Dante DeCaro

Dante DeCaro (born January 26, 1981) of Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, is the former guitarist/songwriter of the Canadian band Hot Hot Heat. DeCaro left the band after the recording of 2005's Elevator.

Dante DeCaro
Dante DeCaro w/ Johnny and the Moon at Bowery Ballroom on October 9, 2007.
Background information
Born (1981-01-26) January 26, 1981
OriginShawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada
GenresIndie rock
Occupation(s)Musician
Years active1999–present
LabelsSub Pop, Warner Bros., Kill Devil Hills
Associated actsWolf Parade, Johnny and the Moon, Hot Hot Heat

In the spring of 2005, he began playing solo acoustic shows with drummer Arlen Thompson of the Montreal band Wolf Parade. DeCaro officially joined Wolf Parade as their new guitarist in summer 2005.[1] In 2019, Wolf Parade announced that he had left the band.[2]

DeCaro now fronts local Shawnigan Lake band Johnny and the Moon.[3] The band released its self-titled debut album in 2006 on Kill Devil Hills Records.[4]

Discography

Hot Hot Heat

Wolf Parade

Johnny and the Moon
gollark: You remove the region of your brain which deals with philosophy.
gollark: Create a calculator computing cluster
gollark: My calculator cost £25 or so, but for that price I could also get a reasonably capable single board computer.
gollark: assembly < potatOS scripting language
gollark: For the cost of a fancy graphing one you can literally buy a mobile phone now.

References
  1. "Wolf Parade Bio", SubPop.com, August 13, 2007.
  2. "Wolf Parade's Dante DeCaro Leaves Band", exclaim.com, February 4, 2019.
  3. Official MySpace page, "Johnny and the Moon", myspace.com, retrieved January 4, 2008.
  4. Kill Devil Hills Records, "Johnny and the Moon Bio", killdevilhillsrecords.com, retrieved January 4, 2008.
  • Johnny And The Moon MySpace Page
  • Kill Devil Hills Records
  • News article about Hot Hot Heat split from Pitchfork Media
  • Love, Noah (2005-08-26). "Ex-Hot Hot Heat Guitarist Dante DeCaro Joins Wolf Parade". Chart. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  • Wolf Parade website


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