The rock band The Dandy Warhols was founded in 1994 in Portland and consists of singer / guitarist Courtney Taylor, keyboardist Zia McCabe, guitarist Peter Holmstrom and drummer Eric Herford. Musically the band is influenced by groups like The Velvet Underground, Ride and The Rolling Stones. Although the group initially remained unnoticed in the homeland America, the band amassed soon cult status
… in Europe. The single Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth (with the genius hookline Heroin Is So Passé) a hefty hit in the alternative circuit. After the album Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (2000) seemed to be the focus for the band to fade away. When the track Bohemian Like You was used in 2002 for a major advertising campaign for the phone company Vodafone, the group broke yet to the general public.more