The Dopamines are a punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band from Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

 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

Mikey Erg

Mikey Erg is a punk rock drummer, guitarist, and vocalist, from New Jersey. He has played in numerous bands, most famously The Ergs!, but also Star Fucking Hipsters, The Dopamines, The Unlovables, Dirtbike Annie, and Parasites, and is also a solo artist on Paper + Plastick Records.-Discography:*...

 from The Ergs!

The Ergs!

The Ergs! were an American punk rock band formed in 2000 in South Amboy, New Jersey, by three high school friends: drummer/lead vocalist Mikey Erg , guitarist/vocalist Jeff Erg , and bassist Joey Erg...

. 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

The Copyrights

The Copyrights are a pop punk band from Carbondale, Illinois made up of Brett Hunter Jeff Funburg , Adam Fletcher , and Luke McNeill . They are currently signed to Red Scare Industries.-History:...

, and a live CD/DVD of their performance at the 2008 Insubordination Fest

Insubordination Fest

Insubordination Fest is an annual message board nerd festival held in Baltimore, Maryland. The festival started in 2006 as a 10th anniversary showcase for Insubordination Records, and since then has been held every summer. In the past the festival has been headlined by bands such as Less Than...

. 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

Vinnie Fiorello

Vinnie Fiorello is an American drummer, lyricist and founding member of the ska punk band Less Than Jake. As a child, Vinnie's family owned a dog named Jake who was "treated like a king" according to the band's website FAQ page. As a result, everything in the house became "Less Than Jake",...

's band Less Than Jake

Less Than Jake

Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida. Originally formed in 1992 as a power pop trio, the band evolved into a hybrid of ska punk. Less Than Jake have also been cited as showing influences from a wide variety of genres including post-grunge, heavy metal, alternative...

. In March 2011 the band will start recording on a new album with Teen Idols

Teen Idols

The Teen Idols were a pop punk band originally from Nashville, Tennessee. They were formed in 1992 by Phillip Hill and originally broke up in 2003...

 drummer Matt Drastic serving as producer.

Studio albums

• Dopamines (2008) (It's Alive Records)
• Expect The Worst (2010) (Paper + Plastick
  Paper + Plastick
  Paper + Plastick is an indie record label, founded by Vinnie Fiorello, best known as the drummer for ska punk band Less Than Jake, but also co-founder of the label Fueled By Ramen.-History:Announced on March 21, 2008, the label launched on May 30, 2008....
  
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Splits

• Dopamines/Til Plains (2008) (split 7") (It's Alive Records)
• Songs About Fucking Up (2009) (split 7" with The Copyrights
  The Copyrights
  The Copyrights are a pop punk band from Carbondale, Illinois made up of Brett Hunter Jeff Funburg , Adam Fletcher , and Luke McNeill . They are currently signed to Red Scare Industries.-History:...
  
  ) (It's Alive Records)
• Portrait Parle (2011) (split 7" with Dear Landlord) (Paper + Plastick
  Paper + Plastick
  Paper + Plastick is an indie record label, founded by Vinnie Fiorello, best known as the drummer for ska punk band Less Than Jake, but also co-founder of the label Fueled By Ramen.-History:Announced on March 21, 2008, the label launched on May 30, 2008....
  
  )