Danny and the Nightmares

Formed April Fool's Day 1999, Waller, Texas... Bridget and Jason, two recent Ohio transplants discover that the legendary songwriter Daniel Johnston lives in the same very small town in which they do. They make contact, and make arrangements to have a spaghetti dinner with Daniel at their home. The spaghetti was never made. Instead, when Danny noticed the collection of lame, broken musical instruments and the 25 dollar drum kit gathering dust in the couple's home, he insisted that they jam. The three plugged in, pressed record on the boombox, and recorded half of what would become the self-released demo c.d., "April 1999". It became immediately obvious that the three had a magical connection, sharing affinities for bizarre music, horror films, and soda-pop. The release of the demo disc was a major disappointment to the band. Funded by Danny, and released on his own Eternal Yip Eye imprint, the collection of songs was not only horrible and released in haste, it was not even the correct tape that had been taken to transfer. Danny apparently had accidentally taken a different tape of inferior quality to the duplication company. In 2000, the band released the "Natzi" 7'' single on the independent label Cool Beans. The following year, "The End is Near Again" e.p. was released by the same label. In 2003 the band got the opportunity to do a small tour opening for the legendary Butthole Surfers. 2005 saw the release of "Freak Brain", on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label. "Freak Brain" was a different type of experiment for the band. As it turned out, the record was the first and only record that Danny had ever played electrified instruments on. Danny wrote many of the songs on the bass guitar. In March 2007 Spain's Munster Records label released the 7'' single featuring the title track to the band's forthcoming release, "Death of Satan". Look for the new album to be released sometime around 2060...God Bless Danny & the Nightmares and all who sail with them.