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Daniel Rivas

About Me

Daniel Louis Rivas was born and raised in New York City. A multi media performer since he was a child. Daniel had his first speaking role opposite Gary Oldman in "Sid and Nancy" He decided to pursue it as a career. After fronting the short lived punk rock band 57-Blankness at eighteen. He soon relocated to Los Angeles. He soon discovered being in front of the camera and stage was not his only creative outlet. He started writing and painting. Daniel has appeared in such films as "Black Ops", "Adrenaline", "Shackles" , "Never Been Kissed" and most recently as Indie rock star Richard Havoc in "Altamont Now" , In which he did is own singing and contributed his own music to the film. His TV credits include a recurring role on "New York Undercover" (FOX) as well as stints on "CSI"(CBS) "Law and Order" (NBC) and "American Family" (A&E). He was also a regular on "The IT Factor, Los Angeles" (Bravo). A former Calvin Klein model. Daniel has become an accomplished painter having had solo and group shows of his art in New York, Los Angeles and Amsterdam. While in the Netherlands Daniel was the first American painter allowed to take up "artist in residence" at the late infamous Herman Brood's atelier.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 25/01/2006
Band Members:


Influences: Favorite Music: Death From Above 1979, Sex Pistols, Kris Kristoferson, Tricky,Rancid, Circle Jerks, My Chemical Romance, Agnostic Front,New York Hard Core, Youth Of Today, Shelter,Warzone, Kool Keith, Early Madonna, DMX, Lords Of Brooklyn,Pulp, Social Distortion, The Smiths, Fugazi, Joni Mitchell, Chet Baker, Bad Brains, Johnny Cash, Black Flag, The Carpenters, Tupac, Bowie, The Clash and that Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Rodriguez, The Germs, Samhain, John Frusciante, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Verve, Herman Brood, Bernard Herman, The Misfits, Richard Havoc, Nirvana, The Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges, The Ramones, MC5, .Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Rick Springfield
Sounds Like: www.daniellouisrivas.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"THE HUSTLE" TV Show teaser on Funny Or Die

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/5170c27744/the-hustle
Posted by on Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMT

New Ward and Rivas Art show @ GhettoGloss Gallery L.A. C.A. Dec-3-2009 8pm

http://flavorpill.com/losangeles/events/2009/12/3/the-twelve -days-of-christmas
Posted by on Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:04:00 GMT

New Press Stuff from Black Book & Filler Magazine

http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/correct-culture-daniel-l ouie-rivas-tony-ward/10944 http://fillermagazine.com/WPBETA/curated/i-heart-quantum-rea lityhttp://fillermagazine.com/WPBETA/curated/i-he...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:57:00 GMT

New Art Tour Website, Blog and new short film!

http://www.wardandrivasshow.us.ms
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:30:00 GMT

New Website!

www.daniellouisrivas.com
Posted by on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:46:00 GMT

A Couple of my movie reviews

4 Stars from Pulp Movies! June 14th, 2008 ยท No Comments Pulp Movies is an excellent website run by Paul P. out of Belgium a nice compendium of all the genre filmmaking going on worldwide....
Posted by on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:02:00 GMT

Art Shows

Group and Solo Show's:August 2005- Ghettogloss Gallery- Los Angeles, California -Group ShowApril 2003- Herman Brood Gallery- Amsterdam, Holland -Solo ShowJanuary 2003- The Stip Gallery- Amsterdam, Hol...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:54:00 GMT