The correct title of this article is that dog.. The initial letter is capitalized due to technical restrictions.
that dog. was a Los Angeles-based band which formed in 1991 and disbanded in 1997. Featuring Anna Waronker on lead vocals and guitar, Rachel Haden on bass guitar, her sister Petra Haden on violin, and Tony Maxwell on drums, their punk power-pop songs are full of hooks and vocal harmonies. Anna Waronker is the daughter of record industry mogul Lenny Waronker, the sister of sometime Beck and R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, and is married to Steve McDonald of Redd Kross fame. Petra and Rachel Haden are the daughters of free jazz bassist Charlie Haden.
The group began when Anna and a friend, Jenni Konner, began writing short punk songs about boys in her bedroom. Anna had known Petra and Rachel since high school, so they fluidly found their way in to playing her songs with her. Mutual friend Tony Maxwell picked up the drum duties.
Their first album, which was self-titled, was originally released on a limited run as a double 7" on the independent label Magnatone Records in 1992. It was soon after re-released on cassette and compact disc by Geffen. During this time, the band was good friends with, often played on records by, and toured with Beck, Weezer and The Rentals. Such is eveident on Beck's "Totally Confused" and Weezer's "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams."
