| Dan Koch | |
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Dan Koch performing with Sherwood at the Apollo Theatre in Nagoya, Japan |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Daniel Koch |
| Origin | Los Gatos, California |
| Genres | Indie rock, Alternative rock |
| Occupations | Guitarist |
| Instruments | Guitar Background Vocals |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | MySpace Records |
| Associated acts | Sherwood We Shot The Moon |
| Website | Official website |
| Notable instruments | |
| Lead Guitar, Background Vocals | |
Dan Koch (born 1983) is the lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the indie rock band Sherwood. He helped form the band with Nate Henry in 2002 while attending university at Cal Poly. Dan was originally Sherwood's drummer, but when drummer Joe Greenetz joined the band he switched from drums to guitar. Dan married girlfriend Jaffrey Bagge on November 29, 2009.[1]
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.[2] Koch has a full beard, which led to the nickname "Beardy". He attended The King's Academy in Sunnyvale, CA and graduated in 2001.
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 their page. Koch is a studio member of Jonathan Jones' 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.
He currently leads a mix cd club called "Shyness is Nice". Each month, a different member of the club sends out a mix of their choice to all of the other members.