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Hey Mercedes were a rock (music)|rock band from Wisconsin, USA, that formed in 1999/2000 after the dissolution of Braid (band)|Braid. The band consisted of Bob Nanna on guitar and vocals, Todd Bell (musician)|Todd Bell on bass and vocals, Mark Dawursk on guitar and vocals and Damon Atkinson on drums.
Hey Mercedes' first release was a Hey Mercedes (album) | Self Titled EP on Polyvinyl Records. Soon after its release, they signed to Vagrant Records | Vagrant Records and started touring for support of their upcoming Vagrant Records | Vagrant full length. In 2001 alone, they performed 114 shows.[http://www.heymercedes.com/shows-archive.asp]
After the release of the band's first full length at the end of 2001, Dawursk left the band and was replaced with Mike Shumaker.
Hey Mercedes proved a more melodic antidote to Bob Nanna's previous band, Braid. With such hits as Stay Six, Our Weekend Starts on Wednesday, Let's Go Blue and Eleven to Your Seven, the band quickly gained popularity in an audience that had never been exposed to the scene.
With 2 full lengths, 3 EP's and 358 shows under their belt, Hey Mercedes called it quits. Their final show (#359) was at the Metro in Chicago on April 23rd of 2005. [http://www.heymercedes.com/shows-archive.asp]
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