Danny Heifetz
| Danny Heifetz | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Daniel Mark Heifetz |
| Also known as | I Quit, 26Valencia, AtlasFace, Back-It-Up Dan |
| Born | 1964 New York, NY |
| Genres | Rock, experimental music, country, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, teacher |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion, trumpet, vibes, guitanjo |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Associated acts | Mr. Bungle Dieselhed Secret Chiefs 3 Barefoot Hockey Goalie Virgil Shaw and The Killer Views The Tango Saloon The Fantastic Terrific Munkle The Curse of Company |
Danny Heifetz (born, 1964 in New York City) is an American drummer. He teaches and plays the drums in Sydney, Australia. His teaching studio, 'ThePractice', is located in Sydney's Central Business District (CBD). He is primarily a drummer and percussionist, but also plays trumpet as well as the guitanjo and mediocre piano (with the sustain pedal down most of the time). He is the grandson of the late violinist Jascha Heifetz.
He was a member of:
- Embryo (with Ryan Mallory)
- Snowblind (with Blair Hatch and Hector Nunez)
- Persuasion (with Matt Johnson, Gregor Verbinski and BlairH)
- The Drivers (1981-1983; with GregorV, John Thum, RyanM and Rick MacDonald)
- The Cylon Boys Choir (1981-1982; with John Nau, Gerald Gates, Michael Cronin, Andrew Harvey, John Hench and GV)
- Eggly Bagelface (1985-1987; with Shon McAlinn, Rich Engel, Tyce Fraser and Mike Wilson)
- Barn (1987-1988; same minus MW)
- Mr. Bungle (1989–2000)
- Dieselhed (1989-2000)
- Link Wray (1997–2002)
- Merle Morris (2004-2007)
He is currently active with:
- Barefoot Hockey Goalie
- Virgil Shaw
- The Exiles (AUS)
- Godswounds (AUS)
- The Tango Saloon (AUS)
- The Mango Balloon (AUS)
- The Fantastic Terrific Munkle (AUS)
- Nic Dalton's Gloomchasers (AUS)
- theHEAD (AUS)
- Old Man River (AUS)
- The Curse of Company (AUS)
- The Greasy Chicken Orchestra (AUS)
- Neil Hamburger and the Hungry Man Band
- Secret Chiefs 3 (most recently on Winter 2012 U.S. West Coast Tour)
He has contributed to or played with:
- Phillip Johnston
- Granfaloon Bus
- Badly Drawn Boy (UK)
- Robi DelMar
- The Cutters
- Corduroy (SF)
- Zip Code Rapists
- Plainfield (band)
- John Paul Young (AUS)
- Harry Vanda (AUS)
- Nations by the River (AUS)
- The Holy Soul (AUS)
- Youth Group (AUS)
- Andrew Covell (AUS)
- Paul Greig (AUS)
- Darren Stratti (AUS)
- Delia Obst (AUS)
In July 2010, theHEAD released a free, internet-only improvish album "Trojan Jazz Festival". It was recorded live in 2–3 hours in a TroyHorse (Sydney) rehearsal room. Like many projects, it wasn't planned to be released at the time of recording.
As of September, 2013, he lives back in Sydney, AUS (after spending 2011 in the US).
