Rumours of My Demise: A Memoir

by Evan Dando

304 pages, Hardcover

Published October 23, 2025

About the author

Evan Griffith Dando is a musician, most notably the guitarist and lead vocalist of the rock band the Lemonheads.

Reviews

[Clicky Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

I first discovered Evan Dando in High School, when one of my English teachers turned me on to his first ‘solo’ album - ‘Baby I’m Bored’. That LP probably inspired and influenced me musically more than any other, and to this day remains one of my all-time favourites. My relationship with the Lemonheads is a bit more fractured, with some of their back catalogue speaking to me far more strongly than others. I’ve seen them a bunch of times, and been both in-awe, and disappointed in equal measure. Either way, they are still a formative influence for me, so I picked up this book immediately on release and blasted through it in just a couple of nights. It gives a glimpse into the chaotic world of both Evan Dando and the Lemonheads, without ever getting too heavy. While I feel like it skates in the shallow-end of the pool a bit, never quite diving as deep as I would like, I think it’s probably as close as we’ll ever get to actually understanding what is going on with Evan. Would recommend for any Lemonheads fan, but… probably not for anybody who isn’t.

[David Chumbley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Saw the Lemonheads at college back in the day. Crazy show much like Evan’s chaotic life. This book ventures all over the place but the fascinating part to me is all of the short term high profile relationships/friendships over the years.