Dakota

Going-nowhere band of protagonist Danny McQueen, from Louise Wener's 2002 novel, Goodnight Steve McQueen. Wener was a singer/songwriter in the real Britpop band Sleeper in the 1990s.

McQueen's girlfriend Alison is getting fed up with his mooching, unemployed ways. Desperate, McQueen pays for Dakota to be the opening act for band Scarface, and by tour's end, finally grasps some success.

Lineup:

• Danny McQueen, guitar, formerly of Yossarian and Agent Orange
• Vince, formerly of Code Red
• Matty Starkey, drummer

External Links

• Kirkus review
• Trash Fiction review

See also

• Yossarian
• Scarface
• Code Red