Dan Palmer (guitarist)

Dan Palmer
Palmer performing in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Daniel Palmer
Born	(1978-08-14) 14 August 1978 (age 46) Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Genres	Hardcore punk punk rock heavy metal alternative rock pop punk thrash metal rapcore
Occupation	Guitarist
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1996–present
Labels	MFZB Records, Viking Funeral Records
Website	Deathbystereo.com Zebrahead.com

Daniel Palmer (born 14 August 1978) is an English guitarist. He was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, and now lives in Whittier, California, United States. He is the lead guitarist of the bands Death By Stereo (since Oct 1999) and Zebrahead (since 2013). Palmer is a longtime user of Fernandes Guitars.^[1]

Biography

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 ^[2] but they broke up in 1999.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

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 it.^[6] He has been using Fernandes guitars for a long time.^[1]

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. The producer of Walk The Plank, Paul Miner, who was formerly a recording engineer of Eyelid and a bassist of Death By Stereo, has been a friend of Dan's for a very long time since then.^[7]

Personal life

His hobby is growing and grooming his mustache, which has been for more than 6 years. He trims, shampoos and conditions it himself every day, for which he gets up earlier in the morning.^[8]

References

1. "Punk rock, beer and moustache". Open News Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
2. "BandToBand.com". Retrieved 2015-11-15.
3. "About Eyelid". Indecision Records. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
4. "Death By Stereo Official Website". Death By Stereo. Archived from the original on 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
5. "An Interview with Dan Palmer of Death By Stereo". Retrieved 2015-11-10.
6. "Departure of Greg". Facebook. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
7. "ZEBRAHEAD ANNOUNCE NEW STUDIO ALBUM 'WALK THE PLANK' – OUT OCT 16 VIA RUDE RECORDS". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
8. "Dan Palmer Interview". October 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-09.>