Dan Logan (born 19 December 1985 in

Grantham Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln a ...

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, England) is an English musician. Formerly the bassist of Cat the Dog, he also briefly toured with

The Kooks The Kooks () are an English pop-rock band formed in 2004 in Brighton. The band consists of Luke Pritchard (vocals/rhythm guitar), Hugh Harris (lead guitar/synthesizer/bass) and Alexis Nunez (drums). Their music is primarily influenced by t ...

and played double bass for Brighton alt/blues band Sweet Sweet Lies as well as singing and playing all instruments in rock-a-billy side band Logan And The Faithfuls collaborating with various musicians. After a brief spell with The Lyrebirds he was briefly bassist for a reformed

The Ordinary Boys The Ordinary Boys are an English indie rock band from Worthing, West Sussex. Originally a hardcore outfit named Next in Line, they are influenced by punk rock and Britpop music, as well as the bands the Clash, the Specials, the Jam, the Ki ...

, and drum tech for The Maccabees. Since 2014, Logan has played bass and sung backing vocals for

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Biography

Daniel Logan was born in

, but was raised in

Lymm Lymm is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England, which incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rushgreen and ...

, a village near

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. He was educated at home. He attended

Brighton Institute Of Modern Music The British and Irish Modern Music Institute, now styled as the BIMM Institute, is a group of eight independent colleges which specialise in the provision of creative education in Brighton, Bristol, London, Dublin, Manchester, Berlin, Birmingh ...

, where he met Daryl Pruess, Andrew Newton and Christopher Melian and together formed Cat the Dog in 2004. The band was signed to

Virgin Records Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman. It grew to be a worldw ...

after only three shows. Cat the Dog split in December 2007 after their last tour with Zico Chain. In January 2008, Logan joined The Kooks on a provisional basis in place of Max Rafferty, who had parted ways with the band after the completion of their album ''

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'' but before its release. Logan played bass during sessions for ''RAK'' (the bonus disc included with the special edition of ''Konk''), on b-sides for the "Sway" single and also a cover of "Victoria" by

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that was the band's contribution to the ''

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'' charity compilation. He toured with the band in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and appeared in the videos for all three of the album's singles, " Always Where I Need to Be," "Shine On" and "Sway." Despite the band's lead singer Luke Pritchard stating that he enjoyed playing with Logan, ultimately his stint in the band was short-lived as by October of the same year they had recruited Pete Denton to be their bassist and full member. As of 2022, Daniel has quit music to focus his efforts on the crazy world of accountancy.

References

1985 births Living people The Ordinary Boys People from Grantham People from Lymm {{UK-musician-stub