Daniel Joe Peters (born August 18, 1967) is the
drummer
A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drum
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for
Mudhoney
Mudhoney is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1988, following the demise of Green River. Its members are singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison and drummer Dan Peters. Orig ...
, having played with them since their formation in 1988.
Prior to Mudhoney, he joined
Bundle of Hiss when he was fifteen years old.
He was also briefly the drummer for
Nirvana in the summer of 1990, playing on one single, "
Sliver
Sliver may refer to:
Entertainment
*Sliver (novel), ''Sliver'' (novel), a 1991 novel by Ira Levin
**Sliver (film), ''Sliver'' (film), a 1993 film adaptation of the novel
**Sliver (soundtrack), ''Sliver'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 1993 fi ...
", and making one live appearance with them that September in Seattle, shortly before drummer
Dave Grohl
David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He is the founder of the rock band Foo Fighters, in which he is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter. Prior to forming Foo Fighters, he was the drummer of gru ...
joined. Peters has expressed his only regret as missing the chance to play drums on Nirvana's album ''
Nevermind''. Mudhoney's latest offering is ''
Digital Garbage'' released on September 19, 2018. Peters also played drums for the
Ellensburg,
Washington based band
Screaming Trees from 1990 to 1991, and appeared in the movie ''
Black Sheep
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'' alongside David Spade and Chris Farley.
Discography
With Mudhoney
* ''
Superfuzz Bigmuff'' (1988)
* ''
Mudhoney
Mudhoney is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1988, following the demise of Green River. Its members are singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison and drummer Dan Peters. Orig ...
'' (1989)
* ''
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge'' (1991)
* ''
Piece of Cake
Piece of Cake or A Piece of Cake may refer to:
Literature
* ''Piece of Cake'' (novel), a 1983 novel by Derek Robinson
*"A Piece of Cake", a 1942 short story by Roald Dahl
*'' A Piece of Cake: A Memoir'', an autobiography by Cupcake Brown
Music
* ...
'' (1992)
* ''
Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew
''Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew'' is an EP by the grunge band Mudhoney released on October 26, 1993, by Reprise Records. Mudhoney vocalist Mark Arm described this EP as a chance for the band to "get new songs out for fans in between albums." ...
'' (1993)
* ''
My Brother the Cow
''My Brother the Cow'' is the fourth studio album by the American grunge band Mudhoney. It was released on Reprise Records on March 28, 1995 (see 1995 in music). ''My Brother the Cow'' includes numerous direct references to bands that influenced M ...
'' (1995)
* ''
Tomorrow Hit Today
''Tomorrow Hit Today'' is the fifth studio album by the grunge band Mudhoney. It was released by Reprise Records on September 22, 1998 (see 1998 in music). Barely selling 11,000 copies on its release this would be the last album the band would r ...
'' (1998)
* ''
Since We've Become Translucent'' (2002)
* ''
Under a Billion Suns
''Under a Billion Suns'' is the seventh studio album by Mudhoney, released in the United States in March 2006. It was recorded with three different producers: Phil Ek, Johnny Sangster and Tucker Martine.
The album was a further departure from Mud ...
'' (2006)
* ''
The Lucky Ones'' (2008)
* ''
Vanishing Point'' (2013)
*''
Digital Garbage'' (2018)
With Nirvana
*''
Sliver
Sliver may refer to:
Entertainment
*Sliver (novel), ''Sliver'' (novel), a 1991 novel by Ira Levin
**Sliver (film), ''Sliver'' (film), a 1993 film adaptation of the novel
**Sliver (soundtrack), ''Sliver'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 1993 fi ...
'' (1990) - single
*''
Incesticide
is a compilation album by the American rock band Nirvana. It consists of their 1990 non-album single "Sliver", B-sides, demos, outtakes, cover versions, and radio broadcast recordings, and as such is not the official follow-up to the band's br ...
'' (1992) ("
Sliver
Sliver may refer to:
Entertainment
*Sliver (novel), ''Sliver'' (novel), a 1991 novel by Ira Levin
**Sliver (film), ''Sliver'' (film), a 1993 film adaptation of the novel
**Sliver (soundtrack), ''Sliver'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 1993 fi ...
" only. Appears as drummer.)
*''
Nirvana'' (2002) ("
Sliver
Sliver may refer to:
Entertainment
*Sliver (novel), ''Sliver'' (novel), a 1991 novel by Ira Levin
**Sliver (film), ''Sliver'' (film), a 1993 film adaptation of the novel
**Sliver (soundtrack), ''Sliver'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 1993 fi ...
" only. Appears as drummer.)
With Love Battery
*''
Confusion Au Go Go'' (1999)
References
1967 births
Living people
Grunge musicians
Nirvana (band) members
Mudhoney members
Screaming Trees members
American rock drummers
American people of Dutch descent
Musicians from Seattle
Love Battery members
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers
The Tripwires members
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