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BIOGRAPHY Jeff Diehm (vocals), Rick Joyce (guitar), and "Lucky" Ivan Dominguez (drums) formed The Last Dance in the early 1990s in Orange County, California . As a small local band for several years, The Last Dance released two Cassette albums, ''Everyone'' and ''Angel''; in 1995 , they released an EP , ''Tragedy''. By the mid-1990s, they had crafted several club favorites, including "Fairytales" and "Do You Believe in Angels?" "Fairytales" was the title track on their first full-length album, which released in 1996 . Their next full-length, ''Perfect'', was released five years later in 2001 ; in between those two releases, the band released three albums on tour. In 2002 , tragedy struck The Last Dance. Dominguez died of Pneumonia on August 2 , while the band was touring in Belgium. The last show that he played with the band was on July 31 in Leipzig, Germany ; the last song that he played with the band was a cover of "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo (coincidentally, it was also the last song the band recorded for ''Whispers in Rage''). The band played a memorial show for Dominguez 15 days later and replaced him with Tom Coyne. However, even As Of 2005 The Last Dance lists Coyne merely as a "performing drummer"; Ivan Dominguez is still listed prominently among their members as the band's "Friend and Brother". The last track of The Last Dance's 2003 album, ''Whispers in Rage'', contains Dominguez's drumming, and Dominguez's death played somewhat into the writing of the album's other songs. Over their career, The Last Dance has toured the United States , Europe , and Latin America . Starting with their 1999 album, ''One Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine'', they have released several albums that they only sold while on tour; these albums most frequently contain Remix es of songs that appeared on their most recent full-length. Their most recent remix album, ''Reflections of Rage'' ( 2004 ), contained remixes of several songs from ''Whispers in Rage'' as well as songs dating from earlier in their career. Cyrusrex of Skinny Puppy , Thomas Rainer of L'âme Immortelle , and Rachel McDonnell of The Cruxshadows were among those who appeard on ''Reflections of Rage''. Perhaps the most unique aspect of ''Reflections of Rage'' was that The Last Dance did a darkwave-tinged cover of Britney Spears ' song " Oops, I Did It Again ". The Last Dance released their next album, ''Once Beautiful'', September 20 , 2005, on Dancing Ferret Discs . A music video for the song "Once Beautiful" was shot by Sandy Collora (known for his special effects work in Hollywood movies like "Preditor"). It can be seen at myspace.com/thelastdance. In September of 2005, the band toured the U.S. for six weeks with a film crew in tow. A film of the tour is currentlly in production by Lifeline Entertainment directed by Rocky Costanzo. It is due out in the fall of 2006. The Last Dance is sponsored by the Bleeding Edge Gothic line of merchandise. MEMBERS Current members
Former members
Ian Huaas - Drums (1990-96) Tony Tullai - bass (1990-96) DISCOGRAPHY Albums
Remixes and special releases
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