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Dear Ephesus

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Genre
  
Rock

Members
  
Aaron Wiederspahn

Record label
  
BulletProof Music

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Albums
  
The Consolation of Pianissimo, The Absent Sounds of Me, A View of Epic Proportions

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Dear Ephesus was an American Christian Emo music group from Orlando, Florida. They were voted third-favorite new group of 1997 by HM Magazine readers, and went on to release two albums. The band broke up at the end of the 1990s.

Contents

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.

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: HM Magazine, Cross Rhythms)
  • The Consolation of Pianissimo (1997, Reviews: The Phantom Tollbooth, Cross Rhythms)
  • The Absent Sounds of Me (1998, Reviews: HM Magazine, The Phantom Tollbooth)

    • Trivia

  • The band was notable for their incredibly intense live performances.
  • The hidden track on the album The Consolation Of Pianissimo is not titled Sutton Blaze (as is often cited), but actually Sutton Place, a reference to an apartment complex where a friend lived and band members often hung out.
  • 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.
  • Louis Defabrizio currently fronts the band Gasoline Heart along with Jeff Irizarry and John Forston from Squad 5–0.

    • Songs

    The Absent Sounds of Me
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    The Morning Sings

    References

    Dear Ephesus Wikipedia
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