Dan Potthast

Solo



Dan's

love of music keeps him busy writing new solo albums and racking

up tours all over the globe.  In the summer of 2010,

Dan will be heading out on a six week tour with Streetlight Manifesto

supporting his fourth solo album, "Around The World." 



Solo

discography:



Eyeballs-

Dan's first solo album, released on Asian Man Records,

features acoustic guitar and vocals

with intentionally sparse instrumentation. The

stripped down approach showcases Dan's sharp songwriting

ability and powerful voice.



Sweets and Meats- 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.



Eat

the

Planet- In

'07, Dan

wrote and recorded a new solo album in his apartment in the

span of two weeks called "Eat the Planet." It is a mostly-ska

influenced release in which he plays all the instruments and sings all

the vocals. Dan released this album himself, and it was available only

on tour, and was a limited

edition of only 400, hand folded and stuffed CD's. Then

in 08, Dan released a re-pressing of a re-mixed version of the Eat The

Planet album, with improved drum machining, and much improved

artwork.  The new artwork features paintings done by Mr.

Potthast.



Around the World- Dan's latest release (summer 2010) is a

collection of songs written on tour in 20 different cities.

 Once

again, this album is self released.  The original pressing of

1000

CD's is only available at shows.

Lyrics and super bonus

extended liner notes!



Dan

P. and the Bricks



Dan P. and the Bricks on facebook

Dan

P. and the Bricks on myspace

Dan currently plays in a 10 piece ska band from Santa Cruz, CA called

Dan P. and the Bricks.  Formed

in February of 2009,

the Bricks features members of MU330 (Matt Knobbe, MU330's original

tenor sax player) and legendary Santa Cruz ska/rockers Slow Gherkin.

(A.J. Marquez, Matt Porter, Phil Boutelle, Brendon Thompson) With five

horns, drums, organ, two guitars and upright bass, the energy is high,

the fun is big and the

sound is HUGE!!!



One of the main motivations for starting the band was to raise money

for local and internationally reaching charities. To date, the Bricks

have rocked fund raisers for The Leukemia and Lymphoma society, Crohn's

& Colitis Foundation of America, Hospice

of Santa Cruz County, and The Santa Cruz AIDS Project. The Bricks have

also worked with Action Santa Cruz to raise money for Haitian

earthquake relief.  Their frequent impromptu street shows have

raised hundreds of dollars for Doctors without Borders and Chilean

earthquake relief.



MU330

Dan

Potthast has been the lead singer/frontman for MU330 since the band

first started playing shows in 1988.  In the 90's, MU330's

songwriting, lyrical depth, and stage shows all made them stand out

from the crowd of bands of the decade that were merging ska with other

styles. MU330 is

known for being the critic's choice of the "Third Wave" ska bands.

 They

were one of the first bands to spread 3rd wave ska punk from the U.S.

to the U.K., Europe and Japan, and continue to be extremely influential

in their genre and beyond.  They are the ska punk band that

people

still listen to when they "grow up."



With

MU330, Dan has played over 1800 shows in the U.S. (48 states including

Hawaii and Alaska), Canada, Mexico, the UK, Europe, Russia, Japan and

even South Korea.



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."

 MU330

songs have also been used in the major motion picture "Unaccompanied

Minors."



The Stitch Up



In 07 Dan

started a new band called "The Stitch Up" with

people he met while working at a Rock N' Roll summer camp in San Diego.

They recorded and released an album called "Attitude Adjuster"

which was

released on Pentimento

Music. They immediately followed

up the album's

release with a full U.S. tour opening up for Streetlight

Manifesto



In 09, The Stitch Up released their second album, "Set Your Alarm"

on Pentimento

Music  This

time with Dan's wife Shannon on backing vocals and bass guitar.

 Their good friend Gregory Braithwaite rocks the drums on this

one.