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The Dodos are a north-american band consisting of Meric Long, Logan Kroeber and Keaton Snyder.
The Dodos began playing music together in 2005, when Meric Long, who had been gigging steadily in San Francisco as a solo singer-songwriter, was introduced to Logan Kroeber through a mutual friend.
Dodo Bird EP
Long self-released a solo EP titled “Dodo Bird” in February 2005 which featured percussion by Kroeber on some tracks. Long and Kroeber continued to play music together.
Beware of the Maniacs
The duo released the 2006 album Beware of the Maniacs, which was self-released under the “Dodo Bird” moniker. In support of the album, Long and Kroeber toured relentlessly for most of 2007. The band began to receive critical attention and developed a growing fan base. Fans began referring to Dodo Bird simply as “The Dodos”, and the band decided to change their name accordingly.
Visiter
In December 2007, the Dodos were signed by Frenchkiss Records and they released their second album Visiter in March 2008, to critical acclaim.
In an April 2008 interview in the L.A. Record, Long revealed the origin of the name of Visiter. “The reason it’s misspelled is because it’s from a drawing this kid gave us. We played a show for a bunch of kids in South Central L.A.—Dorsey High. A friend’s sister is a special-ed teacher there, so we went down there to her class and we played for the kids and it was super fun. Then it came to the kids asking us questions and then one of the kids came up to us and he gave us a drawing with that written on it.
The Dodos began playing music together in 2005, when Meric Long, who had been gigging steadily in San Francisco as a solo singer-songwriter, was introduced to Logan Kroeber through a mutual friend.
Dodo Bird EP
Long self-released a solo EP titled “Dodo Bird” in February 2005 which featured percussion by Kroeber on some tracks. Long and Kroeber continued to play music together.
Beware of the Maniacs
The duo released the 2006 album Beware of the Maniacs, which was self-released under the “Dodo Bird” moniker. In support of the album, Long and Kroeber toured relentlessly for most of 2007. The band began to receive critical attention and developed a growing fan base. Fans began referring to Dodo Bird simply as “The Dodos”, and the band decided to change their name accordingly.
Visiter
In December 2007, the Dodos were signed by Frenchkiss Records and they released their second album Visiter in March 2008, to critical acclaim.
In an April 2008 interview in the L.A. Record, Long revealed the origin of the name of Visiter. “The reason it’s misspelled is because it’s from a drawing this kid gave us. We played a show for a bunch of kids in South Central L.A.—Dorsey High. A friend’s sister is a special-ed teacher there, so we went down there to her class and we played for the kids and it was super fun. Then it came to the kids asking us questions and then one of the kids came up to us and he gave us a drawing with that written on it.
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Visiter
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Time To Die
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Red And Purple
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cloudblood84 wrote:
the shins and animal collective had a baby...
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Lanquide wrote:
Beware of the Maniacs<3
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Nic33rd wrote:
Where's Beware the Maniacs?
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Gregreen wrote:
Time to die is great. It rivals visiter, seriously.
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Velro wrote:
God damn awesome guitarist! Meric makes me want to grow out my fingernails on my right hand....
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quashe wrote:
Time to Die is massively underrated.
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Zinmaru wrote:
Just heard Visiter, and I'm liking this a lot. Especially ''The Season''.
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wmgilmor wrote:
What did you guys think about the new Mumford & Sons Release? http://www.last.fm/music/Mumford%2B%2526%2BSons
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HoleGrainPepper wrote:
Have the released anything recently?
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RussianBerries wrote:
\/ \/ Apparently you've never listened to Beware of Maniacs.
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xNotverynicex wrote:
y'all know "Visiter" is their best work, yet
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andums wrote:
:D.
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ravemacbeth wrote:
In my opinion, "Beware of the maniacs" is better than "Visiter" u_u. I like both, though.
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Velro wrote:
awesome out the wazooooooo!!
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RounderII wrote:
yeah "beware of the maniacs" deserves more attention.
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tim_bean wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200435876641&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_500wt_1182 meric long self relased ep
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rbruce wrote:
'horny hippies' needs more love and attention :( [2] the whole 'beware of the maniacs' deserves more love and attention :(
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vedder110 wrote:
bonnarooooooooo
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soberducks wrote:
'horny hippies' needs more love and attention :(
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Rexmous wrote:
RADICAL
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