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Rumours of My Demise
A Memoir
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"Did you hear Evan Dando died last night?" After Kurt Cobain's passing in 1994, everyone expected Evan Dando to be next. Rising to fame in the '90s as frontman of the Lemonheads, he was infamous for his decadent lifestyle, from his extensive drug-taking and partying with...
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From the clubs, the drugs, and the ringing ears, to the fun, the fame, and the fall, Rumours of My Demise is a heady, candid trip into the grunge-filled 90s from the Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando.
Evan Dando, frontman of The Lemonheads and "poster boy-and prettiest boy-of Gen X" (New York Times), spills the true story of his band's tumultuous history and what it was like to be famous in the pre-internet days in this candid, colourful, and unputdownable memoir.
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"Did you hear Evan Dando died last night?"
After Kurt Cobain's passing in 1994, everyone expected Evan Dando to be next. Rising to fame in the '90s as frontman of the Lemonheads, he was infamous for his decadent lifestyle, from his extensive drug-taking and partying with Keith Richards and Kate Moss to sleeping on floors in his punk days and crashing at Johnny Depp's house in Hollywood. But despite the rumours that are constantly circulating about him, he has lived to tell the tales.
Following decades of the press wanting to label him and fit him in a box, Rumours of My Demise sees Dando tell his own story. Reclaiming the innocence and exuberance of his early days and encapsulating the spirit of the era, this candid autobiography presents a portrait of an artist who lives wholly for his music, and one that makes no apologies for doing so.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571368617
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 October 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Export - Airside ed
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Evan Dando is an American songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the co-founder and frontman of the Lemonheads. Alongside his work with the band, he has collaborated with acts such as MC5, The Dandy Warhols and Blake Babies, and has also pursued a solo career. In 2015, he was inducted into the Boston Music Awards Hall of Fame. He lives in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
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