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The Dopamines are a punk rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio formed by Jon Lewis (guitar, vocals) Jon Weiner (bass, vocals), and Matt Hemingway (drums). In 2008, Matt parted with The Dopamines (over personal matters)and Michael Dickson quickly took over as the permanent drummer. Occasionally The Dopamines tour with a second guitarist, the position most frequently filled by Mikey Erg from The Ergs!. Roger Lima (Less Than Jake) and Dan Webb (Dan Webb and the Spiders)have also filled the spot of touring guitarist over the course of the bands history.
Origin
The Dopamines formed in late 2006 as a side project band, focusing on the ethos of "not taking ourselves or our band seriously" as a response to the overwhelming seriousness of previous bands that they had been in.
In 2006, Both Jon Lewis and Matt Hemingway were in the skate punk band Black Tie Bombers, another local Cincinnati punk rock band. BTB frontman Ryan Rockwell (Mixtapes)and Jon Lewis started the side project band Ukraine Crane With a young Jon Weiner in 2005, thus linking the introduction of the Dopamines founding members. After a short tour with pop punk legends The Queers in 2007, Black Tie Bombers disbanded on mutual terms, Ukraine Crane followed suit shortly thereafter. By this time Jon, Jon, and Matt had already taken their side project to the next level, honing their sound and style in the form of a 6 song demo that quickly gained momentum thanks to the Pop Punk Message Board, an online forum centered around pop punk music from all over the world. Through the PPMB, It's Alive Records owner Adam Ali sought out the trio and offered to release their 2008 self-titled debut album. The next year they release an ep titled "Soap And Lampshades", a split ep with The Copyrights, and a live CD/DVD of their performance at the 2008 Insubordination Fest. In 2010 the band released their second album "Expect The Worst" on Paper + Plastick Records, and went on tour with Paper + Plastick founder Vinnie Fiorello's band Less Than Jake. In March 2011 the band will start recording on a new album with Teen Idols drummer Matt Drastic serving as producer.