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San Francisco, United States (2006 – present)

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.

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Gregreen wrote:
12 hours ago

Time to die is great. It rivals visiter, seriously.

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Velro wrote:
Wednesday morning

God damn awesome guitarist! Meric makes me want to grow out my fingernails on my right hand....

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quashe wrote:
Monday evening

Time to Die is massively underrated.

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Zinmaru wrote:
Saturday afternoon

Just heard Visiter, and I'm liking this a lot. Especially ''The Season''.

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wmgilmor wrote:
last month

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:
last month

Have the released anything recently?

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RussianBerries wrote:
last month

\/ \/ Apparently you've never listened to Beware of Maniacs.

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xNotverynicex wrote:
last month

y'all know "Visiter" is their best work, yet

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andums wrote:
last month

:D.

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ravemacbeth wrote:
last month

In my opinion, "Beware of the maniacs" is better than "Visiter" u_u. I like both, though.

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Velro wrote:
last month

awesome out the wazooooooo!!

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RounderII wrote:
last month

yeah "beware of the maniacs" deserves more attention.

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tim_bean wrote:
last month

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:
last month

'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:
last month

bonnarooooooooo

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soberducks wrote:
last month

'horny hippies' needs more love and attention :(

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Rexmous wrote:
last month

RADICAL

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bearass wrote:
January 2010

the dodos are running my life right now

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Ethaneeze wrote:
January 2010

Dr. Dog's new album, "Shame, Shame" comes out April 6th! They will be releasing the song, "Shadow People," as soon as their facebook group reaches 20,000 members. So log into facebook, go to http://www.facebook.com/Drdog and become a fan!

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AlekseyKamzov wrote:
January 2010

jungle

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