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Dean & Britta
Biography
Dean Wareham was born in the city of Wellington, New Zealand, on August 1, 1963. At the age of 14, Wareham emigrated to the United States with his parents, settling first in New York City and then moving to Cambridge, MA, to attend Harvard University. While in Cambridge, Wareham fell in with fellow students Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang, with whom he formed Galaxie 500 in 1987. After four years as indie-level stars, during which the trio helped birth the subgenre that eventually would be dubbed slowcore, Galaxie 500 split up in 1991. Wareham returned to New York and formed Luna with fellow New Zealand expatriate Justin Harwood (formerly of the Chills) and New Jersey-born drummer Stanley Demeski, formerly of the Feelies. Among other lineup shifts, Harwood left Luna in 2000, replaced by Britta Phillips.

Phillips, born June 11, 1963, in the northern Michigan town of Boyne City, was a struggling actress and singer in the mid-'80s when she landed the lead role of Jem in the cartoon series Jem and the Holograms. Basically a futuristic, anime-influenced recasting of Josie & the Pussycats designed to sell dolls and accessories, the cartoon ran from 1985 to 1988, with each episode featuring Phillips singing a different '80s bubblegum pop tune.
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