Dan Worton
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Dan Worton is an English
drummer from the Stourbridge
area and founding member of the indie
/punk
band Ned's Atomic Dustbin
. His drumming was often quite dance music
oriented and he was usually credited on the group's recordings as "Dan Dan the fast drumming man".
After the band split he formed a new band called Bring Out The Freaks, in which he played bass. The band split in 2004 and he has since formed a new band called Bouncing Bomb. Dan and Bouncing Bomb release their new album 'Everything' on November 28, 2011. Recorded at Gravity Shack in London and engineered by Jessica Corcoran and Everything was mixed by Tim Palmer. The album will be released on SEVAN SEVAN Music record label (operated by Stu Evans). Mastered at Oxygen Studio in UK.
In 2000, Worton took part in the Ned's Atomic Dustbin
reunion and continues to play with the band. In June 2006 they released their first single in eleven years, entitled "Hibernation." On 12 May 2008, the band announced that the original lineup of Jonn, Rat, Matt, Alex, and Dan would be performing live together for the first time since 1995 on 6 December 2008 at the Astoria London. 2009 saw Ned's Atomic Dustbin
playing two shows with the original lineup.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
drummer from the Stourbridge
Stourbridge
Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The...
area and founding member of the indie
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
/punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Ned's Atomic Dustbin are an English rock band formed in Stourbridge in West Midlands in November 1987. The band took their name from an episode of The Goon Show. The band were unusual for using two bass players in their lineup: Alex Griffin played melody lines high up on one bass, and Mat Cheslin...
. His drumming was often quite dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
oriented and he was usually credited on the group's recordings as "Dan Dan the fast drumming man".
After the band split he formed a new band called Bring Out The Freaks, in which he played bass. The band split in 2004 and he has since formed a new band called Bouncing Bomb. Dan and Bouncing Bomb release their new album 'Everything' on November 28, 2011. Recorded at Gravity Shack in London and engineered by Jessica Corcoran and Everything was mixed by Tim Palmer. The album will be released on SEVAN SEVAN Music record label (operated by Stu Evans). Mastered at Oxygen Studio in UK.
In 2000, Worton took part in the Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Ned's Atomic Dustbin are an English rock band formed in Stourbridge in West Midlands in November 1987. The band took their name from an episode of The Goon Show. The band were unusual for using two bass players in their lineup: Alex Griffin played melody lines high up on one bass, and Mat Cheslin...
reunion and continues to play with the band. In June 2006 they released their first single in eleven years, entitled "Hibernation." On 12 May 2008, the band announced that the original lineup of Jonn, Rat, Matt, Alex, and Dan would be performing live together for the first time since 1995 on 6 December 2008 at the Astoria London. 2009 saw Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Ned's Atomic Dustbin are an English rock band formed in Stourbridge in West Midlands in November 1987. The band took their name from an episode of The Goon Show. The band were unusual for using two bass players in their lineup: Alex Griffin played melody lines high up on one bass, and Mat Cheslin...
playing two shows with the original lineup.