Modey Lemon is an American garage rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The group formed in Pittsburgh's South Oakland neighborhood in 1999 as an informal side project of Dean Swagger, a rock trio that had spent the previous year mainly performing in basements to college party crowds. The original lineup consisted of guitarist Phil Boyd and drummer Paul Quattrone, then nominally students at the University of Pittsburgh. They made their first appearances at the Halloween weekend in 1999, and played a live set on WPTS 92.1 FM, the University of Pittsburgh college radio station, segments of which later turned up on their demo album, House on the Hill (and subsequently, their 2002 self-titled release).