Editing Mark Linkous (section)

===Dancing Hoods===
Shortly after graduating from high school in the early 1980s, Linkous moved to [[New York City]], where he co-founded the band Dancing Hoods.<ref name="siario2010" /><ref name="amdh">[[AllMusic]] page: "[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p26327/biography|pure_url=yes}} Dancing Hoods - biography]."</ref> It featured Linkous on guitar and vocals, Bob Bortnick on vocals and guitar, Don Short on drums, and Eric Williams on bass.<ref name="amdh" /> In 1984, the group released a self-titled EP; a year later, it released the album ''12 Jealous Roses'' on [[Relativity Records]], which received a number of positive reviews.<ref name="amdh" /> [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]] and [[The Del Fuegos]] were also vocal fans of the band after the release of its first record.<ref name="amdh" />

In 1988, Dancing Hoods put out its second album, ''Hallelujah Anyway'', on [[Combat Records]].<ref name="amdh" /> A single from the album, "Baby's Got Rockets", was a modest [[college radio]] hit, and its video was picked up by [[MTV]]'s program''[[120 Minutes]]''.<ref name="amdh" /> The same year, the group relocated to [[Los Angeles]] in hopes of achieving mainstream success, but broke up shortly after.<ref name="amdh" />