Dean Wareham was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He emigrated first to Sydney, Australia, and then to New York City on July 31, 1977, where he attended high school with Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang. Later the three became known as the Boston band Galaxie 500, who made three albums between 1987 and 1991 (currently available on the Rykodisc label). In 1992 Dean formed Luna & Britta met Dean in March, 2000 when she auditioned for Luna. They toured the world together. Dean heard some of Britta's songs, and together they made an album called L'Avventura.
Luna finished their farewell tour in February, 2005.
Dean & Britta's new album, "Back Numbers" will be released on February 27, 2007.
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Added by worldcafelive on February 8, 2007