i can remember from my college days. none of the punk rawk kids even knew about them which is a shame. oh, and 3:43 on What You're Up Against is like the greatest moment ever.

    October 2010
  • flkings

    how much do we miss hey mercedes, braid, bob nanna and all his bands?

    October 2010
  • xturnoverx

    http://www.last.fm/music/Hey+Mercedes/+images/52934801

    October 2010
  • countrymatterz

    had a massive fight with my ex-girlfriend at one of their shows

    October 2010
  • eric_montana

    i really forgot how great these guys were until recently.

    October 2010
  • mike1milner2

    love these guys, BUT check out ITCH: http://thebanditch.bandcamp.com/ and download their back catalogue for FREE!

    September 2010
  • duckboystump

    I kind of think Every Night Fireworks > Loses Control. [2]

    August 2010
  • xos666

    I kind of think Every Night Fireworks > Loses Control.

    May 2010
  • firehazard51

    Wow, Every Night Fireworks is very under represented in the top 15. Does everyone just own the Loses Control CD and that's it?

    May 2010
  • Drewmanschu

    I'm sad i just came across their music. I would have loved to see them live

    April 2010
  • flkings

    I miss Hey Mercedes and Braid so much.

    April 2010
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