Biography
Modey Lemon are a punk-blues band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The group formed in 1999 as an informal side project of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion-fixated Dean Swagger. The original lineup consisted of Phil Boyd (guitar) and Paul Quattrone (drums), then nominally students at the University of Pittsburgh.
By 2000, the duo gained a reputation around Pittsburgh for blistering, often chaotic live performances (Quattrone was known for on-stage acrobatics). Modey Lemon, the group's debut, appeared in early 2002; the band supported the album with tours of the U.S. and Europe. Prior to the mid-2003 release of second album Thunder and Lightning, Boyd and Quattrone added Pittsburgh audiophile (and Thunder and Lightning producer) Jason Kirker on guitar and Moog synthesizer.
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The Modey Lemon has performed with The White Stripes, The Von Bondies, the Blues Explosion, Oneida, the Warlocks, the Icarus Line, and Dinosaur Jr., to name a few.
Third album The Curious City was released in mid-August 2005. The cover art, appropriately, is a fractured homage to Pittsburgh's skyline.
Boyd and Quattrone also participate in a side project, Cobalt Black (formerly The Four Seasons Boys), with both members of fellow Pittsburgh band Grand Buffet.
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