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Second Dan

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Our video for "WE CAN" (election '08 version)Our latest music video for "Forget to Remember"Live Performance of "We Can" on Fearless MusicPerformance at Tropfest in New York, the world's largest short film festival.
A Music Video for our single "Running out of Feelings"
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Our single "Running Out of Feelings" featured on MTV's The Hills
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Live recording from Bowery Ballroom, NY supporting The Lemonheads
Download our single "Running Out of Feelings" to your mobile phone
Second Dan is pleased to release its new album, ‘Bringing Down Goliath.” Produced by Andy Baldwin (Morcheeba, Rage Against the Machine), Australian Dan Rosen weaves the lyrical wit of Elvis Costello into the clamor and shout of classic Replacements. Dan Rosen grew up in Melbourne, influenced equally by the Australian garage-rock titans You Am I, as by the lyrics and melodies of Neil Finn and Forster/McLennan of Brisbane’s Go-Betweens .Prior to his relocation to New York City, revered Australian tastemaker radio station Triple J selected Seconddan in its “Unearthed” program as one of Australia’s most promising new artists. Playing to big crowds at Livid and Big Day Out Festivals in Sydney and Melbourne convinced Dan that bringing his sound to the States was the next inevitable step.Shorty after his arrival, Dan recruited local guitar ace Adam Wolfe Lerner, and, together with the powerhouse rhythm section of Danny Reisbick on bass and Sonny Ratcliff on drums, formed the new nucleus the Second Dan. Quickly gaining a reputation for its fiery live shows, the band wrote and released its first stateside recording, "Running Out of Feelings.” “Bringing Down Goliath” is Second Dan’s first full-length U.S. release.Leadoff single, “Running Out of Feelings”, filters the bounce and pure pop through the drive of Supergrass, and has received substantial airplay on college and independent radio stations nationwide. “Run v. Hide” wouldn’t be out of place alongside Radiohead’s “The Bends”, and “The Elephant Fell To Earth” reminds of the best of mid-period Kinks.The songs have garnered the band attention of MTV with the singles “Running Out of Feelings” and “Forget to Remember” appearing on the hit MTV shows “The Hills” and “Life of Ryan”.On the stage is where Second Dan truly shines. Whether playing in an acoustic setting at frequent raucous showcases at the Lower East Side’s Rockwood Music Hall, or plugging in and blasting their loyal audience at sold-out shows at the Mercury Lounge, this band never disappoints. It’s no surprise why Second Dan was chosen to support the Lemonheads at its recent gigs at New York’s Bowery Ballroom.Buy a copy "Bringing Down Goliath" from iTUNES...
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Member Since: 27/03/2005
Band Website: www.seconddan.com
Band Members: Dan Rosen (vocals, guitars)
Adam Wolfe Lerner (guitar)
Sonny Ratcliff (drums)
Danny Reisbick (bass)

Influences: Radiohead, Oasis, Lemonheads, You Am I, Foo Fighters, Dylan, Wilco, Stones, Beatles, Midnight Oil,
Sounds Like: A melodic juggernaut
Record Label: Rola Pola Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Anzac Day

What a great weekend in New York City. The sunshine was in full force.We had the honor of playing at the Anzac Day Festival held on the Frying Pan ... an old barge docked down at Chelsea Piers. Anzac ...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:02:00 GMT

Angeline on ihearditon.com

Our latest song "Angeline" was recommended today as one the top new tunes to listen to on hip music blog www.ihearditon.com Alongside White Stripes, N.E.R.D and UNKLE ... we are in good company.
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:26:00 GMT

Springtime for NYC :: Second Dan on the streets

Winter finally thawed yesterday. The mercury lifted itself over 60 degrees on the thermometer for the first time in 2009. A good effort seeing as though it was hovering below the dreaded 32 earlier i...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:40:00 GMT

Blender Magazine review

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Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:28:00 GMT

The day after the Mercury Lounge show

Thanks to all who came out to our show at the Mercury Lounge last night.We had an awesome time, and hoped you all did too. It was so great to look out from stage and see a full room of smiling faces, ...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:44:00 GMT

Goliath in top 50 for 2008

hey guys ... we got a pleasant surprise the other day when we saw that ouralbum "Bringing Down Goliath" was vote d in the top 50 releases lastyear by the great indie blog from NJ/NY .. Blow Up Radio. ...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:20:00 GMT

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day

We all woke up this morning to the start of a new era in America. It is a truly inspiring time. As you know, we were big fans of Obama - of his passion, and his honesty and his message. We believed ...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:51:00 GMT

CMJ

It is CMJ time in New York City and the Lower east side is teaming with musicians ... and wanna-be musicians.It's actually pretty exciting to see so much creative energy unleashed. We played a showcas...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:18:00 GMT

\\ WE CAN video :: GET INVOLVED!!!

On Sunday we will shoot a music video of our song "We Can". Our plan is to distribute it on the Internet in the final weeks leading up to the election, in an effort to create a new wave of energy to h...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:15:00 GMT

FENDER - we salute you

The members of SECOND DAN have been using Fender gear for our guitars and basses for a long time - and we were very proud when earlier this year Fender offered us an Artist endorsement.We were even mo...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:48:00 GMT