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The Dopamines
OriginCincinnati, Ohio, United States
GenresPop punk, punk rock
Years active2006-present
LabelsIt's Alive Records
Paper + Plastick
MembersMichael Dickson
Jon Lewis
Jon Weiner
Josh Goldman
Mikey Erg (touring member)
Past membersMatt Hemingway
Websitethedopamines.net

The Dopamines are an American punk rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in late 2006 by Matt Hemingway (drums), Jon Lewis (guitar, vocals) and Jon Weiner (bass, vocals). In 2008, Hemingway left the band and was replaced by Michael Dickson.

Occasionally, the band had toured with a second guitarist, including Mikey Erg from The Ergs![1] and Roger Lima from Less Than Jake.[citation needed] Since 2013, Josh Goldman has been the bands second guitarist.[2]

History

Jon Lewis and Matt Hemingway played together in the Cincinnati punk band Black Tie Bombers (which also featured Ryan Rockwell of Mixtapes), while Lewis and Jon Weiner played together in Ukraine Crane.[3][4] During a 2007 tour with The Queers, Lewis and Weiner met then-Queers drummer Matt "Drastic" Yonker, who went on to record most of The Dopamines' material. Shortly after the tour, both Black Tie Bombers and Ukraine Crane disbanded.[citation needed]

After the demise of their previous bands, Hemingway, Lewis, and Weiner recorded a six-song demo as The Dopamines. After posting it on an internet message board, the demo caught the attention It's Alive Records owner Adam Ali, who offered to release a full length album by the band. Fourteen songs were kept for the self-titled full-length album and two were released in December 2008 on a split 7" record with Till Plains, both on It's Alive Records. The remaining two songs "Bad Day" and "Pity Party" were never released, though demo versions can be heard on the band's self-titled demo.[citation needed]

The critical response to the self-titled album was positive and enthusiastic. The punk-rock fanzine Razorcake described, "…they sound like they're having the times of their lives, playing to a sweaty basement of wigging-out friends. That energy and the precision how they play make this record a fun, strong listen." [5]

The album's official release was at the Insubordination Fest, in Baltimore, Maryland[citation needed], which was played as part of the bands tour with The Leftovers.[6] At the festival, video crews recorded the band's set, which were later released as a live CD/DVD titled Live From Baltimore.[7]

In September 2008, a personal dispute resulted in the departure of drummer Matt Hemingway. The band completed tracks on what became the "Soap and Lampshades" EP, but Hemingway opted to take back his song "My Future's so Bright I Have to Wear Night Vision Goggles".[citation needed] The song appeared on Volume III of the Traffic Street Records "Dangerous Intersections" 4-way split series along with Todd Congelliere, Apocalypse Meow, and Closet Fairies.[8] With Hemingway gone, Matt Yonkers, the band's producer and former Teen Idols drummer, filled in on drums for two new songs, "Try This Kids at Home!" and "October 24th". These tracks appeared on 2009's "Songs About Fucking Up", a split 7" with The Copyrights.[9]

In 2010, the band released its second album "Expect The Worst" on Paper + Plastick Records, and went on tour with Paper + Plastick founder Vinnie Fiorello's band Less Than Jake.[10]

In March 2011, the band started recording a new album, produced by Yonker;[11] the album, Vices, was released in June 2012.

Band members

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