Dear and the Headlights

Dear and the Headlights
Dear and the Headlights live in 2009
Background information
Origin	Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Genres	Indie rock
Years active	2005–2011
Labels	Equal Vision
Past members	Ian Metzger Robert Cissel P.J. Waxman Patrick Taylor Mark Kulvinskas Joel Marquard Chuckie Duff
Website	www.dearandtheheadlights.com

Dear and the Headlights was an American indie rock band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2005. They released two widely known demos, recorded by future bassist Chuckie Duff, before their debut album was released. These demos included five songs re-recorded for the album. The most notable change to the songs upon re-recording was the drop from standard guitar tuning to E-flat standard tuning. Two songs heard on their purevolume.com page, recorded acoustic on a local radio show, also later appeared on Small Steps, Heavy Hooves. Small Steps, Heavy Hooves, the band's debut album, was released on February 6, 2007 on Equal Vision Records.

On July 20, 2011 the band posted a goodbye message on their site announcing that they had broken up.^[1]