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Dan Potthast

MU330's Lead Singer - solo ska sounds.

About Me

Dan Potthast has been the lead singer/frontman for MU330 since the band first started playing shows in 1988. Dan's songs have been used in numerous TV shows and movies, including Nip Tuck, The Brendan Leonard Show, and the German films "Pas De Deux" and "Dopplepack." With MU330, he has played over 1800 shows all around the world, everywhere from the United States (48 states, including Hawaii and Alaska), Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, all over the UK and Europe, Russia, Japan, and even Korea.In addition to touring with MU330, Dan has done a lot of touring and recording of his solo work as well, racking up tours all over the US, UK and Europe with just his guitar and boxes of CDs.Dan has released two solo albums on Asian Man Records. The first, "Eyeballs," is a sparsely arranged album that features mainly acoustic guitar and vocals with a few other instruments ocassionally thrown in here and there. The stripped down approach really showcases Dan's amazing songwriting ability and his powerfull voice.On his second solo album, "Sweets and Meats," Dan goes for a full band sound with the addition of drums (Lance Reynolds of Bitchy and the Blue Meanies), bass, and organ (James Rickmann from Slow Gherkin), while still maintaining an organic acoustic guitar sound that doesn't get in the way of the songwriting.In July of 2004, Dan assembled a 4 piece band to back him up on a UK tour. Highlights included an appearence at Morcambe's "Wasted Festival" and an opening slot for the Misfits in Brighton.In October of 2004, Dan joined Mustard Plug, Catch 22, Big D and the Kid's Table, Planet Smashers, and The Suburrban Legends on the west coast/ Canada leg of the "Ska is Dead Tour."Dan is currently working on writing and releasing a third all-ska solo album, and is shooting for a winter of 06 release. In addition to playing solo, Dan plays in a three piece band called "Spitzer" and continues to tour and write music with MU330.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/20/2006
Band Website: mu330.com
Band Members: Dan Potthast - Guitar/ Vocals
Influences: Fishbone, Elvis Costello, Jonathan Richmann, Blue Meanies, DEVO, The Specials, Madness, Bad Manners, The Selector, King Apparatus, Hepcat, the Skatalites, The Woggles, Skankin' Pickle, Mustard Plug, Gal's Panic, Jerm Pollett, The Toasters, Chris Murray, Jackie Mittoo, Decendants, Wilco, MU330
Record Label: Asianman Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Dan Potthast video on Youtube!

I a couple weeks ago I finished up a three week tour of the east coast with my buddy Rick Johnson. It was super fun. I didn't talk much about it on this page.. there's some tour diary stuff up on my...
Posted by Dan Potthast on Sat, 12 May 2007 09:11:00 PST

Tour Tour Tour!!!

OK, a couple big things coming up for me. In just a couple weeks I'm flying to Arkansas to put on another Sinus Show with my buddy Jerm from Austin TX. This time we tell jokes over the classic film...
Posted by Dan Potthast on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:55:00 PST

UK tour next week!

Man, I can't believe I go on tour in just a few days.. this Thursday, in fact! Yikes! I'll be dragging my guitar and bag of cd's from train station to train station in less than a week. I hope it d...
Posted by Dan Potthast on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:54:00 PST

3 Big announcements

1) I will be on tour in the UK in Feb here are some dates I have so far:Feb16th17th Derby18th London19th Southampton20th Sheffield21st22nd Kingston23rd24th Brighton2) The fantastic label Gravity Dip w...
Posted by Dan Potthast on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:44:00 PST

Tour news and other bs

OK, so I am out on tour again playing solo shows. I just woke up in Apache Junction. Which is a small town outside of Phoenix. I'm staying at Andy's house from Fancy Pants. His mom is out in the livin...
Posted by Dan Potthast on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:00:00 PST

Dan P. on tour again!

Dan P. is hitting the road solo. In October, he'll be meeting up with his old buddy Jerm Pollett (Gal's Panic, Missile Command, Mr. Sinus Theater) in Austin, TX, and cutting a path across the southwe...
Posted by Dan Potthast on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:55:00 PST

Dan P. on tour in Texas

Hey, this is Dan P. from MU330. I'm going to be on tour playing solo shows in Texas the first week in October, and I'm looking for shows in Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston. What's up Texas? Where sho...
Posted by Dan Potthast on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:12:00 PST

There is a Rock Show...

There is a rock show.. And you are invited.Sunday Sept. 3rdBBQ @ 6Show @ 8Secret "Special Guest" openerPlus: from Michigan, Roots Rocker, singer/ songwriter-CARRA BARRATTAnd: also from the great stat...
Posted by Dan Potthast on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:01:00 PST

New Tunes Are Here

So there you go.. I've posted four brand new unreleased songs. They're all just Garage band demos of the songs I've written the last couple weeks. I'm hoping to record them in a real studio soon. H...
Posted by Dan Potthast on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:48:00 PST

Weekend Update

Ok, so I did it. I completed the 5 day experiment. 8 hour days of writing, and finished out Friday with 8 demos for 8 brand new songs. It's a pretty amazing feeling. It's probably the most producti...
Posted by Dan Potthast on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:48:00 PST