The Waxwings

The Waxwings
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, USA
Genres	Indie rock
Years active	1997–2005
Labels	Bobsled, Rainbow Quartz, Cass, Schnitzel Records Ltd.
Associated acts	Brendan Benson Queens of the Stone Age The See See The Dead Weather
Website	www.thewaxwings.com
Members	Dean Fertita James Edmunds Kevin Peyok
Past members	Dominic Romano

The Waxwings were an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan.

The band's lineup comprised Dean Fertita on vocals and guitar, James Edmunds on drums and percussion, and Kevin Peyok on bass guitar. Brendan Benson filled in on guitar for touring, following the departure of guitarist/vocalist Dominic Romano.

They released three full-length albums: Low to the Ground in 2000, Shadows Of... in 2002, and Let's Make Our Descent in 2004. The band's music was influenced by 1960s psychedelic pop and folk rock, featuring rich, complex instrumentation and vocal harmonies which separate them from the raw garage rock revival scene in Detroit.

The Waxwings toured with Guided By Voices, Travis, Matthew Sweet, The Strokes, and fellow Detroit band The White Stripes.

The band was formed by Dean Fertita, after a friend booked a show for him at Arlene's Grocery in New York five days later. At the time, Fertita was working at the independent Detroit record store Off the Record with bassist Kevin Peyok, and invited him to play the show. Peyok contacted drummer James Edmunds and guitarist Dominic Romano, and the lineup was complete. The band's name, as well as the name of their debut record, was derived from the first line of a poem in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pale Fire:

I was the shadow of the waxwing slain

By the false azure in the windowpane

Previously, Fertita, Romano and Peyok had played together in the shoegaze band Glider along with The Sights' Mike Trombley.

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