Shows Are Standing Room OnlyDean Wareham was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He moved to New York City as a teenager in 1977, and attended the high school where he met his future Galaxie 500 bandmates. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Social Studies. In 1987 he founded Galaxie 500, who released three albums, all produced by Kramer and released on Rough Trade. 2024 saw the release of new compilation of B-sides and previously unreleased tracks: Uncollected Noise New York 88-90. Warehams next band Luna recorded seven albums for Elektra and Beggars Banquet (including Penthouse, on Rolling Stones list of best albums of the 90s), followed by three albums as Dean s the Price of Loving Me is Deans first album with Kramer since Galaxie 500s This Is Our Music in 1990.