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About Me

.. Heya, I'm dan.. I've played drums in bands and a bunch of other renegade side projects since the mid '80s, genre hopping from surf punk to noise & grindcore, shoegaze and all things indie. For eleven years I played in a band called Wunderbar, which we closed shop on in July 2007. Over the last few years however, I've kinda spread my wings a little sharing skins duties between The Narcotics and Tim Steward's Solo Band. With The Narcotics on hiatus, I now focus my time tripping about the country with Tim. My beloved is Mrs Dan, we were married in 1991, are childless and delight in living in a very comfy little corner of the innercity precinct RED HILL. Go see my bands' my space pages - poach our free music - come see us play. I work in Public Education to pay the rent and stock the pantry. I'm a mess of contradictions; addicted to coffee, prone to over analysis, a cynic, lactose intolerant insomniac with a penchant for red wine and chats.
Come See These Shows:
October 19 - The Powerhouse - Newfarm (afternoon show)
November 15 - The Troubadour - w/ Jamie Hutchings (Bluebottle Kiss)- Fortitude Valley.
December 13 - Bon Amici- w/Black Market Rhythm Co - Toowoomba
TIM & US...THE BAND!!!
"...An effortlessly great set of indie rock" TIME OFF Magazine July 2008
"...A characteristic display of masterful pop-rock exuberance" RAVE Magazine July 2008
L' Band Histoire
1988 - 1990...Nice Little Doggy w/ Jeff, Chris, Dean & Langy
1990 - 1991...Birdcage Mk I w/ Chris, Adrian, Ian (Midget)
1991 - 1993...Birdcage Mk II w/ Chris, Adrian & Mal
1995...Wunderbar Mk I w/ Adrian & Cam
1996 - 2007 Wunderbar Mk II & III w/ Adrian, Shane(96-00),Graham & Chris
2005...The Narcotics w/ Simon, tom & Carl
2006...Tim Steward (Solo Band) ~~
2007...The Sandinistas w/ Tim & Cam

My Interests

Mrs Dan, Red Wine, Coffee, Politics, Records, Irony, Cooking, Art, Scotch, T.V, Trivia, Economics, Chilled Water, Earl Grey(All the time), Lady Grey(sometimes), Coopers Sparkling, Shoegaze, My Friends, Academia, Paris Roubaix, Writing, Religion, Tour De France, Coopers Pale Ale, Human Behaviour, Systems Theory, Coopers Mild, Psychoanalysis, Criminology, Art Deco, Kitsch, The underbelly.

I'd like to meet:

Rather, people I'd like you to meet

Tim Steward & Band - Q Music Awards - The Tivoli

Big Sound Industry Showcase - The Press Club

Animal mixing it up with Buddy rich - The Muppet Show

New Fast Automatic Daffodils - 'Stockholm'

Music:

LISTEN HERE
TRACKS 1 - 7 ARE FROM BANDS I'M IN. THE OTHERS...STUFF I LIKE.

fugazi, sonic youth, nick cave and the bad seeds, swervedriver, The Beatles, The Blue Aeroplanes, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Adorable, Died Pretty, The Celibate Rifles, The Saints, Not From There, PIL, Billy Bragg, Screamfeeder, Dean Martin, Herb Alpert, Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck, The Laughing Clowns, Teenage Fanclub, Ash, RedKross, Dinosaur Jr, Gaslight Radio, Cake, Rocket Science, XTC, The Cure, Joy Division, Echo and The Bunnymen, Radio Birdman, The Dirty Three, Venom P Stinger, Ed Kuepper, Devo, The Pixies, The Breeders, Frank Black, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggert, Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Sinatra, Lauri Anderson, Jesus and Mary Chain, Kim Salmon, The Jam, Daft Punk, The Sex Pistols, The Birthday Party, Hunters & Collectors, The Mutton Birds, REM, The Walkmen, Psychadelic Furs, The Hold Steady...

Movies:

Apocolypse Now, A Clockwork Orange, Deer Hunter, Wild At Heart, Lost In Translation, Rushmore, Cigarettes and Coffee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Blue Velvet, Bad Boy Bubby, The Reluctant Astronaut, The Disorderley Orderley, True Stories, Dogs In Space, Quadrophenia, Glen or Glenda, Scarface, Breakfast At Tiffanys, Run Lola Run, Muriel's Wedding, Priscilla QOTD, The 39 Steps, Romper Stomper, Bliss, Mad Max, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Night Of The Moon....

