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Ben Deily
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Biography
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Ben Deily is a songwriter and musician who co-founded the Lemonheads with Evan Dando and Jesse Peretz in Boston. He shared vocal and songwriting duties in the band’s early punk period, also playing guitar and drums, and left after its third album.
He continued making music with Pods and then Varsity Drag, whose debut album For Crying Out Loud appeared in 2006. Alongside music, Deily developed a career in advertising.
Reviewed 2026-09-06Selected sources
- Music Museum of New England — The LemonheadsFounding membership, early period and advertising career.
- The Boston Phoenix — Interview with Ben DeilyInstruments, departure, Pods and Varsity Drag.