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Infobox musical artist| name = The Dan Band| image =| caption =| image_size| background = group_or_band| origin = Los Angeles , United States | genre = Comedy rock , Indie rock | label = SideOneDummy Records | current_members = Dan Finnerty Gene Reed John Kozeluh David Arana Marc Strommer Einar Pedersen Dave Johnstone Byron Thames Ivan Delaforce Daniel Shulman | Related acts = The Dan Band is a comedy band from Los Angeles, California , created by actor/comedian Dan Finnerty . http://articles.latimes.com/2000/aug/21/news/cl-7682 Los Angeles Times http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/15/news/lv-danband15 Los Angeles Times http://www.wireimage.com/ItemListings.aspx? igi=13039& nbc1=1& VwMd=i Wire Image http://www.bejacksfriend.com/index.php? go=jack-fm_jacks-cheap-christmas_2009 Bejacksfriend.com http://www.bejacksfriend.com/blog/2009/10/23/10-best-performances-by-the-dan-band Bejacksfriend.com
The band is well known for its Cover version|covers of originally female-performed pop songs, with added obscenities and swearing. Their live show has become a staple of Los Angeles nightlife, with Entertainment Weekly naming it "the hottest ticket in town" http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,277477,00.html Entertainment Weekly
Dan has made notable appearances in the movies Old School (film)|Old School (singing " Total Eclipse of the Heart " and " Lady (Styx song)|Lady "), The Terminal , Starsky & Hutch (film)|Starsky & Hutch , where he performed Roberta Flack 's "Feel Like Makin' Love" at a B'nai Mitzvah|Bat Mitzvah , and most recently The Hangover (film)|The Hangover (performing " Candy Shop (50 Cent song)|Candy Shop " and " Fame Disambiguation needed|date=August 2011") in a wedding scene reminiscent of his appearance in Old School . In 2005, they released The Dan Band Live , their live full length debut album. They gained attention due to their expletive-heavy version of Bonnie Tyler 's "Total Eclipse of the Heart," as well as their cover versions of " Lady (Styx song)|Lady " by Styx (band)|Styx , "Milkshake" by Kelis , Toni Basil 's "Mickey," and many others.
They filmed a one hour concert special of their live show called Dan Finnerty & The Dan Band: I Am Woman , for the Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo network, which was directed by McG and executive produced by Steven Spielberg . The band released a Christmas LP called Ho: A Dan Band Xmas . The album consists completely of original Dan Band songs, with no covers. Songs on the album include "Ho, Ho, Ho" (a smooth R& B Christmas song about a prostitute ) "Merry Christmakwanzakah", "Please Don't Bomb Nobody This Holiday" and "I Wanna Rock U Hard This Christmas" with a video featuring Florence Henderson from The Brady Bunch making the moves on Santa at a retirement home. The video for "Please Don't Bomb Nobody This Holiday" featured many celebrity cameos, including Sheryl Crow , Christina Applegate , Nicole Scherzinger from The Pussycat Dolls , Kyle Gass from Tenacious D , Neil Patrick Harris , Meg Ryan , Macy Gray , Christopher Guest , among others. They've been the house band on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , Pajama Party (TV series)|Pajama Party and Spike TV's Spike Guys' Choice Awards 2009 and have made numerous appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! , The Late Late Show , CD USA , Last Call with Carson Daly . Dan wrote and performed an original song for the finale of the NBC show Last Comic Standing and was seen as a regular correspondent on The Jay Leno Show and continued on as a correspondent on the new The Tonight Show with Jay Leno .
Discography
2000: Two Guys and a Girl Episode "Bridesmaid Revisited"
