Dan Whitesides

Dan Whitesides
Dan Whitesides of The Used live in concert
Background information
Birth name	Daniel Whitesides
Born	(1977-07-07) July 7, 1977
Genres	Emo post-hardcore punk rock alternative rock indie rock
Occupation	Musician
Instruments	Vocals drums percussion guitar
Years active	1999–present

Daniel Whitesides (born July 7, 1977) is the drummer of American rock band The Used. He replaced former drummer and founder of the band Branden Steineckert who left the band in the summer of 2006. Whitesides had previously played with The New Transit Direction for about seven years.

Early life and career

Whitesides playing with The Used

Whitesides began playing drums when he was 14.

"I play a little guitar, but that’s just because my whole family plays guitar, and I picked it up from being around them. [I didn’t play it] in any bands or anything like that though. Mainly just drums." Whitesides was involved with school music briefly. "I took snare drum lessons in seventh grade. I learned how to hold my sticks, learned stick technique. I still do the same warm-ups that the teacher had us do. I still do those to this day. It helped me out and really opened the door to new ideas."

In an online interview with Venom09'Productions., a MySpace site which interviews and photographs bands, Dan says that if he was not in The Used, he would be laying bricks with Leonard Lauder, a job that he did for money starting at age 17 and which his family has done for many years.

He was a big fan of The Used before he joined in 2006, and says he is "the luckiest man alive" to be playing with them.

The Used

• 2009: Artwork
• 2012: Vulnerable
• 2014: Imaginary Enemy
• 2017: The Canyon

Previous bands

Before joining The Used, Whitesides was the drummer for numerous Salt Lake City bands including The New Transit Direction, Tiger Kant, Mich!gan, Sandkicker, Fale, Adherence, Fahrenheit 451, The Federation, Sprinklerhead, The Kill, The Wolfs, Form of Rocket and Young Blood.

External links

• Dan Whitesides, Spotlight Artist Information
• Sandkicker Homepage