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Ex men: the Ex-Boyfriends, a mostly gay trio, dish on breakups, their hot new album, and why bandmates should never sleep together
Advocate, The, April 25, 2006 by Kurt B. Reighley
When your band's name is Ex-Boyfriends, you better have good stories to back it up. The members of this San Francisco trio have plenty. Chris Ohnesorge recalls a college beau who flipped when he realized the hunky drummer wasn't grade A husband material. "Those five Tupperware bowls of cereal stolen from the dining hall should've been a giveaway as to how stable my life was."
Singer-guitarist Colin Daly got jilted one morning via a three-sentence e-mail. "The gist of it was, 'I don't think you're mature enough to handle a relationship right now. It's over.'" Immature? Colin laughs. "Dude, you just dumped me over e-mail!"
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Three years ago Colin--fresh out of another bad relationship and a stint in rehab--hooked up with Chris and bassist Peter Harb and hammered out a slew of new songs addressing his frustrations. Now featured on the band's debut album, Dear John (Absolutely Kosher Records), their ubercatchy pop-punk is full of bouncy vocal harmonies and walks the fine lyrical line between heart-on-sleeve and foot-in-mouth, and it's sung through knowing grins.
Although gay listeners have embraced the Ex-Boyfriends--they played their first show at the Eagle Tavern in San Francisco--their universal appeal has not been lost on the wider indie rock audience. "Regardless of what our personal and political beliefs are, at this point our songs focus mainly on different kinds of relationships: romantic, among friends, addictions," Chris observes.
And, no, despite the name, the guys have not slept with one another.
"We should all look at Fleetwood Mac and learn our lesson," Chris says. "Dating within bands is a bad, bad idea."
Besides, only two of the trio's members are gay--not that it deters gay fans from making overtures to the boy least likely to reciprocate.
"Peter gets all the groupies," Chris says with a sigh. "All those gay men love watching him hump that bass."
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