Dan Koch
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| Dan Koch | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Daniel Koch |
| Origin | San Luis Obispo, California |
| Genre(s) | Indie Rock,Alternative Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar Background Vocals |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Label(s) | MySpace Records |
| Associated acts | Sherwood We Shot The Moon |
| Website | Official website |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Lead Guitar, Background Vocals | |
Dan Koch is the lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the indie rock band Sherwood. He helped form the band with Nate Henry. Dan was originally Sherwood's drummer, but when drummer Joe Greenetz joined the band he switched from drums to guitar.
[edit] Band formation
Koch was friends with Nate Henry and Chris Armstrong while they were attending college in San Luis Obispo, California. He is the principal songwriter of Sherwood, but some of the songwriting duties are shared with bassist/lead singer Nate Henry. With the band's addition of Joe Greenetz as the drummer this also inclined Dan to switch to guitar.[1] He has a full beard, which gave him the origin of his nickname "Beardy". He attended The King's Academy in Sunnyvale, CA. He graduated in 2001.
[edit] Present day work
Dan has been a part of 3 side projects. One titled "More important than Music" being a blog originally set up on blogspot.com but later moved to worldpress.com account. It is mainly devoted to charity organizations. Another project, "I'll Beat You up" was set up by Koch and Sherwood's former guitarist Chris Armstrong. A free EP was released on MySpace. Koch is a studio member of Jonathon Jones's We Shot The Moon. Koch also started a series of podcasts titled "Beards in a Band" with drummer Joe Greenetz in addition to the "Apples and Oranges" series started by lead singer and bassist Nate Henry and keyboardist Mike Leibovich.
