The Dandies are a 4 piece Rock band from Hochdorf, Lucerne

Hochdorf, Lucerne

Hochdorf is a municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.-Geography:Hochdorf has an area of . Of this area, 68.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 10.1% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 21.3% is settled and the remainder is non-productive...

 Switzerland.

Current line up

• Adrian Weber -Vocals/Guitar
• Eric Weber - Guitar/Vocals
• Dimitri Schubiger - Bass/Vocals
• Fabian Voirol - Drums/Vocals

Biography

Forming in 2006, The Dandies with Swiss and USA roots, evolved into a 4 piece rock band. During 2009-2011 the band were recording and developing alongside Grammy nominated producer Chris "Frenchie" Smith

Chris "Frenchie" Smith

Chris "Frenchie" Smith , is a Grammy-nominated American record producer, guitarist, rock 'n' roll musician, and songwriter.- Biography :...

 and their manager Antony Meola. They recorded most of their music at Leeders Farm Recording Studios owned by Dan Hawkins (musician)

Dan Hawkins (musician)

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During the last few years they have played various venues across Switzerland & Europe supporting bands such as, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

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, Band of Skulls

Band of Skulls

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, The Horrors

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 Sixteen Deluxe, & Children Collide

Children Collide

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 as well as playing many international festivals such as Festival Internacional de Benicàssim

Festival Internacional de Benicàssim

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, Exit (festival)

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, South by Southwest

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 & Reeperbahn festival.

The band were hyped by the press and various articles can be found online including Aol Spinner, Kings Of A&R, and NME quoted them as "Switzerlands Answer To Kings Of Leon And The Strokes".

In 2011 the band moved to England to secure their recording contract with upper 11 music, home to artist such as, Ida Maria

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, Rev Theory

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 and Eli "Paperboy" Reed

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The band's first single Battle Cry was released on the 15th May 2011, in support of single the band supported Meat Puppets

Meat Puppets

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on all dates during their Lollipop European tour. It is rumored their debut album is scheduled in for a Early 2012 release.

External links

• http://www.thedandiesmusic.com
• http://www.facebook.com/thedandies
• http://www.twitter.com/thedandies
• http://www.myspace.com/thedandies
• http://www.youtube.com/thedandiesmusic