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That Dog. Was A Los Angeles-Based Rock Band That Formed In 1991 And Dissolved In 1997. The Band Consisted Of Anna Waronker On Lead Vocals And Guitar Rachel Haden On Bass Guitar Her Sister Petra Haden On Violin And Tony Maxwell On Drums. Their Punk Power-Pop Songs Were Full Of Hooks And Many Layered Vocal Harmonies. Biography
Lead Vocalist Anna Waronker Is The Daughter Of Record Industry Mogul Lenny Waronker The Sister Of Sometime Beck And R.E.M. Drummer Joey Waronker And Is Married To Steve McDonald Of Redd Kross Fame. Petra And Rachel Haden Are The Daughters Of Free Jazz Bassist Charlie Haden. The Group Began When Anna And A Friend Jenni Konner Began Writing Short Punk Songs About Boys In Her Bedroom. Waronker Had Known Petra And Rachel Haden Since High School So They Fluidly Found Their Way In To Playing Her Songs With Her. Mutual Friend Tony Maxwell Picked Up The Drum Duties. Their First Album Which Was Self-Titled Was Originally Released On A Limited Run As A Double 7" On The Independent Label Magnatone Records In 1992. It Was Soon After Re-Released On Cassette And Compact Disc By Geffen. During This Time The Band Was Good Friends With Often Played On Records By And Toured With Label Mates Beck And Weezer. Members Contributed To The Beck Songs "Girl Of My Dreams" And "Totally Confused" As Well As Weezer's "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams" All Released As B-Sides By The Aforementioned Artists. 1995 Saw The Release Of Totally Crushed Out! To Little Fanfare And The Massive Yet Futile Tour That Supported The Record Left Waronker Feeling Burned Out And Dejected About The Music Business In General. On April 8 1997 That Dog. Released Their Final Album Retreat From The Sun And Added Kenny Woods Steven McDonald Group Beck Anders & Woods On Guitar. That Year The Band Would Find Themselves Touring The US With Various Acts Including Blur The Wallflowers And The Counting Crows. It Has Been Confirmed That Anna Waronker Originally Intended To Release The Album As A Solo Record. She Has Claimed In Interviews That Her A&R Pressured Her In To Letting That Dog. Record The Album. Retreat From The Sun Spawned The Group's Only Charting Radio Hit "Never Say Never" Which Reached #27 On The U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Charts In 1997. 1 The Group Issued A Formal Statement Announcing Their Disbandment In September 1997. Since That Time All The Members Of The Band Have Kept Active In The Music Business. Anna Waronker Has Contributed Music To Soundtracks And Released Her Solo Debut Album Anna In 2002 On Her Own Five Foot Two Records Label. Petra Haden Has Released Two Solo Albums 1999's Imaginaryland And 2005's Petra Haden Sings The Who Sell Out In Which She Reinvents The Who's Classic 1967 Album As An A Cappella Tour De Force. In 2005 She Joined The Decemberists As A Full-Time Member But No Longer Plays With The Band. Petra Haden Has Also Contributed Vocals And Violin To Recordings By Many Artists Including Green Day Bill Frisell Miss Murgatroid And The Rentals. Rachel Haden Has Contributed Vocals To Albums By Jimmy Eat World Say Anything Ozma And Nada Surf And Is Also A Member Of The Reformed Version Of The Rentals Featuring Ex-Weezer Bassist Matt Sharp . Tony Maxwell Has Worked As A Composer Most Notably On The Films Chuck & Buck And The Good Girl Both Written By Mike White . Anna Waronker And Her Band Frequently Play Clubs In The Los Angeles Area. Petra And Rachel Have Sporadically Gigged With Third Sister Tanya The Three Are Triplets As The Haden Sisters. Discography read less