Career
He currently is the lead guitarist both of Death By Stereo (since October 1999) and Zebrahead (since 2013). He has been using Fernandes guitars for a very long time. He was formerly the guitarist for a hardcore punk band called Eyelid, which was formed in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California in 1994.
He joined the band in 1996 but they broke up in 1999.
In the same year, Keith Barney, who was the guitarist of a hardcore punk band, Death by Stereo, left the band, so Dan took over Keith"s place as the lead guitarist. In 2013, a punk rock band Zebrahead offered him to join them as the lead guitarist after Greg Bergdorf left the band and he accepted lieutenant
He has been using Fernandes guitars for a long time. He majored classic guitar at university.
And he also publicly mentioned that he is a big fan of Van Halen and those two elements (classic guitar and Van Halen) affected when working at studio for Walk The Plank.
He is stuck with growing the mustache, which has been for more than 5 years. He trims, shampoos and conditions it himself everyday, for which he gets up earlier in the morning.