Television:

News, SBS News with Lee Lin Chin, Rockwiz, Chappelle Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office, Extras, 7.30 Report, Iron Chef, B&B, Degrassi Jnr High..... just ask me.

Books:

On The Road, Voltaire's Bastards, The Truth Of The Matter, The Hillbilly Dictator, Marathon Man, The Quiet Revoloution, Das Kapital, The Four Gospels, Crime & Punishment, James & The Giant Peach, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory...

Heroes:

Buddy Rich, Keith Moon, John Bonham, Charlie Watts, Paul Hester, Gene Kruper, Robert Hirst, Cliff Grigg, Mark Kingsmill, Grant Hart, Ringo Starr, Kathy Green, Lindy Morrison, Clare Moore, Karen Carpenter, Brendon Canty, John Entwistle, Mike Watt, Craig Bloxom, Peter, Gifford, Ian Rilen, Kathy Green, Bones Hillman, Doug Falconer, Andy Kent, Rusty Hopkins, Clem Burke, Phil Rudd, Jim White

Heroes are nice but these guys is where it's at!

Skye

Todd

Paul

Tim

My Blog

BEEN THERE DONE THAT - SHOWS THUS PLAYED..YES IM KEEPING A TALLY..

Thought it may be about time I made a running record of shows played this year.. Here it is.. Was you a punter at any of these per chance??Jan 27 QPAC&Cremorne Theatre - Tim Steward &...
Posted by Virtualdan on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:49:00 PST

Tour Notes...Adelaide...Overnight and Day 1 Downtime.

So we're well and truly immersed in comfort down here in Adelaide with one show down and a very civillised day of tour down time underway. Played the Adelaide Uni Bar last night. A quiet s...
Posted by Virtualdan on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:53:00 PST

Rave Magazine - Live Review Of Sat July 12 Show with the Gin Club.

The Zoo - Sat Jul 12 Jimmy Stewart of Melbourne band Clinkerfield strums guitar, stomps tambourine, and fills the room with his startlingly powerful voice. Between swigs from his hip flask and th...
Posted by Virtualdan on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:47:00 PST

Tour Diary - Sydney June 2008. Newtown Were Here!!

Dateline...last weekend with the round up a week overdue but here none the less. So our first jaunt to Sydney as 'The Band' at last came to fruition. In the lead up there was much shuffling, to ...
Posted by Virtualdan on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:04:00 PST

Tour Diary

A few dates in now having done the UQ Red Room and Tongue & Groove shows we've just as of 10am today arrived home from our freshly completed jaunt to melbourne. These brief few snippets sho...
Posted by Virtualdan on Sun, 25 May 2008 11:54:00 PST

Tracks are done...awaiting Mastering.

A brief entry....All tracks from our EP recording are done with Mastering to come. We've just played the first three shows of our tour and are having a spiffing time of it. We're off...
Posted by Virtualdan on Sun, 18 May 2008 07:31:00 PST

Recording 2 weeks later - retrack - loop - track it - cut it - ship it!!!

We're about two weeks removed from the main block of recording time we've devoted thus for to the EP. With three tracks nailed it was evident we needed to go and retrack 'back to the car'. ...
Posted by Virtualdan on Sun, 04 May 2008 02:33:00 PST

Recording - Job Done.

Moving on in to the last of the recording blogs for the Albion Sessions at Dazza's Dollar Bonanza Studios.. Seriously, as Tim says in his Blog: Dazza is the man!!! I've not seen anyone work so hard an...
Posted by Virtualdan on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:33:00 PST

Recording: Another Day In.....

So day three and we're pretty much almost got the whole shebang in the bag. Right now Tim's laying down vocal tracks and just prior to that he and Paully nailed down some angry buzz saw guitar t...
Posted by Virtualdan on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:01:00 PST

Recording: Day Two and Down Time.

With all the drums done today marks some fairly serious down time while the last of the bass parts and guitar tracks are put down. Tim's making the coffee and perfect timing too. Paully and I po...
Posted by Virtualdan on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:48:00 PST