Ben Deily

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Name = Ben Deily


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Origin = Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Instrument = Vocals, guitar
Genre = Rock, alternative
Occupation = Singer, songwriter, guitarist; advertising copywriter, Associate Creative Director
Years_active = 1986–present
Label = Taang!, Boss Tuneage
Associated_acts = The Lemonheads
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Varsity Drag
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Ben Deily is an American musician, most famous as one of the founders, writers and lead singers (along with Evan Dando) of the Boston-based alternative rock band The Lemonheads.

Advertising career

After leaving the Lemonheads to complete his degree in English & American Literature, Ben graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1994. Since then he has worked in the advertising industry--initially as a copywriter, and eventually (and currently) as an Associate Creative Director--while living in Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Portland, Maine. [New York Times, Sunday October 22, 2006.] Over the last decade, Deily’s work has won several Clio Awards, Addy Awards and other advertising industry honors.

According to the Boston Phoenix Deily presently lives and works in the Boston area, where he often plays with his current band Varsity Drag. [The Boston Phoenix, November 13, 2007]

Discography

The Lemonheads
*1986 "Laughing All The Way To The Cleaners" EP
*1987 "Hate Your Friends"
*1988 "Creator"
*1989 "Luka" (single)
*1989 "Create Your Friends" (special double album of the first two LPs)
*1990 "Lick"

Blake Babies
*1993 "Innocence and Experience" (liner notes)

pods
*1992 "It's a Bummer About Bourbie", 4-song EP (see It's a Shame About Ray)
*1994 "Where I'm Calling From"
*1994 "are we all set? LIVE AT CBGB, 4/16/93"

Varsity Drag
*2006 "for crying out loud" (CD, colored 10" vinyl with bonus track)

as Ben Deily
*2006 "all these years gone by: selected songs, 1986-2006" (limited edition double CD)

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External links

* [http://www.bendeily.com/ Ben Deily Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/bendeily Ben Deily MySpace page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/varsitydrag Varsity Drag MySpace page]