The first time the future Reverend Dan hit the airwaves was in 1972, when he appeared on the Top 40 stalwart KKDJ making an on-air request. The last time was probably a few days ago, hosting the KXLU radio program Music for Nimrods, which he proudly calls "America's Only Rock and Roll Radio Show." Reflecting that description — which was inspired by the legendary rock rag Creem magazine— Dan's show does in fact celebrate music with the same jittery crackle of the Creem days, when Rock was intoxicating, unpredictable and empowering. “Rock and Roll is all about the attitude,” says the good Reverend, which explains why his playlists are as likely to include atypical Rock and Rollers as James Brown, Django Reinhart and Johnny Cash as well as The Lords of Altamont or The Hives. His is a show that equally pleases both kinds of Nimrods: the discerning record collector and the partygoer on the business end of a vodka luge.

Dan grew up in Long Beach, raised on a sensible 1970's diet of radio pioneers Dr. Demento and Rodney Bingenheimer. His contagiously enthusiastic 1950's TV announcer style borrows little from Rodney's mousy back-announcing, but in Rodney, Dan immediately recognized that the diminutive former Davy Jones stand-in loved Rock and Roll more than anybody else he had ever heard on the radio. In Dr. Demento, the young Reverend discovered a musical universe that far exceeded the simple label of "comedy records." He was inspired to tape fake radio shows with childhood friends Dana, Dickie, and Paul for their fictitious station KRUD. The practice would pay off in High School, when he was asked to DJ a Youth Center dance. Armed with his portable record player, his father’s stereo system and his brother's Fender amplifier, the young hoodlum assaulted his fellow teens with Kiss, Aerosmith, and Ramones.

His first steady involvement with broadcast radio came in 1995, when he landed a job as an engineer at L.A.-area Pacifica affiliate KPFK. At this time Dan was also holding down a job at United Parcel Service, training new employees on the graveyard shift. His unique training strategy included keeping the recruits awake by showing Kung Fu and John Waters movies between training videos. But back at the station, it wasn't long before he became the fill-in DJ known as "Dan the Board-Op." In 1996, he created the award-winning radio program Music For Nimrods, a celebration of pure Rock and Roll in its many dissimilar styles. Later, after a five-minute registration at the Universal Life Church Web site The Reverend Dan wasborn. In 2000, the program was invited to join the lineup at the Loyola Marymount University's radio station KXLU.

Over the past decade, Reverend Dan has established himself as a unique fixture on the L.A. scene. His arcane knowledge of Rock and Roll's degenerate cousins (vintage cultural artifacts, fetish culture, underground celebrities, monster movies, cult TV, Southern California lore) have made him an in-demand host and DJ at a growing number of events from music festivals to roller derby showdowns.

From his signature opening line "Hello, hoodlums!" it's Dan's unbridled enthusiasm coupled with his near-perfect survey of the best grit of all time, plus the best of the new grit you haven't heard yet, that sets him apart from the crowd. At a time when Rock and Roll has been overanalyzed, dissected, and sentimentalized to the point that it lay limp and lifeless on the turntables, L.A. is lucky to have Reverend Dan around to remind us on a weekly basis what Rock and Roll is supposed to be about: fun.

DJ CREDITS
LA Weekly Music Awards, Best Radio Show 2003

Broadcast
KXLU Los Angeles 88.9fm, Music for Nimrods, 2000 - Present
KPFK Los Angeles 90.7fm, Music for Nimrods, 1996 - 1999
KPFK Los Angeles 90.7fm, Engineer, 1995 - 1996

Clubs
Club Rockarama at Rhino Records Westwood, 2003
Club Rockarama, Beverly Hills, 2002
Jet Set: the Retrosonic Discoteque, Beverly Hills, 2000 - 2002

Events
Shadow Lane Back to College Spanking Convention, 2004
Tease-o-Rama Fest at the Henry Fonda Theater, 2003
L.A. Derby Dolls HellRaiser I and II, 2003, 2004
Sunset Junction Street Fair, 2001, 2002

SELECT QUOTES
"Reverend Dan is out of his mind. He's also the best DJ in L.A." Jim Freek,
Teenacide Records

"The last of the Rock and Roll DJ's." Acetate Records