Daniel Michael Andriano (born June 27, 1977) is an American musician. He is best known as the co-lead vocalist and bassist of the
punk rock
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band
Alkaline Trio; though not a founding member, he has appeared on every studio album to date.
Andriano also records solo material under the names Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room and has released two solo albums to date, ''
Hurricane Season'' (2011) and ''Party Adjacent'' (2015). In 2019, he played bass with the rock supergroup
The Damned Things.
Early bands
In 1993, he and several friends from the Elgin area formed the punk-ska band
Slapstick
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, with Andriano playing bass and contributing backing vocals. He would remain a member through the release of two full-length albums (''Lookit!'' and a self-titled compilation) until the group's breakup in 1996. After the breakup he and two other ex-members of Slapstick formed the band
Tuesday
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, which released an EP, ''
Early Summer'', in 1997 and a full-length album, ''Freewheelin'', later that year.
Alkaline Trio
In late 1997, Andriano was asked by
Matt Skiba to join
Alkaline Trio, replacing original bassist Rob Doran. His first release with the band was the 1998 EP ''
For Your Lungs Only''. He has appeared on every subsequent release.
Side and solo projects
Andriano played bass on
The Falcon's 2004 EP, ''
God Don't Make No Trash or Up Your Ass with Broken Glass'', at the request of guitarist and lead vocalist
Brendan Kelly, and would return in 2006 to play bass and provide vocals for ''
Unicornography''. He also played bass guitar on
Ben Weasel's 2007 album ''
These Ones Are Bitter''.
Andriano also performs as a solo act under the name "Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room". His first solo album, ''
Hurricane Season'', was released on August 9, 2011, through
Asian Man Records
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History
Asian Man ...
. Later that year, Andriano toured Europe with
Chuck Ragan,
Dave Hause of
The Loved Ones, and
Brian Fallon
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of
The Gaslight Anthem as part of the 2011
Revival Tour. The following year, Andriano again performed on the North American leg of
The Revival Tour alongside Ragan,
Cory Branan,
Laura Jane Grace of
Against Me!
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, and
Nathaniel Rateliff. Dan Andriano "in the Emergency Room" released his second album 'Party Adjacent' on July 17, 2015.
In 2019, Andriano joined the rock supergroup
The Damned Things, replacing bassist
Josh Newton. He has recorded one album with the band titled ''High Crimes''.
Andriano announced a new side project in August 2021 called Dan Andriano & The Bygones composed of himself and Get Married members Dylan Moore and Randy Moore. Later that year, the group announced their debut album, ''Dear Darkness'', which released on February 11, 2022.
Equipment
Andriano has played
Fender Jazz and
Precision Basses for most of his career. He also had a limited run of 20 signature Jazz Basses made by GPC.
For amplification, Andriano uses a 1971
Marshall Major in the studio and
Orange AD-200B (and occasionally
Ampeg SVT) amps in concert.
Discography
Solo
* ''
Mike Felumlee / Dan Andriano'' Split (2002)
* ''Gail'' (With
Matt Pryor) (2017)
With Slapstick
* ''Lookit!'' (1996)
* ''Slapstick'' (1997)
With Tuesday
* ''Early Summer'' EP (1997)
* ''Freewheelin'' (1997)
With Alkaline Trio
* ''
Goddamnit'' (1998)
* ''
Maybe I'll Catch Fire'' (2000)
* ''
The Alkaline Trio'' (2000)
* ''
From Here to Infirmary'' (2001)
* ''
Good Mourning'' (2003)
* ''
Crimson
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It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, '' Kermes vermilio'', but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red col ...
'' (2005)
* ''
Remains'' (2007)
* ''
Agony and Irony'' (2008)
* ''
This Addiction'' (2010)
* ''
Damnesia'' (2011)
* ''
My Shame Is True'' (2013)
* ''
Is This Thing Cursed?'' (2018)
* ''E.P.'' (2020)
* ''
Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs'' (2024)
With The Falcon
* ''
God Don't Make No Trash or Up Your Ass with Broken Glass'' EP (2004)
* ''
Unicornography'' (2006)
* ''
Gather Up the Chaps'' (2016)
With Ben Weasel And His Iron String Quartet
* ''
These Ones Are Bitter'' (2007)
With Dan Andriano In The Emergency Room
* ''
Hurricane Season'' (2011)
* ''Of Peace, Quiet And Monsters'' EP (2012)
* ''European Vacation'' EP (With
Brendan Kelly And The Wandering Birds) (2012)
* ''Party Adjacent'' (2015)
With The Damned Things
* ''High Crimes'' (2019)
With Dan Andriano & The Bygones
* ''Dear Darkness'' (2022)
Guest appearances
*
New Found Glory – "Forget My Name" on ''
Sticks and Stones''
*
Stephen Egerton – "Our Last Song" on ''The Seven Degrees Of Stephen Egerton''
References
External links
Official Alkaline Trio websiteDan's Facebook page for "Dan Andriano In The Emergency Room"Kerrang! Slamdunk Podcast: Alkaline Trio
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Singers from Chicago
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Living people
People from Elgin, Illinois
1977 births
Alkaline Trio members
Guitarists from Chicago
American male guitarists
21st-century American singer-songwriters
21st-century American bass guitarists
American punk rock singers
American male bass guitarists
American punk rock bass guitarists
American male singer-songwriters
Pop punk singers
American rock singers
American rock guitarists
The Damned Things members
The Falcon (band) members
Asian Man Records artists
American people of Italian descent
American guitarists
Singer-songwriters from Illinois