Dear Ephesus

Dear Ephesus was an American Christian alternative rock band from Orlando, Florida. They were voted third-favorite new group of 1997 by HM Magazine readers,^{[citation needed]} 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 hidden track on the album The Consolation Of Pianissimo is not titled Sutton Blaze (as is often cited)^{[citation needed]}, but actually Sutton Place, a reference to an apartment complex where a friend lived and band members often hung out.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• Louis Defabrizio currently fronts the band Gasoline Heart along with Jeff Irizarry and John Forston from Squad 5–0.^{[citation needed]}