Dear Ephesus

Dear Ephesus was an American Christian Emo music group from Orlando, Florida. They were voted third-favorite new group of 1997 by HM Magazine readers, and went on to release two albums. The band broke up at the end of the 1990s.

Several members re-formed as Tenderfoot, hoping to fill their Bulletproof Records contract and reach the secular market. They had one release under this name, The Devil And Rock And Roll, in 2000.^[1]

Band members

• Aaron Wiederspahn – vocals
• Brett Levsen – guitar
• Ed Lamoso – guitar
• Louis Defabrizio – bass
• Jeff Irizarry – drums

Discography

• A View of Epic Proportions EP (1995, Review: HM Magazine,^[2] Cross Rhythms^[3])
• The Consolation of Pianissimo (1997, Reviews: The Phantom Tollbooth, Cross Rhythms^[4])
• The Absent Sounds of Me (1998, Reviews: HM Magazine,^[5] The Phantom Tollbooth)

Trivia

• The band was notable for their incredibly intense live performances.
• The hidden track on the album The Consolation Of Pianissimo is not titled Sutton Blaze (as is often cited), but actually Sutton Place, a reference to an apartment complex where a friend lived and band members often hung out.
• Aaron Weiderspahn is now a writer and director. His first film is The Sensation of Sight (2006), starring David Strathairn and Ian Somerhalder from Lost.
• Brett Levsen and Edgardo Lamoso are currently playing in The Vanity Plan.
• Louis Defabrizio currently fronts the band Gasoline Heart along with Jeff Irizarry and John Forston from Squad 5–0.

References

1. Powell (2002). "Tenderfoot". Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. p. 938.
2. McGovern, Brian Vincent (January–February 1999). "Indie Album Reviews: DEAR EPHESUS A View of Epic Proportions". HM Magazine (75). ISSN 1066-6923.
3. Wilson, Jon (December 1998). "Dear Ephesus – A View Of Epic Proportions". Cross Rhythms (48).
4. Wilson, Jon (February 1998). "Dear Ephesus – The Consolation Of Pianissimo". Cross Rhythms (43).
5. Van Pelt, Doug (November–December 1998). "Album Reviews: DEAR EPHESUS The Absent Sounds Of Me". HM Magazine (74). ISSN 1066-6923.

• Powell, Mark Allan (2002). "Dear Ephesus". Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 244–245. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
• "Dear Ephesus". 7ball (18). May–June 1998.

External links

• Aaron J. Wiederspahn at the Internet Movie Database
• HM Magazine profile
• Dear Ephesus Myspace Page