Dante DeCaro
Wolf Parade guitarist and songwriter
Dante DeCaro of Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, is the former guitarist/songwriter of the Canadian band Hot Hot Heat. His inventive guitar parts were considered a crucial part of Hot Hot Heat's success with their first album Make Up The Breakdown. Dante left the band after the recording of 2005's Elevator due to creative differences and an apparent disdain for the touring lifestyle and corporate status of the band.
During Dante's brief solo stint, he was renowned around Victoria, British Columbia for his talent at playing a banjo and a harmonica at the same time. He played at the historic Fifty Fifty Arts Collective show in the early summer of 2005.
A later show however, proved to be an even more legendary event when Paul Swalwell of the Switchblade Valentines and DeCaro had a show in the basement of Michelle Alexander's parent's house (where they were house-sitting at the time). On this night DeCaro's solo project, now re-named Johnny and the Moon, debuted and everyone in the crowded basement was joyously soaked in beer.
In the spring of 2005, he began playing solo acoustic shows with drummer Arlen Thompson of the Montreal band Wolf Parade. DeCaro officially joined Wolf Parade as their new guitarist in Summer 2005.