Dear Ephesus
{{Short description|American Christian alternative rock band}}
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Dear Ephesus was an American Christian alternative rock band from Orlando, Florida. They were voted third-favorite new group of 1997 by HM Magazine readers,{{Citation needed|date=May 2007}} and went on to release two albums. The band broke up at the end of the 1990s.
Several members re-formed as Tenderfoot, hoping to fill their Bulletproof Records contract and reach the secular market. They had one release under this name, The Devil And Rock And Roll, in 2000.{{cite book |last=Powell |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark |url-access=registration |year=2002 |chapter=Tenderfoot |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/938 938]|publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |isbn=9781565636798 }}
Band members
- Aaron Wiederspahn – vocals
- Brett Levsen – guitar
- Ed Lamoso – guitar
- Louis Defabrizio – bass
- Jeff Irizarry – drums
Discography
- A View of Epic Proportions EP (1995, Review: [https://web.archive.org/web/20010713013004/http://www.hmmagazine.com/issue75/75Reviews.htm HM Magazine],{{cite journal |last=McGovern |first=Brian Vincent |date=January–February 1999 |title=Indie Album Reviews: DEAR EPHESUS A View of Epic Proportions |journal=HM Magazine |issn=1066-6923 |issue=75 }} [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Dear_Ephesus/A_View_Of_Epic_Proportions/11965/ Cross Rhythms]{{cite journal |last=Wilson |first=Jon |date=December 1998 |title=Dear Ephesus – A View Of Epic Proportions |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=48 }})
- The Consolation of Pianissimo (1997, Reviews: [http://www.tollbooth.org/reviews/deare.html The Phantom Tollbooth], [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Dear_Ephesus/The_Consolation_Of_Pianissimo/6633/ Cross Rhythms]{{cite journal |last=Wilson |first=Jon |date=February 1998 |title=Dear Ephesus – The Consolation Of Pianissimo |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=43 }})
- The Absent Sounds of Me (1998, Reviews: [https://web.archive.org/web/20010222184244/http://www.hmmagazine.com/issue74/74Albums.htm HM Magazine],{{cite journal |last=Van Pelt |first=Doug |date=November–December 1998 |title=Album Reviews: DEAR EPHESUS The Absent Sounds Of Me |journal=HM Magazine |issn=1066-6923 |issue=74 }} [http://www.tollbooth.org/review99/deareph.html The Phantom Tollbooth])
Trivia
- The hidden track on the album The Consolation Of Pianissimo is not titled Sutton Blaze (as is often cited){{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}, but actually Sutton Place, a reference to an apartment complex where a friend lived and band members often hung out.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}
- Aaron Weiderspahn is now a writer and director. His first film is The Sensation of Sight (2006), starring David Strathairn and Ian Somerhalder from Lost.
- Brett Levsen and Edgardo Lamoso are currently playing in The Vanity Plan.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}
- Louis Defabrizio currently fronts the band Gasoline Heart along with Jeff Irizarry and John Forston from Squad 5–0.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book |last=Powell |first=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |year=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers |location=Peabody, Massachusetts |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |edition=First printing |chapter=Dear Ephesus |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/244 244–245] |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/244 }}
- {{cite journal |title=Dear Ephesus |date=May–June 1998 |issue=18 |journal=7ball}}
External links
- {{IMDb name | id=1827824 | name=Aaron J. Wiederspahn}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060320001324/http://www.hmmagazine.com/exclusive/dear_ephesus_new_band_1997200306/index.php HM Magazine profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070510112444/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile Dear Ephesus Myspace Page]
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Category:Emo musical groups from Florida
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