Evan Dando: ‘I wanted to try heroin because of William Burroughs and Keith Richards’
Arguably the most gifted melodicist of his generation, Dando was the bronzed, blond pin-up boy of Nineties indie rock – before he threw himself heartily and disastrously into a life of sex and drugs. Now two years clean, he catches up with Michael Hann on what he’s been up to since