Laramie Dean

Laramie Dean
Laramie Dean on stage
Background information
Born	Troy, New York, US
Genres	Punk rock, surf punk, surf
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, guitarist
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1995–present
Labels	DeFi Records, Dead End Records (DER)
Associated acts	Dick Dale, Agent Orange, Deke Dickerson
Website	laramiedean.com

Laramie Dean (born January 12, 1971, Troy, New York) is an American guitarist.

Dean was born in Troy, New York and grew up on the Hudson River. In 1995 he moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Dean began playing at the Elvis Room, and recording with Jim Tierny, as well as Joe King a.k.a. Joe Queer of New Hampshire pop punk band The Queers. At his first show at the Elvis Room, Dean met Tamara Collins. Collins gave Dean extensive airplay on her punk rock radio show "No Rules" which aired on New Hampshire's college radio station 91.3 WUNH.

In 1999, Dean released his first 7" EP titled "Listen to Laramie Dean ...you can almost smell the rubber burn!" One of the songs on this EP was also featured on the "Food Not Bombs" benefit compilation for Amnesty International, which also included tracks from The Unseen, The Ducky Boys and Anti-Flag.

In June 2007, Dean recorded his only full-length LP, "Laramie Dean Plays Surf Riot!" in Miami Florida, which was released at the Misfits' 30th anniversary tour.

In January 2008, Dean relocated to Los Angeles and made his first L.A. appearance at Largo with his friend, comedian and author Greg Behrendt. Backing Dean was Behrendt's band, The Reigning Monarchs. A month later, Dean toured with Mike Palm and his band Agent Orange.

In July 2010, Dean began his first solo national headlining tour (from San Diego through Seattle and as far east as Ft. Lauderdale), joined with former Aggrolite member Korey "Kingston" Horn (drums), Jeff Bennet (saxophone) and Galaxia Records surf jazz musicians The Mattson 2 (bass/keyboards).

In September 2010, Dean completed a second US tour as a three-piece band beginning in Florida and ending in New Mexico, with "King of the Surf Guitar" Dick Dale's 18-year-old son Jimmy Dale on drums and newcomer Trevor Lucca on bass guitar.